It’s going to be kind of tricky.”Man-made snow debuted at the Olympics in 1980, when a snow drought endangered the Lake Placid Games. Kaitlyn Trudeau, a senior research associate of climate science for Sacramento-based Climate Central, says the unmistakable trend is the result of climate change. And it threatens the future of the Winter Olympics. “There’s a very dry snow; that’s the fluffy snow. And I don’t know how we’re supposed to have the Winter Games if we don’t have winter.”Staff writer Sam Farmer contributed to this report.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2026 12:31 UTC