150 new snow guns were also added for the 2010-2011 season.

The result was an invention called the snow gun.

The snow guns are set by computer to respond automatically to changing weather conditions.

In 1990, the Latemar M90 snow gun was launched on the market.

The summer of 2011 also saw some major changes, including another 150 new snow guns and miscellaneous improvements to the terrain park.

It is done here, in simplistic terms, by blowing compressed air and water through more than 1,000 high-tech snow guns.

They make use of eight water storage basins, 353 snow cannon and 108 snow guns.

The mountain has many high efficiency snow guns and annually add to the snow making capacity.

This year 500 snow guns were used to shower the slopes with snow to a depth of 105 inches.

A specially designed Snow Gun is used in the production of snow on site.

With snow guns seemingly everywhere, the snow conditions are impressive and remarkably consistent.

Snowmaking machines, also known as a "snow cannon" or "snow gun"

Liquid nitrogen which freezes at a low temperature of -196 C is also passed through the snow gun at the same time.

There are 32 snow guns that cover 100% of the 28 ridable acres and can produce enough snow for a season to last 75 days.

Twenty-four runs on Baldy will come under the snow guns this winter, and more slopes will be opened earlier in the season.

Conditions are ideal: at night, the interior is chilled to -8 C, and snow guns blow feather-light powder.

The water then arrives at the snow gun and is pushed out of the special nozzles at the end of the barrel.

SMI, a manufacturer of snowmaking equipment, took snow guns to its shop to be repaired.

Many fan-type snow guns have on-board electric air compressors, which allows for cheaper, and more compact operation.

Endriunas is a hillside worker, as apt to be driving a backhoe as positioning a snow gun.

But by 2001, the owners at the time could no longer afford to fire up the snow guns, power the lifts and groom the three dozen trails.

The snow is produced using a special Snow Gun, which cools water using liquid nitrogen.

The fluffy blankets on the trails at the Loveland resort here, for example, were largely produced by snow guns using water pumped from nearby streams.

This resort is also famous for its pioneering efforts in creating and popularizing the snow gun and artificial snow.

1,000 snow guns