snow cannons
Artificial powder makers
Snow cannons are machines that spray water into cold air to create artificial snow, used at ski resorts when natural snowfall is insufficient.
Also called snow guns or snowmakers.
The technology requires freezing temperatures and compressed air to turn water droplets into ice crystals: The resort fired up the snow cannons overnight to cover the slopes.
- snowmakerDevice producing artificial flakes
- ski resortsMountain recreation complexes
- base layerInnermost worn garment
- skiingSnow sport on runners
- winter sportsAthletic pursuits in cold
slopes · ski season · alpine skiing · ski lift · terrain parks · avalanches · cross-country skiing · freestyle skiing · moguls · ski patrol · ski chalets · mountain rescue · gondola lifts · compressed air · winter tourism · mountain lodges · tobogganing · water reservoirs
- snow equipmentsnowmobiles
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