Snow Making News Today

The lack of snow is not slowing down the Sartell-St. Stephen Nordic Ski team thanks to Assistant Coach Joe Teff who has been making snow so the team can practice.

"It’s a bit of a blow to have to go back to square one here."

Lake Tahoe’s ski resorts are expecting to open more terrain in the near future following this week’s snowfall.

Recent freezing temperatures and snowmaking underway at Northeast Pennsylvania mountains and resorts signal the return of ski and snowboard season to a region where both drive tourism and winter recreation.

HIGH COUNTRY — Snowfall in the High Country is around 25 percent less than the long-term average, according to data from local meteorologist Ray Russell of Ray’s Weather Center. However,

Cross-country skiers at Lapham Peak State Park are adapting to warmer weather trends with the help of a snow loop and volunteers.

With temperatures fluctuating back and forth ski resorts can find it hard to keep snow on the slopes but there might be a new solution for this problem.

With snow and colder weather in the forecast, Powder Ridge near Kimball has announced a tentative opening date for the season.

Mid-Atlantic ski resorts are seeing less and less natural snow and are becoming more reliant on man-made snow to keep operating.

>> duncan: to north carolina now where skiers got an unexpected shock while on a chair lift. at least two skiers were hospitalized thankfully with no life threatening injuries after getting doused with a hydrant of freezing water. it happened friday at the beach mountain resort when the hydrant normally used for snow making was knocked over. scary times. one of the creators of the 1969 woodstock music festival has died. michael lang died saturday in new york of non mays peace and music, the fest...