Review of ski resorts operating costs and market analysis

This deliverable will be based on collection and analysis of existing data on ski resorts operating costs including snow management practices, conducive to a market analysis of the PROSNOW concept. The first need is to get an overview of snow management costs regarding different kind of operations (grooming, snow sublayer making, maintaining a minimum snow depth, etc.) and their relative weight regarding different period of opening and the kind of clients (long or short stay, familial or sportive, etc.). This step principally relies on literature review and knowledge from socioeconomic partners. This will also be based on ski-lift companies’ economics to assess their capacity to pay for using a climate service such as the PROSNOW Demonstrator (to be completed for D2.2 and D2.3).