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I love hearing about all the off season projects. Can't wait to ride not one, but two different "lifts".
THE LATEST
Project and Season Pass Updates
We are pushing ahead on several fronts to "make better Magic"--all designed to give our customers better and more access to our special mountain. And, as a reminder, there's only a few days left to get your Early Bird priced passes.
Green Chair: This new lift project is underway already. We just received a shipment of sheave trains for all the lift towers and are obtaining other equipment soon we hope from Suicide Six. The haul cable will be inspected on Sunday to determine its status. 107 chairs have been set aside for work (new paint and wood slats for all as we just removed all the old slats from the chairs). A lot more work to come to get the lift finished over the next 6 months in time for the new ski season. Adding the mid-mountain access lift up to "Sunshine Corner" will make it easier for beginners/intermediates to enjoy skiing here; provides a means for Magic to open earlier than ever with a smaller footprint for early season (November) snowmaking; makes running youth races and race/freeride programs better for the athletes and customers in general by taking liftline pressure off the summit chairs; and, finally, creates an off-season lift for special events, like Weddings, at picturesque Sunshine Corner.
New Learn-to-Ski Beginner Conveyor Lift: We met this week with Starlifts out of NH to walk the area for the "magic-carpet" style lift in the "old", but now new, beginner area to the right of the Black Chair (Little Dipper). It will take about 12 weeks to build, but the approximately 170 foot conveyor lift will provide state-of-the-art transportation for beginners to learn how to ski and ride at Magic. Tucked away from heavy downhill traffic and on a nicely pitched beginner slope, our Nelson Famly Snowsports Learning Center will become THE place for families to have their kids learn the skills to take them eventually up the new Green Chair and then finally on to the summit to tackle some of the most challenging terrain in the East.
Snowmaking Pond: Engineering plans have been submitted and we will be meeting next week with the State of Vermont on a huge project to take our pond "off-stream" as desired by the State, while providing the necessary volume of water for Magic to cover about 80 acres of its trails and base area with man-made snow. This will allow us to more than double the typical amount of trails covered by snowmaking so we have a broad variety of trails on both East and West Side guaranteed to be open during the ski season no matter what mother-nature delivers in terms of natural snowfall.
Snowmaking Efficiency: Great strides were made this season in terms of dramatically improving the amount of snow that could be made more quickly utilizing less energy and fossil fuels. Beyond the HKD low-e guns we purchased, the next phase focuses on new pipe work in the base area. Aging (and leaky) pipes out of the pump house immediately lessens the pressure in the system (especially at the top) and means we are not maxmizing efficiency of our water and air at the start. Therefore we have identified and measured the piping (much of it underground) that needs to be replaced and have already received a quote for the steel (made in the USA quality steel). By our mathematical calculations, completion of this project over the summer should allow us to obtain the necessary pressures to utilize low-energy HKD guns top to bottom. This will significantly improve the efficiency of the system and further drive down our carbon footprint. We will again be partnering with Efficiency Vermont on this project.
With even more projects planned than highlighted here, please stay tuned here and on social media for updates. We are making Magic better with significant capital expenditures (~$1 million this off season), so we can better serve our customers while putting in place a more efficient operating infrastructure for a sustainable long-term future for Magic. The road can be winding and sometimes bumpy, but then again, aren't the most interesting drives off the crowded highways?
We hope you will "take the road less traveled" with us next season. Magic's affordable 2017-18 season passes are on sale now at our lowest "Early Bird" prices until May 15th.
And, we look forward to seeing you at the Black Line Tavern over the summer. We will be closed until Memorial Day Weekend, except for a special event benefitting Londonderry's Neighborhood Connections on May 19th, and then open regularly for the summer starting June 29th.
- Geoff
Voted #1 Ski Area in North AmLiftopia
Sent from my iPhone using AlpineZone
THE LATEST
Project and Season Pass Updates
We are pushing ahead on several fronts to "make better Magic"--all designed to give our customers better and more access to our special mountain. And, as a reminder, there's only a few days left to get your Early Bird priced passes.
Green Chair: This new lift project is underway already. We just received a shipment of sheave trains for all the lift towers and are obtaining other equipment soon we hope from Suicide Six. The haul cable will be inspected on Sunday to determine its status. 107 chairs have been set aside for work (new paint and wood slats for all as we just removed all the old slats from the chairs). A lot more work to come to get the lift finished over the next 6 months in time for the new ski season. Adding the mid-mountain access lift up to "Sunshine Corner" will make it easier for beginners/intermediates to enjoy skiing here; provides a means for Magic to open earlier than ever with a smaller footprint for early season (November) snowmaking; makes running youth races and race/freeride programs better for the athletes and customers in general by taking liftline pressure off the summit chairs; and, finally, creates an off-season lift for special events, like Weddings, at picturesque Sunshine Corner.
New Learn-to-Ski Beginner Conveyor Lift: We met this week with Starlifts out of NH to walk the area for the "magic-carpet" style lift in the "old", but now new, beginner area to the right of the Black Chair (Little Dipper). It will take about 12 weeks to build, but the approximately 170 foot conveyor lift will provide state-of-the-art transportation for beginners to learn how to ski and ride at Magic. Tucked away from heavy downhill traffic and on a nicely pitched beginner slope, our Nelson Famly Snowsports Learning Center will become THE place for families to have their kids learn the skills to take them eventually up the new Green Chair and then finally on to the summit to tackle some of the most challenging terrain in the East.
Snowmaking Pond: Engineering plans have been submitted and we will be meeting next week with the State of Vermont on a huge project to take our pond "off-stream" as desired by the State, while providing the necessary volume of water for Magic to cover about 80 acres of its trails and base area with man-made snow. This will allow us to more than double the typical amount of trails covered by snowmaking so we have a broad variety of trails on both East and West Side guaranteed to be open during the ski season no matter what mother-nature delivers in terms of natural snowfall.
Snowmaking Efficiency: Great strides were made this season in terms of dramatically improving the amount of snow that could be made more quickly utilizing less energy and fossil fuels. Beyond the HKD low-e guns we purchased, the next phase focuses on new pipe work in the base area. Aging (and leaky) pipes out of the pump house immediately lessens the pressure in the system (especially at the top) and means we are not maxmizing efficiency of our water and air at the start. Therefore we have identified and measured the piping (much of it underground) that needs to be replaced and have already received a quote for the steel (made in the USA quality steel). By our mathematical calculations, completion of this project over the summer should allow us to obtain the necessary pressures to utilize low-energy HKD guns top to bottom. This will significantly improve the efficiency of the system and further drive down our carbon footprint. We will again be partnering with Efficiency Vermont on this project.
With even more projects planned than highlighted here, please stay tuned here and on social media for updates. We are making Magic better with significant capital expenditures (~$1 million this off season), so we can better serve our customers while putting in place a more efficient operating infrastructure for a sustainable long-term future for Magic. The road can be winding and sometimes bumpy, but then again, aren't the most interesting drives off the crowded highways?
We hope you will "take the road less traveled" with us next season. Magic's affordable 2017-18 season passes are on sale now at our lowest "Early Bird" prices until May 15th.
And, we look forward to seeing you at the Black Line Tavern over the summer. We will be closed until Memorial Day Weekend, except for a special event benefitting Londonderry's Neighborhood Connections on May 19th, and then open regularly for the summer starting June 29th.
- Geoff
Voted #1 Ski Area in North AmLiftopia
Sent from my iPhone using AlpineZone