SNOW SEEDSNOWMAKING
A Snowseed Garnet AI1 block running against a dark winter sky: four bulk water outlets throwing fans of atomized spray and a nucleation outlet firing a dense plume, with air and water lines connected at the base. Water to Winter.

Commercial Snowmaking Concepts, Scaled Down for the Backyard

Snowseed designs, machines, and tests its own equipment in Connecticut. The forecast and calculators here are free and tell you whether tonight is worth running.

Can I Make Snow Today? See the Equipment

I am Josiah Schlee. I have been making snow for about nineteen years and building the equipment to do it for most of them. Snowseed is where that work turns into something you can buy.

Nothing here is for sale yet. The equipment is in development, and I am not going to sell you a snow gun I have not finished testing. When it is ready, it will be here. Two parts are coming soon at opening prices. What is here right now is the physics, explained honestly, and free tools that work.

  • Made in ConnecticutDesigned, machined, and tested in Simsbury.
  • Solid 6061 AluminumOne machined piece. Nothing to seal between stages.
  • Standard NPT PortsHardware-store and McMaster fittings. No house threads.
  • 19 Years Making SnowBuilt by someone who runs it in the yard at 2 am.
  • Real SupportSetup help by phone, and late-night help when I can. How it works

Coming Soon

SS - Garnet AI1

All-in-one internal mix block. Nucleation and bulk water in one piece.

  • 5 Outlets
  • 1–13 GPM
  • 650–1,200 psi
  • 3–7 CFM

$850Opening price

Coming Soon See the Garnet AI1 →

SS - Nepaug IM

Inline nucleator manifold. Water in the top, air in the back, nozzle out the front.

  • 3 Ports
  • 1–10 GPM
  • 650–1,200 psi
  • 4–7 CFM

$120Opening price

Coming Soon See the Nepaug IM →
The Garnet AI1 running in a back garden at dusk, throwing five fans of atomized spray over snow-covered ground, fed by a blue high pressure water line and a yellow air line.
Two lines in, a 3/8" water and a 3/4" air. That is the whole hookup.

Free Snowmaking Tools

Can I Make Snow Today? Your ZIP code in. An hour-by-hour snowmaking forecast, a wet bulb calculator, and a color-coded chart out. Nozzle Number Calculator Pump flow and target pressure in. The nozzles to run, mixed sizes included, and the real pressure you will get. Pump Horsepower Calculator GPM and psi in. The electric motor or gas engine your triplex needs, with amps and circuit size. Pulley & Belt Calculator Size motor and pump pulleys with a live drawing. Pump RPM, belt length, wrap, and actual GPM.

Home Snowmaking Guides

How to Make Snow at Home The complete home snowmaking guide, step by step. Wet Bulb Chart The color-coded snowmaking chart. Find your temperature and humidity. Types of Snowguns Internal mix, external mix, fan guns, and nucleators. Snow Machine vs. Snowgun Party foam, fake snow, and real snow. What each one makes. How Snowmaking Works Wet bulb, nucleation, and hang time. Setup Checklist Every check before you fire up the pump.