--- description: Find out why Snow Secure Insulation Mat is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. title: Snow Secure Insulation Mat: The Best Inventions of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57b145d7f369af3d/6998ca23e2d64be3c2c5fb78/snow-secure-insulation-mat-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Snow Secure Insulation Mat A ski-season saver by [Alison Van Houten](/author/alison-van-houten/) ## Alison Van Houten Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  default defaultCourtesy Sun Peaks Resort "People think it's easy to store snow in Finland," says Antti Lauslahti, CEO of Snow Secure. In fact, 24-hour sunshine necessitates snow farming, the practice of preserving snow berms between ski seasons. The Finnish company's white extruded polystyrene mats, laid on top of natural or manufactured snow drifts at the end of ski season, both insulate and shield from sun and rain to retain the snow when it gets warmer. The European stalwart's claim that it has the best snow-retaining ratio on the market is proving alluring in the climate change era. It was recently adopted in North America, including at resorts in Idaho and New Mexico. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318464/snow-secure-insulation-mat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318464/snow-secure-insulation-mat/"},"headline":"Snow Secure Insulation Mat","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:55.818Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318464/snow-secure-insulation-mat/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57b145d7f369af3d/6998ca23e2d64be3c2c5fb78/snow-secure-insulation-mat-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alison Van Houten","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alison-van-houten/"}],"creator":"Alison Van Houten","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57b145d7f369af3d/6998ca23e2d64be3c2c5fb78/snow-secure-insulation-mat-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318464/snow-secure-insulation-mat/","name":"Snow Secure Insulation Mat"}}]}] ```