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They ve been going about a month or so. the factory produces four tonnes an hour, so injust under a month, that s about 3,000 tonnes. once they are in these big piles here, what do you do with it? it s a big mountain to cover. very much so. we spread it out using specialised piste machines, which push the snow around. when it gets mixed up, it s a lot easier to push. so, are you predicting you ll be making snow throughout the season, or are you hopeful you might be able to turn it off at some point? we make snow up until our opening day. from then on, we proceed tilljanuary, and then on the scotch climate. and when you feel some of this snow, if we pick it up here, it looks exactly like natural snow. how does it feel to ski on? when it comes out of the snow factory, it s essentially an ice flake, which doesn t have a lot of cohesion. but by the time you get to ski on it, it s been mixed with other man made snow from snow guns and hopefully some natural stuff, which makes it bind and ma ....