Apparatus and method for making snow

A snow making tower comprising:

• an elongated tower conduit combination including an elongated air conduit extending within an elongated water conduit and having, upper and lower ends and provided with a ground support mount;
• air and first water discharge nozzles respectively provided adjacent the upper ends of said conduits and positioned for producing a plume of atomized water from external interacting air and water discharged under pressure from said air and first water discharge nozzles to produce snow in subfreezing ambient conditions;
• couplings for connecting air and water under pressure respectively to the lower ends of said air and first water conduits;
• said first water discharge nozzles having a nozzle discharge passage in their side which are positioned to direct a jet of water into air immediately discharged under pressure from said air discharge nozzles prior to said external interacting air and water producing said plume for preliminarily providing atomized water in said air discharge prior to said interaction for producing a more finely atomized plume.

A snow making tower comprising:

• an elongated tower pipe mounted on a support and having upper and lower ends with a first water discharge nozzle adjacent the upper end of said tower pipe and a water connection at the lower end of said tower pipe for connection to a source of water under pressure for supply thereof through said tower pipe to said first water discharge nozzle for discharge into ambient atmosphere;
• an air conduit having top and bottom ends and coextending within said tower pipe with the bottom end thereof extending externally of said tower pipe for connection to a source of air under pressure for supply thereof to said top end;
• said top end of said air conduit terminating inside said tower pipe for ejecting air from the termination into the interior of said tower pipe adjacent the upper end thereof;
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• an inverted cup slidably positioned over said top end of said air conduit for preventing water from flowing into the top end of said air conduit.