The lack of snow this winter doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise to some New Yorkers.

“Every year is always different here, we live in upstate New York and we learn to adapt to all the different weather challenges and changes that we have,” said Steven Fuller, who is the vice president of Bristol Mountain Ski Resort.

And when it comes to skiing, no natural snow is no problem for Bristol Mountain because they bring their own.

“If the temperatures are low enough, we can actually make our own snow and most of the snow that we ski on in upstate New York is manmade snow,” Fuller said.

This means warmer temperatures this time of year can delay that process.

“Right now, we’ve seen temperatures that are really marginal, kind of mid 20s or so,” Fuller said. “When we see those temperatures it takes a lot longer because we’re just not able to get enough water out into the atmosphere to freeze it to fall as snow.”

This makes lower temperatures ideal to allow water molecules to freeze.

“When we get some really cold nights that are in the teens or single digits, we can open trails very, very rapidly,” said Fuller.

With the biggest impact of natural snow being the motivation it brings to get outside.

“Those that have never skied or snowboarded before… those are the people that really do get excited when they see snow and they want to do winter activities,” Fuller said.

Because although not everyone likes the cold, Bristol Mountain loves it.

“We’re just looking for those cold temperatures where we can make things happen and open up more trails.”