Winter sports fans expect perfectly groomed pistes with thick blankets of snow during their ski holiday. In order to guarantee this, even with little snowfall, there is a tried and true method: the production of so-called "technical snow" or artificial snow. SnowTrex shows how artificial snow is produced and which advantages and disadvantages it brings with it.
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