Amid the West’s worst snow drought in modern history, several ski areas are attempting a novel approach: Storing up artificial snow and preserving it until next ski season. Subscribe to read this ...

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Davide Cerato will play a major role in skiing and snowboarding events at the upcoming Olympics, but he won't be competing. The Italian snowmaking expert is responsible for perfecting several of the ...

If so, you’re correct. However, that isn’t stopping a Michigan ski area from claiming that its glacier is still firing and that its lifts are still spinning, despite it being nearly May. Way up north, ...

It was closing weekend for several ski areas in the south during the past two weekends. Despite the fact that the majority of my days on snow are spent in places like Utah and Colorado that host ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crews at Monarch Mountain roll out a fence in hopes of it blocking snow and piling up and being transported to thinner spots of the ski area. (Courtesy of Monarch Mountain) When the snow isn’t falling ...

Higher-than-average temperatures have left mountain tops across the Aussie alps bare.

Amid the West’s worst snow drought in modern history, several ski areas are attempting a novel approach: Storing up manmade snow and preserving it until next ski season. Known as “snow farming,” the ...