Machine-made snow forms spherical balls instead of flakes, creating harder surfaces that affect skiing performance, but offer other tradeoffs that help with early season conditions.

The best snow machines are affordable and easy to use. Offering high output in a user-friendly package, the Chauvet DJ Snow ...

Artificial snow-making – using machines to spray a mixture of water and compressed air to freeze into snowflakes – has been used by the ski industry since the 1950s. With climate change posing a ...

For many students at UC Berkeley, spring semester is the perfect time to head up to the mountains and take a break from academic life. Whether it be skiing or snowboarding, Lake Tahoe provides the ...

Just an hour’s drive from Rome, local skiers have made the Apennine Mountains their winter playground for decades. But this season, the usually pristine white resorts look more like muddy wastelands.

Unpredictable weather and fluctuating temperatures have long plagued winter sports communities across the country. This year is another example of a delayed winter. Fortunately, innovations in snow ...