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First signs that ski season is near

prsboogie

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***Singing*** It's the most wonderful time of the year!
 

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SIKSKIER

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It's the most wonderful time of the year! No, not Christmas. Temps dropped just low enough overnight that at 5 AM on September 22, Sunday River's excellent team of snowmakers fired up the guns for the first snowmaking test of the 2015/16 season
 

drjeff

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It's the most wonderful time of the year! No, not Christmas. Temps dropped just low enough overnight that at 5 AM on September 22, Sunday River's excellent team of snowmakers fired up the guns for the first snowmaking test of the 2015/16 season

Realistically read as the grass on T2 will now be much greener than it would have been providing a stark color contrast for the looming leaf peeping season ;)

Regardless, this is an AWESOME sign of things to come :) :fangun: :snow: :daffy:
 

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Realistically read as the grass on T2 will now be much greener than it would have been providing a stark color contrast for the looming leaf peeping season ;)

Regardless, this is an AWESOME sign of things to come :) :fangun: :snow: :daffy:

yup nothing to see here. it's been dry lightly. they just watered the lawn. we get serious in about a month.
 

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A minute from the Alta exit off the I-15!
[video]https://video-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpt1/v/t43.1792-2/12016983_10153130980587876_2121421107_n.mp4?efg=ey JybHIiOjE1MDAsInJsYSI6MTAyNH0%3D&rl=1500&vabr=320&oh=df46fb7e83463d3b3e4a118d6abab30a&oe=5601ED50[/video]

IDK, that didn't really look like "snow". 0.1% of what made it to the ground looked frozen
 

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Really? Looked like snow to me and there was definitely stuff sticking to the ground frozen!
 

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[video]https://video-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpt1/v/t43.1792-2/12016983_10153130980587876_2121421107_n.mp4?efg=ey JybHIiOjE1MDAsInJsYSI6MTAyNH0%3D&rl=1500&vabr=320&oh=df46fb7e83463d3b3e4a118d6abab30a&oe=5601ED50[/video]

IDK, that didn't really look like "snow". 0.1% of what made it to the ground looked frozen

Blowing out the mice does not revolve around production - just getting marginal at best snowmaking conditions and making sure the equipment operates as intended.
 

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Most areas don't have to blow out mice (like that's what they're really doing). Don't think mice would fit through those nozzles. Most areas know their snowmaking equipment is operational long before. We'll see which areas snowmaking opens the hill first. Pretty sure it'll be the usual candidates. Not that early season matters much to me. Pretty sure I know who'll be the last one standing in the spring.This matters.
 
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It's not from the Weather Channel.


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A colder than average winter may be on the horizon for portions of the Southwest, Southern Plains, Southeast and East Coast, according to a December 2015-February 2016 temperature outlook released by The Weather Channel Professional Division on Friday.

Read the first paragraph before making an ass of yourself! :)
 

Smellytele

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A colder than average winter may be on the horizon for portions of the Southwest, Southern Plains, Southeast and East Coast, according to a December 2015-February 2016 temperature outlook released by The Weather Channel Professional Division on Friday.

Read the first paragraph before making an ass of yourself! :)
+1
He is used to doing that...
 
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