As climate change becomes an increasingly pertinent issue for ski resorts, snowmaking has become more important. Snow guns, ...
On Thursday, Sept. 18, Keystone Resort announced that it test fired its snowmaking system ahead of the 2025-26 winter season. According to Keystone communications director Sarah McLear, temperatures ...
Keystone Resort in Colorado was the first resort in the country to open in 2025, in part due to their emphasis on early-season snowmaking. As climate change amplifies drought in the Mountain West, ski ...
The past two ski seasons started as polar opposites in Aspen, but any way you slice it, the snowmaking crew play a key role in getting skiers and riders on their boards. In 2017-18, the season started ...
The nonprofit group Portland Nordic is renting snowmaking equipment with an eye toward an annual winter activity hub.
Over the past two summers, Alterra Mountain Company has shelled out $37 million to upgrade Winter Park’s antiquated snowmaking system, one that was installed in the late 1970s when lift tickets cost ...
The Brattleboro Ski Hill has operated at what’s now the town’s Living Memorial Park since its founding in 1937. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — Upon its start in 1937, the community-run ...
"You would not be in business if you depended on natural snow," said Ray Wozniak, who has managed snowmaking and grooming operations at Kissing Bridge for years. "Look at KB, our South area ran 2-3 ...
With the sun slowly beginning to peak over East Wall, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area head snowmaker Bill LeClair stands on High Noon and watches as snow begins to blanket the intermediate ski run. For the ...