Slope gliding: An alternative to skiing?

By the end of the century, 13 percent of all ski slopes worldwide might disappear due to climate change. This was the conclusion of a recently published study by the University of Bayreuth. The outer areas of the Alps would also be affected: By 2100, the number of days with closed snow cover is predicted to fall by 42 percent. Even snow cannons would only be of limited use. In recent years, prominent hotelier Günther Aloys and the Ischgl Workshop, which he founded, have come up with several concepts for making winter tourism viable in the face of global warming, including covered ski slopes, so-called "downhill bubbles". However, according to Aloys, it is also time to consider innovative alternatives to traditional skiing. Slope gliding is one such approach.