snowmaking videos

[skiandsurf]

If you guys didn't know last year I made a snowgun and used it many times at my home. I just wanted to share some of my short videos of how it went and the snow I made and the gun in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lb4056lw0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-hpph_2iIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpaonelEZc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Htt-ZxDyw

ENJOY!

[tyrolean_skier]

Did you start making snow this year yet? What is the consistency of the snow you make? Is it the light variety or the heavy variety?

[raceao]

i have in the past not to that extent though... for such a simple setup you have more control over the snow consistancy than you would think..all depends on weather...and the mixture

[skiandsurf]

I live on long island so I have not been able to make yet this year. I will probably make snow the first time this year sometime before or during thanksgiving. The snow consistency is actually very good. I can control how much water I want in the snow so if i want to make heavy snow i can open up the water regulator more and if i want less i can turn the regulator down. the regulator literally controls the water to air ratio. I did a small experiment last year on the snow to see the density of it compared to natural snow and it was more dense which means overall natural snow is better to ski on than man made snow. But last year I didn't really close the regulator too much so I knew I was making heavier snow. The concept that my gun runs on is basically the same concept as the ones at K. The "new" guns at k are actually a model that many people at snowguns.com use. They are simply hdk guns. So some people actually have the same "new" guns k uses as there home setups but on a smaller scale. The older guns i think are much better than the new because the old ones were ratniks and could literally cover a house over night.