"In addition, at the time of research, there are five states (Alabama, Maryland, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas) and two provinces (Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island) with only 1 resort remaining. Details of state/province/territory data can be seen in Table 2."
I found it hard to believe that Texas has a ski resort. I did some searching and I can't find any evidence that this is true.
RI and Alabama both have one. Seems easy enough to check.
https://www.skimag.com/news/alabama-cloudmont-ski-resort-ope...
Those guys ended up founding alot of these resorts. Areas in the backcountry, where the land was super cheap and they managed to get leases for them for pennies.
Over time they became more commercial and less of a personal project. Plus these areas became more valuable because of the skiing and that priced out the locals, the people that actually worked the slopes.
I think this story is way more complex then to point to climate change.