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What is snow farming?

What happened

Soldier Hollow Nordic Center stored snow from March under tarps and insulating mats to test snow farming for early ski training, with about 75%-80% of the snow remaining intact through the summer heat.

Timeline

Oct 16, 10:52 AM KSL What is snow farming?
Oct 16, 9:00 PM KSL News (YouTube) Snow farming could save the 2034 Winter Olympics

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KSL 12h ago

What is snow farming?

— Estimated read time: 3-4 minutes Soldier Hollow Nordic Center is testing snow farming for early ski training. Snow stored since March under tarps survived summer heat with 75%-80% intact. The experiment aims to prepare…

KSL News (YouTube) 1h ago

Snow farming could save the 2034 Winter Olympics

— Snow farming could save the 2034 Winter Olympics Earlier this year, crews at Soldier Hollow made a pile of snow roughly the size of a football field and about 25 feet deep. They then covered it with special insulating…

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