Preparations for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are moving ahead across the Italian Alps, where organisers are leaning heavily on existing venues and updated technology rather than ...

The Winter Olympic Games, this year hosted in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, have increasingly had to rely on human-made ...

At the Winter Olympics, athletes race down immaculate white slopes. The snow looks perfect. But it is largely manufactured.

If you skied the Italian Olympic courses, you'd fly down the mountain. The special process of making world-class technical snow uses more water, resulting in snow that's particularly firm and durable.

Scott notes that, in some cases, the practice can change the ecological balance of a region, causing, for example, delayed ...

Scott notes that, in some cases, the practice can change the ecological balance of a region, causing, for example, delayed blooms, though the impact is often minor. “When you add to the natural snow ...

The 25th Winter Olympic Games are upon us, with Italy set to host the Games for the fourth time. The schedule at the 2026 ...

Can Utah successfully host the 2034 Olympics in a winter like this? Organizers say yes thanks to snowmaking, storage and salt ...

Under a blazing sun, dozens of skiers and snowboarders last week whizzed down a hill just north of the Illinois state line.

The ski industry is racing to fight the impacts of climate change mainly with snowmaking. But the irony is hard to ignore: the very systems keeping many slopes open also burn energy and emit ...

By any metric, it’s been a ski season for the ages. Frequent snows, persistently cold temperatures and an around-the-clock ...