Saving the snow for next year: Ski resorts try 'snow farming' as temperatures rise
www.nbcnews.com
The approach involves making snow when conditions are ideal, then piling it high under an insulated mat through the summer. Several ski areas are giving it a go.
  • betterdeadthanreddit
    151·
    6 months ago

    Last time I tried farming snow, the DEA made a surprise no-knock early morning visit and ruined everything. Bunch of buzzkills.

  • SGGeorwell
    111·
    6 months ago

    This is sad and pathetic and horrifying.

  • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
    7·
    6 months ago

    Having tried to save snowballs in the freezer for a mid-summer snowball fight, I can assure you that that’s just going to be ice and result in head trauma.

    • GhostalmediaEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      Yeah, it’s pretty dense firn, but not quite “ice.”

      It’s basically only good for grinding up and getting a base started. It’ll level out surfaces, cover rocks, etc.

      It’s onto meant to shorten the time until opening day. The first snows firn are skiable sooner than the first snows on bare mountain.