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[VIDEO] Killington Resort, VT, to Invest $7-Million on 1,000 New Snowguns

KILLINGTON, Vt. (October 10, 2024) – Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest mountain resort in Eastern North America, announces a massive investment in new energy-efficient snowguns totaling 1,000 new pieces of equipment over the next two seasons. For the 2024 season, Killington and Pico will add 36 HKD Snowmakers Phazer portable snowmaking guns, install 454 HKD Impulse and Phazer R5 tower guns, and four […]
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[PHOTOS] Copper Mountain, CO, Kicks Off Snowmaking in Preparation for Winter 2024-25

Thanks to plummeting temperatures, Copper Mountain in Colorado seized the opportunity to begin its snowmaking operations for the upcoming 2024-25 winter season. The resort’s snowmaking crew initiated the process early Monday morning, focusing on building a solid base for the upper mountain’s alpine race training facilities. Related: [VIDEO] Direct Weather October Snow Forecast: These Are the Regions That Will See […]
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[PHOTO TOUR] Aerial View of Snowmaking Efforts at Perisher Ski Resort, Australia

Last week saw the first natural snow of the season as a cold front swept across southeast Australia. Temperatures have dropped in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC), and resorts in the Snowy Mountains have kick-started snow-making efforts to prepare for the opening weekend on King’s Birthday, June 8-10, 2024. Nothing quite puts the efforts into perspective like aerial […]
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Sewage into Snow | Montana’s 1st Recycled Snowmaking Effort Launches at Ultra-Exclusive Yellowstone Club

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Environmental Groups Applaud Water Conservation Program in Inaugural Season After a decade of collaboration, study, and scientific review, an effort to use recycled water from the community of Big Sky, Montana, to establish a base layer snowpack kicked off the start of the 2023/2024 ski season. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved a permit in 2021 for the […]
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[PHOTOS] Crested Butte, CO, Begins Snowmaking Following 19 Inches of Snow

Knock-knock. It’s Old Man Winter. He’s arrived. Snowmaking is officially underway at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Mountain teams fired up the snow guns on Sunday night, three days ahead of schedule, thanks to a little help from Mother Nature. A whopping 19 inches of fresh snow dumped over the mountain last weekend, followed by temperatures cold enough to allow snowmaking. Crested Butte […]
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