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Less Than 100 Days Until Non-Glacier Ski Season Starts in the Northern Hemisphere

Ruka is consolidating all the snow they can get. Photo Credit: Ruka Ski Resort Facebook

Less than 100 days from now, the first non-glacial ski resorts in the Northern Hemisphere will kick off their 2026–27 seasons. Levi and Ruka in Finnish Lapland have confirmed an October 2, 2026 opening, both launching their ski seasons on stored snow from the previous winter — a system that places them among the earliest non-glacier ski resorts to reliably […]
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Snow Storage Offers Alternative To Snowmaking, Grows In Popularity Among North American Ski Areas

As natural snowfall becomes less reliable with each passing season, many ski areas in North America have increasingly turned to snowmaking to open early season terrain. However, aside from water supply and energy use issues, snowmaking requires cold temperatures to work. The start of the ski season in the Western part of North America brought unseasonably warm temperatures for months […]
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Mammoth Mountain, CA, “Snow Redistribution:” A Dutiful Art on an Absolutely Massive Scale

Give Michelangelo 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 who keep Mammoth and its terrain parks open long after other ski areas have shut down and transitioned to summer […]
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Mölltaller Glacier Resort, Austria, Sets New Snow Farming Record Ahead of 2025–26 Ski Season

Mölltaler Glacier Resort in Austria has announced a record-breaking achievement in snow farming, storing 300,000 cubic meters (10.6 million cubic feet) of snow from last season for the upcoming 2025–26 season. That figure is 100,000 cubic meters (3.5 million cubic feet) more than last year and six times the volume preserved in 2023–24. For those needing help picturing how much […]
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Sun Peaks Resort, BC, is First Canadian Ski Area to Employ Snow Farming and Storage Technique

The Snow Secure mats can be set up in one day. Photo Credit: Sun Peaks Resort

Sun Peaks Resort in British Columbia, Canada, is the nation’s first ski area to utilize a snow farming and storage system. Developed by Snow Secure, the system works by collecting snow in massive piles and then covering them with Snow Secure’s insulated mat technology. The goal is to preserve the snow through the summer and into the fall when ski area […]
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Jay Peak Resort, VT, Farms 128,000 Cubic Feet of Snow for June Ski and Ride Event

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Jay Peak Resort, Vermont, is set to blur the lines between winter and summer again, announcing that its Solstice Sessions event will return June 21 with a record-breaking mound of farmed snow. One of North America’s snowiest this winter, the resort has sealed away 128,000 cubic feet of snow–about 40% more than last year’s stash–ensuring that skiing and snowboarding will […]
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Ski Areas Taking Advantage of Abrupt Early Closure and SAVING Snow for NEXT Season

Levi, Finland

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 […]
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