Snow Farming in California and Utah: A Missed Opportunity? Consistent snowfall year after year, especially in the early season, can be unpredictable, as many of us unfortunately know. For myself and all of the Lake Tahoe region, we experienced record-breaking snow during the 2022-23 season that started strong in early November and did not let up until May. Last season (2023-24), as resorts around the area pushed back opening […] Industry News John Cunningham | September 30, 2024 1 Comment
Jay Peak Resort, VT, is Saving Snow for Summer Solstice Festival Jay Peak Resort in Vermont has experimented with snow farming this year. The resort has stockpiled tons of leftover snow and covered it with hay but this move is not to preserve snow for the next season but rather to put on a fun Summer Solstice Festival with a small park in the middle of summer. Summer Solstice this year […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 14, 2024 0 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA, “Snow Farming:” A Dutiful Art on an Absolutely Massive Scale Give Michaelangelo some marble, and you’ll probably get a sculpture. Give him some late-spring snow and a snowcat, and he might be Mammoth Mountain’s Director of Slope Maintenance and the Unbound Terrain Parks, Scott Cherry. Cherry organizes the resort crews that keep Mammoth and its terrain parks open long after other ski areas have already shut down and transitioned toward […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | April 25, 2023 8 Comments
Finland Ski Resort Building Artificial Glacier Levi Ski Resort in northern Finland is a leader in innovation and environmentally friendly development. That trend continues as they are building a man-made glacier and a new high-speed chair lift to service it. So far Levi says they have moved around 20,000 cubic meters of soil to create a smooth base for the slope to get it ready to […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 24, 2022 2 Comments
Less Than 100 Days Until Non-Glacier Skiing Returns to the Northern Hemisphere Ruka Ski Resort announced a few days ago that it plans to open for the 2021-22 winter Ski and Ride season in less than 100 days. The resort, located in Finland, plans to open for the season on October 8th, 2021. This is significant as the resort does not exist on a glacier. Given that Ruka isn’t on a glacier, […] Industry News Nic Stathos | July 2, 2021 0 Comments
European Resorts Begin Harvesting Snow to Save For Next Season With the increasing pressure on resorts to open early and with good conditions, snow farming has become recognized as one of the most useful ways to preserve snow. While much of Europe’s snow remained unskied this season, that doesn’t mean it can’t be used next season. Resorts in Europe have begun the now annual process of farming their snow and using […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 22, 2021 3 Comments
Ski Areas Taking Advantage of Abrupt Early Closure and SAVING Snow for NEXT Season Like all ski resorts across the northern hemisphere, Levi in Finland has to close early due to the coronavirus pandemic. The closures will have a long-lasting and dramatic economic effect on ski resorts and businesses that rely on them. Levi, though, is already preparing for a bumper season next year – by saving this year’s snow for next season. Related: Snow […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 13, 2020 1 Comment
First Non-Glacial Ski Resort in the Northern Hemisphere OPENED Last Week for Winter 2018/19 With all the talk this side of the pond being about Loveland, A-Basin, and now Wolf Creek racing to open first, this resort in Finland got in there and beat them all by a clear week. Their 2018-19 ski season got underway last Friday at Ruka in Lapland, making it the first ski resort in the northern hemisphere that doesn’t […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 12, 2018 0 Comments
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