The Winter Season is upon us

World Cup jumping has started this week in Germany rather than Finland as in the past.  The pictures I saw from Klingethal showed a jump surrounded by a sea of green.  All "man made" snow covering the jump and nothing else.  Thats generally OK, though with the new methods of summer jumping I question why he summer surfaces are not simply used sometimes in the winter.  It would sure take less work and less energy consumption.

These are photos from  Tveitenbaken, Norway, (shared via FB from Katinka Hulu Saksalainen -  Thank you both (Baken means Jump by the way in Norwegian) 
Snow production Tveitanbakken 13/14 (More Pics on the Link)