Snowmaking in Colorado: Wired Mag
Great article from Wired about the business of making enough snow to be the first resort in the country to open.
“You can theoretically make snow up to about 38 or 39 degrees Fahrenheit,” Sellers told Wired.com. “But that’s with zero-percent humidity. If it’s 32 degrees and 90 percent humidity, you can’t make snow.” And since falling snow is usually accompanied by high humidity levels, a snowstorm is, oddly enough, not a great time to blow man-made snow.
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