In the past two years, the ice and snow industry in China has developed rapidly, especially the time from the Beijing Winter Olympic Games is getting closer and closer, and skiing is hot all over the country in winter. There are many more ski resorts, but they still can't meet the demand of this upsurge. However, most of the snow used in ski resorts is made by snow makers, and the domestic snow makers are in short supply. Many visitors to the ski resort feel very novel when they see the snow machine. As long as there's water and electricity, snowflakes come out like this. Of course, many tourists have doubts about whether skiing is natural snow, which is more enjoyable when skiing, or the experience of artificial snow machine is better.

现实的情况是现在绝大多数的滑雪场都是使用造雪机来为滑雪场铺雪的，只有很少一部分的大型滑雪场会有天然雪的滑雪道。这也说明相对来说造雪机造的雪更适合大多数的滑雪游客。

下面是天然雪和造雪机造的雪各自的优缺点

人工造雪机造的雪，雪质更干，粉状，又称粉雪。可定向造雪，而由于雪质较干湿度低，所以更不容易融化。而蓬松度相对没有天然雪好，不过正因为如此，也更适合滑雪场用。造雪机造雪适用的区域更广，在冬季低温不高于0℃的情况下都可用。这在很大程度上弥补了我国一些区域降雪量不足，达不到滑雪场要求的情况。所以造雪机的出现也在很大程度上推动了我国滑雪事业的发展。

天然雪湿度较高，六瓣雪花状，就是我们常见的雪花。天然雪的蓬松度较高，所以对于滑雪场来说只要不是降雪量很大都很难达到滑雪场的要求。这样靠老天爷赏的雪就很难维持滑雪场的需求，只有在一些靠雪山建的滑雪场，可能才会有天然雪的滑雪道。

对于话学者的体验度要从两方面来说，滑雪场的雪道和滑雪者自身滑雪技术的高低，像大多数的初中级滑雪者甚至一些高级滑雪者造雪机铺的雪道都能给他们带来很不错的体验。而对于一些天堂级玩家，喜欢挑战，滑野雪征服雪山的滑雪者，他们更喜欢滑天然雪的野雪雪道。