Machine-made snow forms spherical balls instead of flakes, creating harder surfaces that affect skiing performance, but offer other tradeoffs that help with early season conditions.

To those outside the know, this probably makes as much sense as helicopter skiing in Kansas. What’s corn got to do with skiing? It’s not gibberish, though. Corn snow is a very real, often coveted form ...

ADVANTAGE OF THOSE CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. DODGE RIDGE SAYS IT GOT 13IN OF SNOW AND EVERYONE IS DESCRIBING IT AS THE PERFECT POWDER. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW ON THE ROAD HEADING EAST ON HIGHWAY ...