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 ...

It turns out that there’s a whole lot of work that goes into blowing frozen droplets of water onto ski slopes. This is the science of snowmaking. Most anyone who has ever gone skiing or snowboarding ...

MASSANUTTEN, Va. (WAVY) – Snow is exciting for many of us, as it’s not that often flakes fly from the sky. On average, Hampton Roads see around six inches of snow annually. Out in the mountains of ...

When Mother Nature doesn’t deliver, it’s up to technology — and a dedicated crew willing to work in freezing cold weather while the rest of the world sleeps — to bring winter to the slopes. There has ...

DENVER (AP) — The sight can be jarring during extreme drought: snowmaking guns lined up on a mountainside, blasting precious crystal flakes on a ski run while the rest of the land goes thirsty.

LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah — It’s been a slow start to Utah’s ski season, with warm, dry weather forcing resorts across northern Utah to delay their opening dates. But colder air has finally ...

A small, flat piece of ground on a former uranium mill tailings site on the eastern edge of Rifle wouldn't necessarily be the first place you'd think of going skiing. So it would be only natural to ...

The winter Olympics conjure up images of snowy mountain ranges, frozen ice rinks and athletes in cold-weather gear. And for good reason. Winter Olympic venues have often been in places that receive an ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The winter Olympics conjure up images of snowy mountain ranges, frozen ice ...

The snowmaking crew at Lutsen Mountain gives us an inside look into how they get their runs ready to spin the lifts each day. Late November in the “Land of Ice and Snow,” Minnesota. The radio, mounted ...