Although it’s been a bit of a warm winter thus far, New Mexico’s ski resorts are open for the season. Part of what makes this ...

With mild weather conditions and a lack of significant snowfall this winter, ski resorts have to rely heavily on artificial snow to keep their mountains operational. There is more that goes into ...

BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON — Over at Solitude Mountain Resort, the team is up early in the morning to make snow. It’s a months-long process because they start maintaining the snow-making machines in the ...

Powderhorn Mountain Resort has begun its snowmaking process, marking the transition from fall to winter operations on the Grand Mesa. The resort kicked off snow production last night, aiming to ...

As winter arrives and ski season begins, snowmaking is becoming more important, with snowfall occurring later in the fall and melting earlier in the spring. This places significan ...

Before the sun has even risen over the snow-capped Gore mountains, Bode Kier and Jake Lewis are trudging through feet of snow in the pitch black up one of the 140 ski runs at Keystone Resort. Their ...

For this year’s World Snow Celebration in Stillwater, the snow was made at Afton Alps in Hastings. Photojournalist Ryan Klabunde went to check out the snowmaking process.

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 ...