SNOWMAKING ARTICLES

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  November 2024

  Making Snow The Cross-Country Way

  Low-snow winters have convinced some operators to embrace small snowmaking systems.  When it comes to natural snow, the climate these days isn’t always forthcoming. It was especially stingy last winter in the Midwest, where states like Minnesota and Wisconsin saw almost no snow. This kind of di Low-snow winters have convinced some operators to embrace small snowmaking systems.

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  July 2024

  The Future of All-Weather Snowmaking

  The market is growing for all-weather “snowmaking boxes” as the technology continues to become more refined. When Ski Ward in central Massachusetts fired up its Latitude 90 all-weather snowmaking machine in earnest for the first time in October 2023, it was like Christmas in July. White flakes The market is growing for all-weather “snowmaking boxes” as the technology continues to become...

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  May 2024

  Snowmaking's Secret Sauce

  Prioritize your people to perfec the snowmaking process and product. Imagine this: You’re a snowmaker on a snowmaking gun run. It’s 2 a.m., and the wind is howling with snow swirling about. Visibility is 10 feet, and every step fights you. Sled guns are poking through the snow like miniature v Prioritize your people to perfec the snowmaking process and product.

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  November 2023

  New HQs for Mountain Ops

  Mountain operations have expanded greatly over the decades, and so must the notion of “maintenance shops.” Maintenance shops are one of those capital expense items that are often difficult to fund. The guest doesn’t see them, and they can put a large dent in an area’s budget, knocking the Mountain operations have expanded greatly over the decades, and so must the notion of “maintenance...

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  November 2023

  Construction Site : November 2023

  It was a big summer for capital improvements at North American ski areas.   CRANMORE, NH   When Cranmore tore down its main base lodge in April 2022, it planned to complete the first floor of a new mixed-use building in time for the 2022-23 ski season. Covid supply chain and labor challenges It was a big summer for capital improvements at North American ski areas.

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  September 2023

  Construction Site :: September 2023

  Lift and facility upgrades for the 2023-24 season aim to enhance the guest experience.   BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN, ID The summer of 2023 has seen the largest capital investment ever at Brundage, with construction underway on a new detachable quad lift and a 17,000-square-foot skier services building Lift and facility upgrades for the 2023-24 season aim to enhance the guest experience.