The World's Largest Cross-Country Skirace is Cancelled...Forever
August 8, 2025 - Due to the global warming and higher temperatures for the last years, the arrangers of the world's largest annual cross-country skirace, Vasaloppet in Sweden, has decided not to continue. They have had problems for several years to make enough snow for the 89 kilometer race and it has been cancelled now and then, the first time already in 1990.
The skirace started in 1922 and the arranger say that they are pleased that they have been able to keep the tradition alive for more than a century. More than 600,000 people have during the years been skiing from Sälen to Mora, the same route that the Swedish king-to-be, Gustav Vasa made in 1521 on his way escaping from Danish soldiers to Norway (although he went the other way, from Mora to Sälen).
Argument: According to Swedish meteorologist Pär Holmgren, the global warming will increase the temperature so it will be impossible to continue with Vasaloppet. The race was cancelled in 1990, and in 2005 the cost for providing the track with enough snow was US$ 1.6 million, or a loss of about US$ 40 per participant. It will not be possible to maintain the contest as it is today, so if there are no revolutionary inventions to provide that much snow, they will either have to quit, or move to a more northern location.
Questions: Apart from the general problem with global warming, will it affect any other similar events? When a city is chosen to host the Winter Olympics, will the availability of snow be an issue that narrows down the candidates? Will the demand for snow increase in the next 20 years due to all established events that will be affected?
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Comments:
i was very depressed when this got canceled. i was waiting my whole winter to see this event. im so glad they did decide to re-schedule this in 3 yeards.
Posted by: Mr tard Ferguson
hi well no but if we don't do something to stop global warming we will lose everything we hold dear on this earth.
People should try to stop it will we can but what will you do when its to late to save the earth from out destruction. mankind must be careful with what it does from 2009 and onwards
Posted by: sammie
if you are so concerned with global warming why the fuck are you on the computer?!?!? go read a book
Posted by: Avery
Regardless of global warming or not, the landscape of the Earth will continue to change. The sporting event should be moved to a more convenient location.
Posted by: Nutrition
The only thing I won't miss...
Posted by: --L