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 ...

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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow cannons are stored during the summer months at the Adelboden-Lenk ski resort facility in the Lenk valley, Switzerland, Monday ...

While weather forecasters are predicting above-average snowfall in New Mexico this winter, Jack Dant is doing everything he can to make the outlook come true. “My fingers are crossed; my toes are ...

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 ...

The snowmaking team normally works at Snowmass, where snowmaking usually wraps up each winter around the end of December. "The guys, they were all for loading up and going down (to Rifle) and doing ...

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 ...