Sunday River 22-23

[machski]

This post actually goes to all 4 Boyne New England resorts. Boyne is changing the redemption value of it's rewards points from $.05/point to $.02. The change takes effect 12/15/2025 so best to cash points out to rewards cards (those are good for 24 months) prior to that date to preserve your current point value.

 

[bigbob]

Explosion at the pumphouse?

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[thetrailboss]

Explosion at the pumphouse?

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I was just about to ask the same thing. Hope everyone is OK.

 

[Newpylong]

Not an explosion from fire. The manifold pipe (pump discharge side) had a blow out. Knocked a wall apart and hole in roof.

 

[tumbler]

Not an explosion from fire. The manifold pipe (pump discharge side) had a blow out. Knocked a wall apart and hole in roof.

That is scary, I imagine its running 800-1,000 psi on the discharge side. That would cut you in half.

 

[Newpylong]

Nominally they discharge at 1100 but the last readings were much higher. That is scary pressure and a big reason Boyne has been moving to Klik hydrants in high pressure areas. There is the labor reduction aspect but also safety, you don't have employees disconnecting and connecting hoses and using hydrants.

Honestly ski resorts are far too lax with employee proximity to pumps and charged lines. One of the most dangerous places to be are pump and air houses yet they are often used to defrost houses, hang equipment (because it's so warm), store equipment, etc. The operators generally have offices away from the pumps at least.

 

[machski]

Nominally they discharge at 1100 but the last readings were much higher. That is scary pressure and a big reason Boyne has been moving to Klik hydrants in high pressure areas. There is the labor reduction aspect but also safety, you don't have employees disconnecting and connecting hoses and using hydrants.

Honestly ski resorts are far too lax with employee proximity to pumps and charged lines. One of the most dangerous places to be are pump and air houses yet they are often used to defrost houses, hang equipment (because it's so warm), store equipment, etc. The operators generally have offices away from the pumps at least.

Was this air or a water pump. That pressure sounds like air.

 

[tumbler]

That's water pressure. Air is significantly less.

 

[Newpylong]

Yeah air is generally 80-110 PSI which is still extremely dangerous.

 

[bigbob]

Nominally they discharge at 1100 but the last readings were much higher. That is scary pressure and a big reason Boyne has been moving to Klik hydrants in high pressure areas. There is the labor reduction aspect but also safety, you don't have employees disconnecting and connecting hoses and using hydrants.

Honestly ski resorts are far too lax with employee proximity to pumps and charged lines. One of the most dangerous places to be are pump and air houses yet they are often used to defrost houses, hang equipment (because it's so warm), store equipment, etc. The operators generally have offices away from the pumps at least.

I am suprised there is no safety switch that would shut the pump down over a certain pressure in these systems.

 

[Newpylong]

You don't shut pumps down for overpressure. The VFDs if equipped are throttled down or control valves are actuated. Just shutting pumps down could potentially be more damaging to the rest of the system for a potentially transient issue. This all usually happens automatically to maintain your setpoint operating pressure. Not sure what led to the overpressure event but there are multiple measures in place to avoid them.