As an ardent skier, I slightly grimaced at you calling that stuff powder. Snowcannons are great for maintaining a reliable (though hard) snowcover on pistes, but one thing they can't do is produce powdersnow; sadly, that is a feat only mother nature can accomplish.,(reply>), +Ilgaz Er Doubt it. the reason powder snow is so amazing to ski on is that it's made up of delicate flat snowflakes. These form very slowly, and by the very nature of how a snowcannon works it must create its snow very fast.,(reply>), +MrPlasterbrick probably if we put one high enough up, it would produce snow as good as mother nature.