The snowy part of the continent was brought alive with much anticipation. Lindens gave sneak previews of it with pictures in their profiles. The sims came online complete with ski trails, a chateau, and ski lifts. The snow sims were even featured on the SL website's front page. The snow sims are the first major climate change on the current continent. Their upraised height creates more clouds in the sky which in turn would create actual snow (if SL had a working weather system). It is also one of the largest parts of the continent to be continuous land with little water.