Snow can be manufactured in a number of different ways, however the key to success with any snow project is the environment in which the snow is stored and how it is maintained.

Snow can be made in 3 different ways:

• Ice Crunching - Freezing water and grinding it down to ice dust, either with a machine adjacent to the slope or casting ice blocks on the floor and cultivating with a drive around machine



• Cold atmosphere with snow blowers on a mountain - Similar to those machines used on mountains. The key aspect here is the atmosphere



• Cryogenic methods - Expansion of liquid air or Nitrogen

Key features of man made snow slopes are:

• They must be groomed
  Snow inevitably migrates downhill, and becomes hard packed. It therefore must be pushed back into place by machinery. This often means slopes are closed and revenues lost while this takes place.
• The terrain is generally very flat
  It must be made flat for grooming machines to be used. Man-made snow is very compact and extremely hard to land on. The surface therefore does not lend itself to more exciting features.
• The environment must be kept cold
  Maintaining the right environment for man-made snow is important. This requires a large building with insulation and climate control which comes at great cost. This is reflected in the end-user ticket price.

Refrigerated snow schemes carry high capital and maintenance costs and a subsequently high ticket price. As such each approach must be fully justified and usually this means incorporation into a much larger development such as a shopping mall.

With each request for man made snow we will examine the individual factors before recommending which system to provide. Please feel free to email us for more information on our artificial snow at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it