More than 60 percent of the world’s 2,131 lift-served ski and snowboard areas rely on artificial snow machines to help keep their slopes open for business. One resort in Switzerland, Zermatt ...

A DAD is dreading a white Christmas - because he’s spent £15,000 on a snow machine. Businessman David Hamilton, 37, splashed out about £50,000 in total to try and create Scotland’s best Santa’s grotto ...

The Tucker Sno-Cat is a go-anywhere snow machine and is celebrating its 75 anniversary. Prices are soaring as the wealthy look for the next toy to splash the cash WORLD-BEATING Bugattis, vintage Aston ...

As global temperatures have soared, Switzerland’s Morteratsch glacier has retreated – by almost 3 kilometres over the last 157 years. Fearing the loss of the landmark glacier, locals asked Johannes ...

Artificial snow was sprayed on volunteers attending the Tokyo 2020 canoe sprint test event, as part of measures designed to combat the high temperatures expected during next year's Olympic Games. The ...

It was 25C (77F) in Tokyo, but snow fell in well-ordered flurries at a canoeing event in the Japanese capital. It wasn't freak weather, but the latest innovation being tested by 2020 Olympics ...

It may not have been a white Christmas in most of Norwich this year but it was for those living in one city street. Kai Norton wanted to bring some festive cheer to Bethel Street while also saying ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Men and machines have long conquered Alpine mountains but, this winter, limits to their ingenuity have been ...

Children slip by on their cross-country skis, skidding around on artificial snow sprayed out onto on the otherwise bare ground by six huge blowing machines in Norway’s Oestmarka forest. Any other ...

Snow Machine - Japan is held at Hakuba Happo One Snow Resort in Kitaazumi-gun, Japan. Are there any age restrictions at Snow Machine - Japan? Yes, you must be 18+ to attend Snow Machine - Japan.

Heavy snow has been falling on venues at the Beijing Olympics, yet the organisers are still pumping out artificial snow on to competition slopes, saying it's more suitable for the events. Why is ...