The snow-making entrepreneurs enjoying the surging demand for fake snow are tight-lipped about the ingredients, the ratio of water to soapy additive and the equipment used to spread it.

One-hundred percent of the snow that athletes at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are competing on is artificial—pumped out by high-powered snow machines, rather than produced by Mother Nature.

But La Molina now faces an existential threat: A dearth of snow. As global temperatures rise, the resort, like many around the world, is being forced to rely increasingly on artificial snow.

Artificial snow is a crucial part of creating winter wonderlands for skiing and other winter sports. The process begins by turning water into tiny ice crystals using snow machines that blast a ...

Snowmaking is crucial, especially early in the season, and newer machines are more energy- and water-efficient, allowing resorts to make more artificial snow. Climate change is drastically ...

He said they let the piles of man-made snow that comes out of their guns leech moisture for days before spreading it onto the slopes. The artificial snow layer will help Copper open early ...

“It’s the only one of its kind in Maine,” he said. Saturday was sunny and a cool 27 degrees and, with the artificial snow and several inches of natural snow that fell Friday into ...

Just don’t ask how this stuff is made. The snow-making entrepreneurs enjoying the surging demand for fake snow are tight-lipped about the ingredients, the ratio of water to soapy additive and ...