How will climate change impact skiing and winter recreation activities? This article presents a physically-based water and energy balance model to simulate natural snow accumulation at 247 winter recreation locations across the continental United States.

Highlights:

• National winter recreation impacts are projected for ten climate scenarios.
• Projections indicate reduced winter season lengths for most regions and periods.
• The research team estimates millions of lost winter recreation visits across models and periods.

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