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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    but if they’re only replacing the compressors which are offline due to the cooling issue, the cost of fuel shouldn’t be too much...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Ok thats a significant cost. What would it cost to fix the cooling issue with the compressors they own or rent a compressor for a month?
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Ok but if early season marginal temps air is an issue wouldn’t it behoove them to have a few of those fan guns to blast the base and...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Hey, pretend some of us don’t know a centac from a bicycle pump, what Are we talking about ballpark in terms of money to get the...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Whatever, they should get into the cannabis business and sell joints on the lift lines. talk about happy customers
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Doesn't everyone use low E guns nowadays? No offense Hawk, but its 2025. You're days making snow at SR had to have been like 30+ years...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    You seem to have some knowledge about the financials. The numbers are ballpark what I would have guessed except for the expanded...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    you are undoubtedly correct and this is the crux of the issue. Almost half of their snowmaking capacity is stranded at Mt. Ellen. It...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Vibe snow reporting. They've gotten a great amount of snow, no doubt and I hope they enjoy it, good for them, but it's nowhere near 100...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Actually, as of last weeks drought monitor, MRV is in D1 Moderate Drought
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    How much snow has there been at LP? You seem to know. All I know is that as of monday the Mansfield stake was at 38" which is...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    I'm shocked there's gambling going on in this establishment!
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    This a popular narrative but in this instance the snowmaking pond for LP was/is permitted for more storage than it was built to.
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    'nothing as far as I know. You're free to debate this 'till the cows come home, but its not going to change anything. We'll all be...
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    HowieT2 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Sure. Won't be up until late December as my daughter is at Cambridge so I have to do thanksgving in jolly old england
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