The Last Skiers (2024)

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• 2024
• Veronica Ciceri

Many European nations in 2023 saw their warmest January day ever, with temperatures topping 20°C in some areas of northern Italy. According to researchers, the amount of snowfall in the Alps has decreased by more than 53% as of 2023. These projections put the future of ski resorts located at low and medium altitudes, as well as those without artificial snow systems, in greater danger. This documentary delves into the topic through the stories of a generation that experienced locations in Italy where global warming occurred decades ago. The protagonists skied in the Como province in the 1990s for the last time before the ski resorts were eventually closed forever, together with the other 249 Italian ski resorts that were abandoned in recent years because of the climate crisis.