BOGUS BASIN, Idaho — We are halfway through November, which has many itching to get back skiing and snowboarding. The problem is, Mother Nature hasn't given us the snow needed just yet. However, new technology being used at Bogus Basin could help get runs open soon.
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Last year, the non profit ski resort began looking into new ways of saving snow for the next season. The resort landed on snow farming and storage company Snow Secure.
The Finnish snow saver was a part of Time Magazine best inventions of 2025. The cutting-edge thermal insulation technology allows resorts to hold acres of snow over the Summer months. White polystryene mats insulate the snow, operating as a safety net between seasons.
“It’s sustainable, its expandable and in the long run it's going to save money,” said Dave Hall, Manager at Sun Valley Ski Tools.
Bogus Basin is using the technology in a pilot program this year and is planning to scale the insulation mats across the mountains.
It's not just runs, entire ski lifts can open up utilizing this new technology.
“We saw temperatures on the outside of the pile as high as 119 degrees,” said Nate Shake, Mountain Operations Manager at Bogus Basin. “What we are going to do with it is basically use it to jump-start our snow-making at the beginning. The next step would be to have enough snow to open an entire chairlift when we want.”
