{"id":245894,"date":"2024-02-15T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/greener-snowmaking-is-helping-ski-resorts-weather-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T11:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:03:28","slug":"greener-snowmaking-is-helping-ski-resorts-weather-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/greener-snowmaking-is-helping-ski-resorts-weather-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Greener snowmaking is helping ski resorts weather climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-default-font-family\">Trudging across the top of Bromley Mountain Ski Resort on a sunny afternoon in January, Matt Folts checks his smartwatch and smiles: 14 degrees Fahrenheit. That is very nearly his favorite temperature for making snow. It\u2019s cold enough for water to quickly crystallize, but not so cold that his hourslong shifts on the mountain are miserable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Folts is the head snowmaker at Bromley, a small ski area on the southern end of Vermont\u2019s Green Mountains. The burly 35-year-old sports a handlebar mustache, an orange safety jacket, and thick winter boots that crunch in the snow as he walks. A blue hammer swings from his belt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">It is nearing the end of the day for skiers, but not for Folts. He\u2019ll work well into the evening preparing the mountain for tomorrow\u2019s crowd. Cutting across the entrances to Sunder and Corkscrew, he heads toward a stubby snow gun&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/culture\/greener-snowmaking-is-helping-ski-resorts-weather-climate-change\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trudging across the top of Bromley Mountain Ski Resort on a sunny afternoon in January, Matt Folts checks his smartwatch and smiles: 14 degrees Fahrenheit. That is very nearly his favorite temperature for making snow. 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