DENVER -- The sight can be jarring during extreme drought: snowmaking guns lined up on a mountainside, blasting precious crystal flakes on a ski run while the rest of the land goes thirsty. Snowpack ...

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In 1961, Otto Wallingford opened Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn. He epitomized Yankee ingenuity, and is heralded as the pioneer of snowmaking and grooming in the Maine ski industry. In the 1970s, Lost ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Who needs Mother Nature when you've got an air compressor and plenty of water. Machines that can convert thousands of gallons per minute into a blanket of snow are in use at ski ...

When Mother Nature doesn’t deliver, it’s up to technology — and a dedicated crew willing to work in freezing cold weather while the rest of the world sleeps — to bring winter to the slopes. There has ...

Not everyone loves the recent cold weather, but over the last week or so, ski area operators in Connecticut have been embracing the frigid temperatures. The colder air means that they can make snow ...

HOW SNOW MAKING TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING. THE NUMBER ONE INGREDIENT FOR A GREAT SKI SEASON IS, OF COURSE, SNOW. WINTER RECREATION THRIVES DURING SNOWY WINTERS, BUT WHEN MOTHER NATURE DOESN’T COOPERATE, ...

Utah ski resorts are turning off their snowmaking. And, right on queue, nature is turning on its spigots. Both Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain have extended their snowmaking operations weeks ...