Artificial snow

Don't be hating my artificial snow!! There is a reason that East coast US skiers are most able to deal with "poor" conditions. ;) We might get a little dusting of snow every now and about all we ever ski on is man-made. It's actually pretty good sometimes. As for climate change - we are open earlier than we have been in years.

Dshenberger wrote:Don't be hating my artificial snow!! There is a reason that East coast US skiers are most able to deal with "poor" conditions. ;) We might get a little dusting of snow every now and about all we ever ski on is man-made. It's actually pretty good sometimes. As for climate change - we are open earlier than we have been in years.

We have been having longer seasons as well, despite below average snow falls. As I said above, it's all about tempurature. If you have the low temps, modern snowmaking equipment is fantastic.

Trencher

Was just reading this about glaciers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7770472.stm which suggest snowfall is not the problem in Europe , shorter seasons are. This seems so different to us where snowfall averages are way down, but low temps still allow great snow making conditions

Trencher

Neiltoo wrote:Aparently there are no chemicals involved, something to do with using a vacuum.
More details here: http://industryreport.mountainnews.com/2008/09/snowmaking_at_90_degrees_fahre.shtml

Then I have no idea what the large pallet of stuff was for. Each bag was clearly labelled with the IDE mfr's name and Trockener Steg. It did look like salt. Maybe they have a really, (really) large dishwasher?

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I know that here they used to use this stuff called SnowMax. It was added to the water to give something for the atomized particles of water to cling to. The idea was it would freeze easier that way. Don't know how much difference it really made. . .

The Arecco's that are used at my place pump out quality stuff. It's drier then the regular midwestern snow. It's no "Rocky Mtn." stuff. But it dose get the crowds coming. Our guns at 17-20F were letting out a sand like snow. between 20-28F the grains are a little bit larger.