From the perspective of someone who has been in Garmisch two weeks ago: it's not as bad as the article makes it sound. Garmisch is at an altitude of 700 m (2300

From the perspective of someone who has been in Garmisch two weeks ago: it's not as bad as the article makes it sound. Garmisch is at an altitude of 700 m (2300 ft), but most of the ski area is much higher (in the snow-covered mountains that can be seen in the background of the first photo). Being able to ski all the way down to the ski resort is a luxury, not a necessity, and only those slopes need snow cannons. Plus, there is also the ski area near the Zugspitze, which starts at 2000 m height. I'm not a climate change denier, far from it, but it will take some more decades until skiing in the Alps will die out completely...