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Our hub for snowmaking advancements, polymer discovery, and operator insights.
Mitchell McLennan
Snomax is the dominant biological snowmaking nucleator — and it is restricted across France (2005 moratorium), Austria, and Bavaria. This is the complete guide to the alternatives: how Snomax works, how the Drift surfactant compares, and how SL6733, a synthetic polymer engineered for the EU polymer exemption, addresses the regulatory gap.
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Mitchell McLennan
A field guide to the snowmaking-additive category — biological nucleators, polymer-based systems, wet-bulb economics, EU regulatory framing, and what operators should evaluate when picking a chemistry.
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Mitchell McLennan
Mitchell McLennan
Mitchell McLennan
Mitchell McLennan
Wet-bulb temperature is the thermodynamic ceiling of conventional snowmaking. Here is what it is, how to measure it, why a +3°C improvement is worth $2.4–2.8M EBITDA per resort per season, and how additives change the math.
Mitchell McLennan
A working-level reference for the regulatory frameworks that apply to snowmaking additives across the EU, Switzerland, and the US — including the active Snomax bans in Austria, France, and Bavaria.
Mitchell McLennan
Under the central IPCC warming scenarios, 98% of European ski resorts are at risk by 2050. Here is the climate-data structure of that risk, what season-length compression actually looks like, and which adaptation tools work.
Mitchell McLennan
A wet lab, an AI polymer discovery engine, and a shipping product portfolio — led by SL6733, a +3°C wet-bulb snowmaking additive.