Advantages of snowmaking on the vegetation
Snowmaking is an advantage because the presence of a more continuous mantle of snow represent, in essence, a positive factor for the vegetation as if on one hand prolongs the period of vegetative rest, on the other, mitigates the harsh winter at the level of the the surface and within the soil.
The effects of snowmaking on vegetation, thanks to the insulating effects, keep the temperature - at the soil - close to zero.
The artificial snow produced earlier in the season - so before the autumn-winter frosts - prevents freezing of the soil.
The artificial snow support conservation and germination of seed, while the young trees is being protected from scouring, abrasive effect of the wind, frost and the mechanical action of the ski edges and snowcats.
The presence of a more continuous mantle of snow represent, in essence, a positive factor for the vegetation as if on one hand prolongs the period of vegetative rest, on the other, mitigates the harsh winter at the level of the the surface and within the soil.
Some important aspects regarding ski slopes designing
When we design new ski slopes, the main effort must be directed in maintaining unspoiled as much as possible the environmental balance of the area by avoiding ski tracks that degrade heavily on forests and on the orography of the area, while maintaining the relevant landscape qualities to obtain the insertion of the slopes in a diversified environment both at the forest and morphologically.
When we design new ski slopes, the main effort must be directed in maintaining unspoiled as much as possible the environmental balance of the area by avoiding ski tracks that degrade heavily on forests and on the orography of the area, while maintaining the relevant landscape qualities to obtain the insertion of the slopes in a diversified environment both at the forest and morphologically.
The need to limit the environmental impacts determined by the interventions imposes, considered the environmental specificity of the ski resorts areas, that the step of recovery should be immediate and particularly accurate.
The effects of works for the realization of the ski resorts areas will remain confined within the superficial horizon and limited to the area of intervention.
The topsoil – ground - will be removed and placed at the border of the interventions and then be redistributed to the end of the work.
The interventions for restoring and then mitigation provision for constitution of a grass cover in balance with the site conditions.
Taking in consideration the slow dynamics of biological processes at high altitudes, every care will be given to facilitate the recovery of a pedological substrate.