Artificial snow, love it or hate it?
Started by Furthy34 in Ski Chatter 22-Feb-2018 - 8 Replies
Furthy34 posted Feb-2018
This winter in Europe has provided a lot of snow and so conditions should be perfect but I wonder whether the pisteurs have become lazy in some places and rather than moving real snow around to where it is needed they just turn on the snow cannons.
How do others feel about skiing on artificial snow, am I the only one who hates it?
Edited 2 times. Last update at 22-Feb-2018
Dobby
reply to 'Artificial snow, love it or hate it?' posted Feb-2018
Furthy34
reply to 'Artificial snow, love it or hate it?' posted Feb-2018
I should have said that I am in Saalbach at the moment and am surprised about the poor condition of many areas of the pistes in terms of glass like ice and 'sugar snow' caused by artificial snow. Considering the amount of real snow there has been here I was expecting the pistes to be in great condition. Has anyone else noted similar problems in other resorts this season?
Edited 1 time. Last update at 22-Feb-2018
Daved
reply to 'Artificial snow, love it or hate it?' posted Feb-2018
Wanderer
reply to 'Artificial snow, love it or hate it?' posted Feb-2018
I agree wholeheartedly with Daved's assessment of the Dolomites. I suspect the quality of artificial snow varies depending on when and how it is produced. The Dolomites (or at least the areas covered by the Sella Ronda) have achieved near 100% coverage by snow cannons. however, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference from the real thing. I do seem to recall some horrible slopes in the past where the artificial snow was not nice - inclined toward the icy/sugary mix that Furthy34 has complained about. Perhaps modern technology has provided the means to create artificial snow that is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing but only some resorts have made the investment to roll out the best versions :roll:daved wrote:I was in the Dolomites last year , which was a particularly bad year, and the pistes were great...the surface was just like "real" snow.., a white ribbon threading through a green/brown world...Artificial snow can be good if its done properly
J2SkiNews
reply to 'Artificial snow, love it or hate it?' posted Feb-2018
Furthy34
reply to 'Artificial snow, love it or hate it?' posted Mar-2018
Flat country skier
reply to 'Artificial snow, love it or hate it?' posted Mar-2018
No probs with snow on and off the piste in the Dolomites at the moment :) Cinque Torri today
Topic last updated on 05-March-2018 at 06:16