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    Yesterday's snow - tomorrow's water

    Snow Space Salzburg’s sustainable water cycle

    Producing man-made snow requires the same elements that nature does – air and water. In order to avoid overburdening the local streams and rivers, especially in the winter months with less runoff, Snow Space Salzburg utilizes 10 reservoirs with a combined useful volume of 616,600 cubic meters.

    Did you know that ...

    • ... when building new reservoir ponds, amphibian biotopes are created to support various vertebrates and special attention is paid to ensure that they combine well with the landscape?
    • ... retention basins help to collect the snow melt from the upper slopes?
    • … the primary input to all the reservoir lakes in Snow Space Salzburg is the snow melt from their respective ski areas?
    • ... water is only used from streams and rivers during the heavy runoff months which occur each summer ?
    Grafenberg Speicherteich
    Lake at the Geisterberg in summer - Snow Space Salzburg
    Flowers by the Water | Snow Space Salzburg
    Mountains, Pond & Nature | View of the peaks in Snow Space Salzburg
    Grafenberg Speicherteich
    Lake at the Geisterberg in summer - Snow Space Salzburg
    Flowers by the Water | Snow Space Salzburg
    Mountains, Pond & Nature | View of the peaks in Snow Space Salzburg