General

The Centre plans to host annual seminars and workshops with the focus on the topics of snow production, snow grooming, snow storage and snow preservation.

The goal for the seminars and workshops is to present and discuss research and knowledge that can become a practical benefit for all levels of venue operators, events organizers and ski clubs.

NOTE: Several seminars have been held in the Norwegian language, and the presentations can be found by switching to Norwegian language (click the flag) on the upper left corner on our home page (this may have to be repeated)

Final seminar for phase 2 of the Snow for the Future project

Phase 2 of the research project “Snow for the Future” is ending this year, and a final seminar was held at the Granåsen Sport Park in Trondheim, Norway on October 26.

Presentations and videos from the seminar can be downloaded from the list below:

Snow for the future – introduction (Ole Marius Moen)

Ski arenaes in Norway – Norwegian Ski Federation perspective (Marit Gjerland)

World Nordic Skiing Championship Trondheim 2025 (Kristin Murer Stemland)

Snow production – different solutions (Trygve M. Eikevik)

Plate- and flake ice technologies (Håkon Selvnes)

Heat driven snow production with injector technology (Ailo Aasen)

Energy concepts for Granåsen Sports Park (Frida Sæther, Sigurd Sannan)

Snow produksjon and storage in Granåsen (Heidi Arnesen)

Granåsen WSC 2025 – analyses of snow solutions (Ole Marius Moen)

Cross-Country grooming Webinar November 10, 2020

The Snowcompetency centre took part of the Webinar, which was organized by the Norwegian Ski Federation and Skiforeningen. More than 170 persons attended the 3 hour long session. The presentations and videos (mostly in Norwegian) can be found on the Norwegian version of this website (switch language on the front page, or use this link).

“Snow on Tour” February 2020

The Centre for Snow Competency aim to collect relevant information about snow production, snow preparation, snow storage and snow preservation from around the World. Several other groups are working on these subjects, and the following seminar (with videos in English) “Snow on Tour” was organized by “Snørik” during the Cross-Country World Cup “Ski Tour 2020” in February 2020.

Workshop November 2017

A workshop was held soon after the startup of the “Snow for the Future” project in 2017. The following presentations give an overview of the first phase of the project: