snow farming

alternative snowfarming

1. uncountableThe management of snow, using barriers and equipment, in order to manipulate its coverage, e.g. to prepare ground for skiing or to prevent snowdrifts.

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   Areas including Kitzbühel, Kitzsteinborn, Davos, Seefeld and even Europe's highest resort, Val Thorens, have used “snowfarming”–where, at the end of winter, remaining snow is collected in a huge pile, or “snow depot”, then insulated using various combinations of woodchips, sawdust, hard insulation boards, waterproof plastic and fleece blankets.

   2023 February 11, Tom Robbins, “The heat is on”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18