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.

Natural snow has been hard to come by in Colorado this fall. Check out the cool science behind how snowmakers get around dry ...

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 ...