Snow at DL

[EnnEss]

Anyone know why they don't make "real" snow? Just wondering since there are machines that can do that. That's how they get enough snow on the mountains for ski season down here. Maybe they thought real snow is too cold or too wet to fall down on people?

They dont. Living near one of the best ski resorts in the world (Whistler/Blackcomb), I ride through those machine's outputs regularly in the early season.

Those machines are water hoses, that go through an extremely fine nozzle, making tiny little water particles. There is no cooling, the air freezes it. They cant use snow machines unless its 2 or 3 degrees below freezing. Typically mountains only use them on the upper slopes, this is why. If this stuff lands on you it does it as ice, tiny tiny tiny little ice crystals, way smaller than snow flakes, miniscule. Its just when it piles WAY up that it feels like snow. They sheet your goggles. In LA it'd just be like spraying a really fine mist on the people. There's no 'snow machine' that works on any kind of scale.

 

[LavenderPeach]

They dont. Living near one of the best ski resorts in the world (Whistler/Blackcomb), I ride through those machine's outputs regularly in the early season.

Those machines are water hoses, that go through an extremely fine nozzle, making tiny little water particles. There is no cooling, the air freezes it. They cant use snow machines unless its 2 or 3 degrees below freezing. Typically mountains only use them on the upper slopes, this is why. If this stuff lands on you it does it as ice, tiny tiny tiny little ice crystals, way smaller than snow flakes, miniscule. Its just when it piles WAY up that it feels like snow. They sheet your goggles. In LA it'd just be like spraying a really fine mist on the people. There's no 'snow machine' that works on any kind of scale.

Thanks for the explaination. That makes sense! I've never actually been up to see them make the snow and since it doesn't usually get too terribly cold in so cal, i never even thought about the air cooling the water down.

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

LOL

And see, I"ll be going to disney to get AWAY from snow hahaha

Tho I think there's probably something magical about it. Wonder if the kids will last LOL

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

They dont. Living near one of the best ski resorts in the world (Whistler/Blackcomb), I ride through those machine's outputs regularly in the early season.

Those machines are water hoses, that go through an extremely fine nozzle, making tiny little water particles. There is no cooling, the air freezes it. They cant use snow machines unless its 2 or 3 degrees below freezing. Typically mountains only use them on the upper slopes, this is why. If this stuff lands on you it does it as ice, tiny tiny tiny little ice crystals, way smaller than snow flakes, miniscule. Its just when it piles WAY up that it feels like snow. They sheet your goggles. In LA it'd just be like spraying a really fine mist on the people. There's no 'snow machine' that works on any kind of scale.

oh and I also second this.

Here in Utah they sometimes can't use the snow machines because it's not quite cold enough..the people who don't understand how they work get really mad about it in bad snow years haha