Several Tahoe-area ski resorts couldn't be happier about opening earlier than they did this time last year after a healthy helping of snowfall in recent days.
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation of a fatal accident at Jiminy Peak led to no formal citations, but several safety recommendations.
And using it through snow farming and capturing it in the fences, so we do a lot of work on pushing it out and trying to maximise how we use the snow, creating that base layer that sets you up for a good season. you ve had to make quite a lot of adaptions since you ve been working here. what are some of the major changes you have made? i think technology is really having a positive effect. snowmaking is becoming a bigger part of it. we can make snow through our fan guns in 2 temperatures so that guarantees local ski schools and that business, it s a busy time coming up. then combined with natural snow and temperatures we can get snow guns going and we can snow farm and start building a base and really the base is key to trying to maintain the snow throughout the season. thank you so much, jim, for explaining how snow production and all your adaptations are so vital to the industry here. i m going to head now and find out a little bit more aboutjust how you make snow at the top
I think technology is really having a positive effect. snowmaking is becoming a bigger part of it. we can make snow through our fan guns in 2 temperatures so that guarantees local ski schools and that business, it s a busy time coming up. then combined with natural snow and temperatures we can get snow guns going and we can snow farm and start building a base and really the base is key to trying to maintain the snow throughout the season. thank you so much, jim, for explaining how snow production and all your adaptations are so vital to the industry here. i m going to head now and find out a little bit more aboutjust how you make snow at the top of a mountain. i m here at the snow factory now, where the man made snow is produced. mikey, you re head of engineering here at cairngorm mountain, so you re very much in charge of running this machine and producing the snow. talk me through, how does it work? it s an ammonia plant, pretty similar to some fridges and freezers. this cools an ic
How does it feel to ski on? when it comes out of the snow factory it s essentially a ice flake, which doesn t have a lot of cohesion. by the time you get to ski on it, it s been mixed with other man made snow from snow guns and hopefully some natural stuff, which makes it bind and makes a good skiable surface. and so what do you hope about the future proofing of the industry, where you are able to make snow at higher temperatures like this? snowmaking is key to the future of snow sports here in scotland. we have a variable climate on some of the lowest slopes where we operate. it provides a good run down to the base station. thank you so much for showing us your operations here. have you ever wondered how easy it is to measure the depth of snow? it s not quite as simple as you might think. i take a look at that later in the programme. now to the part of the world where weather extremes reached a new level in 2021. british columbia in western canada. in november, record rain as an atmos