DesignScape - 2'x4' Winter Fun 2

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Ski resorts make snow by using a device called a snow gun. The snow gun forces tiny droplets of water high into the sky, where they freeze and fall as snow. The process of making snow is quite simple. When snow falls from the sky, it begins as water vapor, which then freezes on its way down and becomes a snowflake. When artificial snow gets made, it’s done by using liquid water. Tiny droplets get blasted through nozzles with pressurized air and then freeze instantly. There are two different machines that are used to make snow: the lance snow gun and the fan snow gun. The lance snow gun is generally quite tall and slim, and many resorts will use a collection of them at once. They are connected to a centralized source of compressed air, which goes throughout the resort to all the guns. The other option, fan snow guns, often look like oversized hairdryers. They have dozens (or even hundreds) of nozzles around a ring that shoot the water in front of the gun where the air is pumped. They have an onboard compressor and work extremely well in the wind. Fan guns can often produce more snow and spread it over further distances.