Summer Snow Patches at a Ski Resort: Six Weeks at 24 C
The lift opens on 1 July, the snow patch sits at 2,340 m, and the air temperature at midday is 24 C in the shade and 41 C on the surface. The patch is 200 m² at 250 mm, laid over a tarp on a north-facing slope so that a summer ski school and a photo point can run for six weeks. Every morning at 7 a….