When winter returns to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it’s not just nature that brings the snow – there’s some interesting science at play, too! As the Tahoe region gears up for ski season, resorts are ...

On early October mornings — sometimes even in the middle of the night — crews across Colorado’s ski resorts don their gear and climb the slopes with one mission: to make snow. “Our snowmakers are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As climate change becomes an increasingly pertinent issue for ski resorts, snowmaking has become more important. Snow guns, as ...

Over the past two summers, Alterra Mountain Company has shelled out $37 million to upgrade Winter Park’s antiquated snowmaking system, one that was installed in the late 1970s when lift tickets cost ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Eager skiers and snowboarders won’t have long to wait now for first turns and shreds, because Arapahoe Basin, Loveland and Keystone cranked up their snow ...

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — The snow guns are out at one Colorado ski resort on the first of October. Copper Mountain brought out the snow-making guns, creating artificial snow above tree line Wednesday ...

DILLON, Colo. — Snow enthusiasts, rejoice! The snowmaking process began Friday at at least three Colorado ski areas. "Snowmaking has begun! Early this morning, our snowmaking team fired up the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Copper Mountain announced that as of Oct. 1, its snow guns are live and snowmaking activities are fully underway, unofficially kicking off Colorado’s winter 2025-26 ski season.