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    Newpylong replied to the thread Ragged gets a new GM.
    I do not make these comments, or really any comments lightly. I have been making snow in the Upper Valley and working on other various...
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    Some info on the Sugarbush trail: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AHnVH4zPq/
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    Newpylong reacted to fulgoreXC's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    The pipe is buried between 4 and 8 feet. The average frost depth is about 4 feet in that area, even under asphalt. The pipeline...
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    Newpylong replied to the thread Save the Whale.
    He would love it if no one but the race groups were there.
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    Newpylong replied to the thread Ragged gets a new GM.
    Perhaps the best snowmaking start in recent history and they are only opening the usual route tomorrow plus main carpet. No Barnyard, no...
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    Newpylong replied to the thread Save the Whale.
    They still need the $ to reinstall and the mountain manager likely is all too happy to not have to make snow anywhere else but L. Spout...
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    Newpylong replied to the thread Mt Snow Thread.
    It's largely the extra hang time, but they also could dry all of the air/water stuff back to 1 while open if they wanted as well...
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    Newpylong reacted to fulgoreXC's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    I'm with ya... snowmaking is an endless topic and for every mountain there's 15 opinions on how it should be done. I will say...
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    Newpylong replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    I think the issue at large is that Sugarbush is no longer owned by a small group of investors who really have to look at each and every...
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    Newpylong replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Absolutely, the Impulses can be re-nozzled and re-valved. It's a job for the off-season. not something you would go out and lower every...
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    Newpylong replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    A Rat BSG x2 or SR7 will convert more water until you get down into the mid-teens wet bulb. Then they will taper out around the same as...
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    A picture of mine from April, 2007 - the last days of ASC.
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    Newpylong reacted to fulgoreXC's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    Wow I really kicked a nest. Lots of good q’s. And comments. To add some context… right now SB is running pushover slow poke and coffee...
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    I still have the last pre-Peaks ASC Bronze (Mount Snow) pass of mine from 2006!
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    Newpylong replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    You need 3 Phase power all over the hill for fan guns to have any meaningful impact. The base areas are small footprint in the grand...
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