Alpine resorts may have a new way to put their snowmaking equipment to work as Europe bakes through hot summers: helping douse forest fires. Snow cannons and lances are the visible part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to Visit Lake Tahoe, Heavenly Mountain Resort, California, boasts a larger snowmaking system than the combined capacity ...

At 6:30 a.m. on October 9, 2024, Sunday River, Maine’s snowmaking system roared to life with guns spraying the Rogue Angel, Excalibur, and Lollapalooza trails. The annual test, which comes after ...

This winter’s snow cover is the lowest on record in the Western United States. While that could cause a torrent of trouble come spring — more wildfires, less water for farms and fish — at the moment, ...

The Forest Service is asking for public comments on the proposal by August 24.

A few days before Thanksgiving, Mark Nelson had hoped to be making snow at Bolton Valley Resort in northern Vermont. But instead, hoses hooked up to air compressors were just blowing air out over the ...

View post: Hot Weather Forces Another Swiss Resort To Suspend Summer Skiing Northeast ski resorts are continuing to push for opening day as snow guns turn on across the region. At Sugarloaf, Maine, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Trudging across the top of Bromley Mountain Ski Resort on a sunny afternoon in ...

Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace. When the first Olympic Winter Games ...

Trudging across the top of Bromley Mountain Ski Resort on a sunny afternoon in January, Matt Folts checks his smartwatch and smiles: 14 degrees Fahrenheit. That is very nearly his favorite temperature ...

Kolina Coe, director of mountain operations at Keystone Resort, explains the workings of one of the mountain's 672 snowmaking guns. Photo Credit: Robert Silk KEYSTONE, Colo. -- The slopes at Keystone ...

[Mattmopar] figured out how to get a white Christmas even if the weather isn’t frightful. He built a simple DIY snow making machine with a few plumbing parts, and tools you probably already have.