media.www.collegian.com - 10/9/2009
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Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek fired up cloud seeding generators earlier this month to prepare for the 2004 to 2005 ski season."We believe it increases snowfall throughout the season by up to 10 to 16 percent," said Jen Brown, Vail Mountain communication manager. Vail has been cloud seeding its ...
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Farming for Powder
ESPN: Snowboarding —
... the real concern for ski resorts is effectiveness.
The silver iodide particles emitted from cloud seeding generators have to be coordinated with storm clouds, and then those storm clouds have to keep on track toward the target mountain. And while clouds can be seeded, they have yet to be controlled, and the snow that is produced is no different than the regular variety, making measurement hard to come by.
Still, Vail and neighboring Beaver Creek claim that during cloud seeding months, snowfalls were 8 to 25 percent deeper than other Colorado Ski areas. The evidence still ...
Farming for Powder
The Youth Shelter Supply —
... The silver iodide particles emitted from cloud seeding generators
have to be coordinated with storm clouds, and then those storm clouds
have to keep on track toward the target mountain. And while clouds can
be seeded, they have yet to be controlled, and the snow that is
produced is no different than the regular variety, making measurement hard to come by. ...
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