Snowless mountain leads to less tourists at this popular Italian resort


A view of a ski slope without snow at Mount Terminillo in Italy. This ski season, many resorts in Europe are not getting enough snow, but the conditions seem to be worse at Mount Terminillo. — Reuters

A popular ski resort in central Italy is lying idle this winter, with businesses and residents blaming climate change for spring-like temperatures that have left entire mountains snowless.

Ski-lifts are switched off and snow cannon lie abandoned on the grass of Mount Terminillo, which soars 2,217m high in the Apennines and is normally a favourite destination of skiers from Rome.

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