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.

It hasn't snowed much in Colorado yet, thanks to low temperatures, some ski areas and resorts have been able to make enough ...

The most commonly cited average is a 10-to-1 ratio. This means 10 inches of snowfall would melt down to equal one inch of ...