Saving the snow for next year: Ski resorts try 'snow farming' as temperatures rise
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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.
  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days 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.