ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. — Holiday Valley is gearing up for the ski season as colder temperatures and fresh snow move into the region, setting the stage for the resort’s anticipated opening next Friday, ...

RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (WSAW) - Granite Peak Ski Resort is preparing to create artificial snow as temperatures approach the threshold needed for snowmaking operations. The resort needs temperatures to ...

GEORGETOWN, Colo. — Snow enthusiasts, rejoice! The snowmaking process is underway at several Colorado ski areas. Colorado mountain resorts are taking advantage of a cold front in Colorado that ...

A fresh layer of powder arrived in parts of the Sierra this week, but it wasn't nearly enough to get most ski resorts ready for the winter season. Almost all have been forced to push back their ...

Unseasonably warm weather starting out November forced Colorado ski resorts to turn off their snowguns for extended periods this week. While forecasts indicate that the hot, dry start to the ski ...

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 ...

VAIL — The U.S. Forest Service has approved a Vail Resorts proposal to expand snowmaking operations on Vail Mountain. When the multiyear project is complete, about 25 percent of the mountain’s skiable ...

DURANGO, Colo. — Purgatory Resort will not open this weekend as planned, resort officials said, citing a stretch of warm weather that has slowed early-season snowmaking. The southwest Colorado ski ...

LONDONDERRY — Magic Mountain Ski Area is touting a significant upgrade in its snowmaking capabilities. "We’ve installed 40 30-foot fixed HKD tower guns to blanket key trails off The Green mid-mountain ...

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.

With the 2026 Australian ski season almost upon us, ski resorts have kicked off snowmaking and we explain how it works.