Recent content by IceEidolon

Green is already set up for downloading, plus there's easier non-lift access, Sunshine Corner facilities, etc. I don't think an extra 700' of vertical is worth the added hassle. If no lift was suitable for summer ops you'd have a much better case.

The diesel for that push project is probably cost prohibitive versus the actual reward, if you're talking stripping entire trails. Moving a couple bladefuls of snow, sure.

I think we're all glad you've gotten a pessimist's surprise. After this December every Northeast resort deserves some apology snow.

We definitely weren't using that information while I was making snow there, and I wanted to be doing exactly what you're saying. Knowing what the summit weather is, plus committing to using it even at the cost of making expensive snow, would be substantial.

300 line pump is the old 400 line pump if I remember right. They got a used pump from maybe Killington as the "new" (90s) 400 pump. So it should be able to hit Green lift terrain with no issue, possibly Talisman valve house, but I agree I wouldn't want to run the summit (or even Trick) with both...

I don't see a way they reasonably could mitigate the pond issues that stopped early season snowmaking this year. "Build a second dam, one that isn't in the path of runoff" is a tall order. So would adding even a relatively small well to directly feed the pumps. As for pump room GPM, that isn't...

There's a nifty two lever system with low and high flow modes. Obviously that costs more to install but easier on the water bill.

Electric motorcycles and city mobility aren't in the same category as e-bikes, first off. If you're driving an E-Vespa with a throttle instead of buying a car, even an EV car, that's a net win environmentally and in terms of urban space. E-bikes are naturally less eco friendly on the face of...

It's still bigger than what most mowers have to handle - usually the average yard is less than half an acre. https://todayshomeowner.com/lawn-garden/guides/average-yard-size/

Point of order in heat pumps - the South's been ideal for heat pumps for decades, but new ones run over 100% COP (stealing more heat from outside than you spend to run it) even as low as 15 or 20 degrees below zero F. That's suitable for some locations as far north as, say, Milwaukee, and it's...

Heat pumps, particularly new designs, can beat a baseboard strip heater at temperatures of fifteen below (F) or lower. There's a lot of people putting in objectively more expensive to operate systems because earlier heat pumps got a bad reputation in past decades. It's just AC that has reverse...

I've been told it's possible to damage a haul rope if the sheaves are badly enough out, so there's another reason to do as much work as possible before you replace the long lead time and very expensive haul rope. Magic's got Paul Maitland previously from Stratton running the Ops show now, and...

I ought to point out that a battery "wearing out" is often reduced range but an otherwise functional car. So as more EVs enter the used market at "average car age" or ~12.5 years, they'll be "city/commuter" cars with maybe 200 miles of range instead of the 300 they left the factory with. Even if...

I recall Roundtop was circa 2016 but I might be misremembering.

Remember that desirable locations have their values propped up by artificial scarcity - if you're buying for location, and most of the property in that location is zoned for single family homes only and with a comfortable minimum lot size, your options are limited and competition drives up prices.