Machine-made snow forms spherical balls instead of flakes, creating harder surfaces that affect skiing performance, but offer other tradeoffs that help with early season conditions.

When you hear “man-made snow,” you might imagine a snow gun at a ski hill making fresh powder. While it isn’t quite the same as firing up a snow machine, when the conditions are right, snow that falls ...

No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known ...

The resort needs temperatures to drop to about 28 degrees to begin producing snow, regardless of natural snowfall conditions.

CLEVELAND — You might think that snow can only fall when it's freezing outside, but it turns out snow can still happen even when temperatures are above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Here's how this ...