In La Nina winters, nature doesn't always provide natural snow to help ski areas open. Across the U.S. and around the world, resorts often use machines to build base depths when nature can't provide ...

Quick! Before you read any further, pause, take a moment, and do your very best snow gun/snowmaking machine impression. Now, it’s time for some points of reference. Hunter Mountain, New York, recently ...

When viewers tune in to the 2026 Winter Olympics, they will see pristine, white slopes, groomed tracks and athletes racing over snow-covered landscapes, thanks in part to a storm that blanketed the ...

DESPITE THE ONGOING DROUGHT. HERE’S JOHN SCHNEIDER. ON CANAAN MOUNTAIN, SNOW FALLS ALL DAY LONG, QUITE CONFIDENT IN OUR WATER SUPPLY. I THINK WHAT WE’RE HOPING FOR ARE COLD TEMPS, DRIER AIR AND SNOW.

PALMERTON, Pa. — Nick Delich is the director of operations at Blue Mountain near Palmerton. He says the resort received nearly six inches of snow on Tuesday. The snow helped them prepare for opening ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado ...