snowmaking

noun, often attributive snow·mak·ing \ ˈsnō-ˌmā-kiŋ \

|Updated on: 8 Jul 2018

Definition of snowmaking

: the production of snow usually for ski slopes

Recent Examples of snowmaking from the Web

What Mother Nature fails to provide will be made up for with some of the most sophisticated snowmaking systems in the world.

— john hopewell, Washington Post, "PyeongChang is more than cold enough for the Winter Olympics. It’s just not that snowy.," 9 Feb. 2018
Thanks to his snowmaking crews and groomers, runs were open and skiing well.

— jason blevins, Outside Online, "What the Worst Winter in 60 Years Did to Ski Resorts," 23 May 2018
Her grandfather, Herman Dupre, invented snowmaking.

— BostonGlobe.com, "2017-18 Girls' Skiing (alpine) All-Scholastics," 7 May 2018
Marshall got the gig and was promoted to director of ticket sales a few seasons later, in 1977—before snowmaking existed.

— morgan tilton, Outside Online, "How Connie Marshall Became the Queen of Alta Ski Area," 18 Apr. 2018
On the other hand, the overall mean temperature of 12 degrees (minus-11 Celsius) in January and 20 degrees (minus-6 Celsius) in February makes it likely there will be ideal snowmaking conditions for the games.

— Washington Post, "Faux snow: Man-made snow to be used in Beijing and beyond," 25 Feb. 2018
In southern Utah, the Eagle Point Resort hopes to deploy limited snowmaking next season after not being able to fully open until Feb. 23 this year, said owner Shane Gadbaw.

— jim carlton, WSJ, "Another Bad Ski Season Puts Small Resorts in the West in Jeopardy," 9 Mar. 2018
On the other hand, the overall mean temperature of 12 degrees (minus-11 Celsius) in January and 20 degrees (minus-6 Celsius) in February makes it likely there will be ideal snowmaking conditions for the games.

— Washington Post, "Faux snow: Man-made snow to be used in Beijing and beyond," 25 Feb. 2018
In California’s Sierra Mountains, snowmaking has gone big-time, just as the region’s resorts have rebounded from a devastating five-year drought that ended in 2017.

— eric niiler, WIRED, "Ski Resorts Fight Climate Change With Snow Blowers and Buses," 26 Mar. 2018

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