Pitzal was the sight of an all-weather snowmaking test for the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Organizers want to avoid the problems Vancouver experienced with the snow.

Organizers of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games are looking for ways eliminate any chance of repeating the scene at Cypress Mountain this past winter when the ski area struggled to provide enough snow to build terrain features for freestyle event because of an unusually warm weather spell prevented organizers from operating the snowmaking equipment. Continue reading ‘Russian officials inspect all weather snowmaking system ahead of Sochi Olympics’