[PHOTOS] Time to Get Excited: Killington Resort, VT, Tests New Snow Guns in Anticipation of 2024-25 Season Chilly temperatures on Tuesday, October 15, enabled the snowmaking team at Killington Resort, Vermont, to turn on the snow guns for the first time for the 2024-25 winter season. The team completed a “long duration system test”, firing about a dozen of its new HKD Phazer guns on ‘Upper Superstar.’ The HKD Phazer is designed to operate in tight spaces […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 15, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Loveland Ski Area, CO, Fires Up Snowguns Snowgun Test 2024 This is only a test! Our snowmaking team conducted water testing on the snow guns today. The team is closely monitoring the forecast and is ready to fire up the snowguns as soon as Mother Nature gives the go-ahead. Get ready! 🏂❄️⛷️ #cowx Posted by Loveland Ski Area on Wednesday 9 October 2024 Loveland Ski Area, Colorado, […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 11, 2024 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO, Begins Testing Snowguns Ski season just got a step closer. Arapahoe Basin, CO, is getting ready to take advantage of the falling temperatures by getting its snowguns ready to start firing. Hoping to open in mid-October, testing the snowguns means that snowmaking can begin for real in the next week or so. Hopefully this week… Last night we tested the snow guns. Do you […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 26, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Gunstock Mountain Resort, NH, Fires Up Snowguns You can’t beat the sound of snowguns in the morning. Gunstock Mountain Resort, NH, is the first resort that has started preparing and testing its guns ahead of the temperatures falling when snowmaking can begin for real. It might still be a few weeks away, but opening days are approaching—we can smell it. Gunstock Mountain Resort hit the news earlier this […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 12, 2022 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO, Installing 4 New Tower Fan Snow Guns Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (Colorado) will install four new tower fan snow guns on the Lower High Noon trail this upcoming season. The High Noon trail is a mellow intermediate run on the front side of A-Bay, taking skiers and riders from the top of the Black Mountain Express lift to the Base Lodge. A fun cruiser run, High Noon […] Industry News Nick DeRiso | September 2, 2022 0 Comments
7 Resorts Have their Snowguns Blazing | Keystone, CO Joins #RaceToOpen for First Time in Over 20-Years Three resorts across the country already have the snowguns blazing, making snow in preparation for as early an opening as mother nature allows, with four more getting the guns ready. Related: What Ski Resort Will Open First This Year? #RaceToOpen Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe in Nevada was the first to officially begin making snow over the weekend, and Arapahoe Basin […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 3, 2019 0 Comments
Snowshoe Mountain, WV Invests $4-Million in Snowmaking Upgrades [Sponsored by Snowshoe Mountain] Are you looking for the best snow conditions in the Mid Atlantic or Southeast regions of the US? Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia has you covered. The mountain has made some big changes to their snowmaking abilities in preparation for the 2018-19 season and beyond. Nearly four million dollars has been invested in upgrades with a […] Featured Article Jenah MacGrain | November 21, 2018 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Fire Up Snow Guns for First Time this Fall | 2 Weeks Earlier than Last Year Taking advantage of the cold front that’s been delivering record-low daily temperatures across the west, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA couldn’t let those Colorado resorts have all the fun, so they fired up their own snow guns for the first time this fall. With temps dipping into the low 20s last night, we fired up the snow guns for the […] Conditions Report WeatherBrains | October 17, 2018 0 Comments
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