The Hardships of Making Snow | Cost, Reliance, & Environmental Impacts According to POW (Protect Our Winters) about 88% of ski resorts in the United States rely on snowmaking each season. Resorts will make snow to accumulate a base to open earlier, stay open later, or compensate to build features like halfpipes for competitions. Some resorts, like those in the Mid-Atlantic region, rely on snowmaking to have a season at all. […] Helena Guglielmino | November 3, 2017 4 Comments
VIDEO: The Race To Open Is ON | Arapahoe Basin Made Snow For Over 12 Hours Last Night [arve url="https://www.facebook.com/ArapahoeBasinSkiArea/videos/10159308003490332/"] Chris Wallner | September 25, 2017 291 Likes 3 Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: “We Are Literally Ready To Open Just About Anytime” – Arapahoe Basin, CO [iframe id=”http://interactive.tegna-media.com/video/embed/embed.html?id=2391836&type=video&title=Start%20of%20Colorado%20ski%20season%20just%20days%20away%20&site=73&playerid=6918249996581&dfpid=32805352&dfpposition=Video_prestream_external§ion=home”] Arapahoe Basin’s COO, Alan Henceroth, basically just said they’ll be opening next week. “We are literally ready to open just about anytime. We had a fantastic week of snowmaking, and we are waiting for one or two more good, really cold nights and we will get this place open.” – Alan Henceroth, Arapahoe Basin COO, told 9 News yesterday […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 14, 2016 0 Comments
Killington Vermont Fires Up the Snowguns Today & Yesterday This mornings low temperatures at Killington, Vermont prompted their snowmaking team to get out and begin testing their system across North Ridge. This was their first attempt at snowmaking for the season and as shown in their video, it went pretty well! The weather window was pretty short, it only allowed for a brief period of snowmaking at daybreak, but […] Conditions Report Dylan Cautela | October 10, 2016 1 Comment
3 Colorado Ski Areas Are Already Making Snow! | 2 Plan To Open This Month video of snowmaking at Loveland Pass, CO on October 3rd, 2016. “We fired up the snowguns at 11:00 p.m. last night and are still going strong nearly 14 hours later! The temps and humidity are still working in our favor; if the sun stays hidden and the temps stay cold, we’re prepared to go 24-hours a day. When’s opening day? […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 4, 2016 1 Comment
VIDEO: Loveland, CO Looks Ready to Open… Loveland ski area in Colorado looks ready to open, right? This video and these photos make it look like it’s just about game time at Loveland… Loveland got 14″ of snow yesterday and their snowmaking is raging. It was 16ºF there this morning and the forecast looks cold. We’ve got our fingers crossed for early next week. PHOTOS: SnowBrains | October 24, 2015 0 Comments
Sunday River, Maine OPENS Today with Top-To-Bottom Skiing | VIDEO & Photo Tour: Third earliest Opening Day in resort history. Best Opening Day conditions. Ever. Posted by Sunday River on Monday, October 19, 2015 Sunday River ski resort in Maine opened for the season today with top-to-bottom skiing and riding on 100% artificial snow. Sunday River is the 2nd ski resort to open this winter only one day after Killington, VT opened yesterday. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 19, 2015 1 Comment
When Will the 1st Ski Resort in the USA Open? Not Soon… It’s 60ºF at 12,000-Feet in Colorado right now!! It’s going to be so hot in Colorado’s low country this week that NOAA has issued a Hazardous Weather Warning: “THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE […] Industry News WeatherBrains | October 10, 2015 2 Comments
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