Based

I can't wait to go skiing during the eclipse

Oh shit, my area is right in the middle of the title eclipse line

The south is ugly, and the north is filled with Trumpers. No thank you

The flatland near the ocean

Weird angle

I guess that's probably Jay Peak judging by the shape

Is that looking towards Vermont or towards New York?

Mad River Glen at it again 🤣

Well, phalluses have solved every problem I've ever encountered.

Yup

Destroy it

Lmao fr. Like, it's been the hottest winter on record, why would you go on the ice of the states biggest lake. It's like those people who wander up mount washington in running shoes and leggings in the middle of winter. What do you expect?

Skill issue

Lmao I'll admit I've definitely done this out of laziness

Didn't snow much up north

What a beautiful early May morning

Honestly, it hasn't even been going below freezing at night recently lmao

Literally addressed 0 of my arguments. My main point was that the things that cause ski resorts to be bad for the environment stem from larger problems such as fossil fuel and lack of public transport, and as such, ski resorts aren't inherently bad for the environment.

The problems with climate change cannot be solved by a few pieces of legislation on state levels as it would require a mass global effort to completely rework all infrastructure and global economic systems. And we all know that's not gonna happen.

Because of that I don't see the point of you bringing up ski resorts

Driving is more of the problem here. If you ban ski hills, people will just drive somewhere else to recreate. The solution to that problem is public transit infrastructure like trains and busses, which should've been developed decades ago to move away from inefficient and dangerous car infrastructure.

Also, if the power grid that the ski hill is connected to is powered by renewable energy sources like hydro or solar, it won't be outputting any more carbon than anything else.

There are far FAR bigger fish to fry than ski hills when looking at global emissions. The meat we north Americans eat at an absurd rate is thousands of times more destructive than ski resorts.

The main harm caused by ski resorts, co2 from car travel and lift operations, is negated if the power grid isn't fueled by fossil fuels and by proper public transit.

Also, skiing has been a massive aspect of Vermont and is not necessarily elitist. Are you gonna go up to some local dude who goes to Mad Ruver Glen or Cochran's a few times a week and call him an elitist for enjoying winter? Not to mention the enormous back country ski community

Ya its absolutely disgusting. Remember, these fucks vote. No wonder the planet is going to hell

No, they won't. The region around Jay doesn't have enough people to support the variety of small businesses. The people come for the ski hill and spend their money in the surrounding areas, making it possible for them to exist

I mean this in the most vitriolic way possible, go fuck yourself. What an ignorant load of horseshit. The lack of concern for the local ecosystems that rely on cold winters is incredibly selfish.

Many iconic species such as moose and lynx may go extinct in Vermont in the coming decades. Not to mention the myriad other less known, but ultimately important, species of plants and animals that rely on consistent cold temperatures.

The water cycle in the area is also dependent on large snow melts in the spring, and loosing that may be devastating for local agriculture.

The economy will also be devastated by the warming winters. Ski resorts are incredibly important to the economy of the region, especially in more remote areas. Not only do they directly drive the economy, but they also indirectly drive traffic to local small businesses. I'd the ski hills close, countless small businesses will go under.

I think it's worse then 11/12 so far tbh

This is a bit beyond a January thaw. I'm in Southern Quebec, just north of Vermont, and there's been multiple nights in a row above freezing. I don't remember that ever happening at this time of year other than 2015/16