VTKilarney
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Arctic air arrived last night. Burke pounced on the opportunity with a grand total of 13 guns blowing snow. Go Burke!
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Big Burke announcement
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Burke Snowmaking, etc
Well, the opening weekend could have been worse. Upper Willoughby definitely got skied off and was not much fun after about 11 a.m., but it was not horrible. The skiing on the training hill was great and the skiing got better every day.
The good news is that the fan guns on the training hill work very, very well. Burke has a lot of snow there and the quality of the snow is great. It has been confirmed that the current snowmaking bottleneck is water pump capacity. Thus, they have the fan guns running on the lower training hill and that pretty much maxes out their water pumping capacity. The were able to blow a bunch of high meadows while still working ont he training hill,but they were at capacity. It is illogical to have spent all of that money on the fan guns and not simultaneously bought some more relatively cheap water pumping capacity. Yes, I do know that logic often does not enter into the picture down their in the admin building.
THANK YOU to Bill Stenger for helping to guide the management "team" at Burke. Junior. is still "the boss", but Bill is doing what can be done to push, prod, and cajole a very, very stubborn man.
Sure wish they would turn the webcam so it points back up at the mountain. Looking at a hotel that they cannot open is annoying on many levels.
Well, the opening weekend could have been worse. Upper Willoughby definitely got skied off and was not much fun after about 11 a.m., but it was not horrible. The skiing on the training hill was great and the skiing got better every day.
The good news is that the fan guns on the training hill work very, very well. Burke has a lot of snow there and the quality of the snow is great. It has been confirmed that the current snowmaking bottleneck is water pump capacity. Thus, they have the fan guns running on the lower training hill and that pretty much maxes out their water pumping capacity. The were able to blow a bunch of high meadows while still working ont he training hill,but they were at capacity. It is illogical to have spent all of that money on the fan guns and not simultaneously bought some more relatively cheap water pumping capacity. Yes, I do know that logic often does not enter into the picture down their in the admin building.
THANK YOU to Bill Stenger for helping to guide the management "team" at Burke. Junior. is still "the boss", but Bill is doing what can be done to push, prod, and cajole a very, very stubborn man.
Sure wish they would turn the webcam so it points back up at the mountain. Looking at a hotel that they cannot open is annoying on many levels.
VTKilarney
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It sounds like the ability to cover the training hill has been improved, but that's the only actual benefit received from the new fan guns. Judging by the hype that the resort has been putting out about these guns, I would have expected more.
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benski
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MEtoVTSkier
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Thought that was why they installed a new booster pump? Didn't they say at the pass-holder's meeting that it took them from 400gpm to 1000gpm? You would think that would allow them to keep the fans and towers running somewhat simultaneously. I'd bet that those fans are quite thirsty running wide open in these temps though. Hope they get the lower area up and running before they run out of time with this cold snap.
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Weren't the fan guns paid by BMA?
dlague
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Mid-Burke Express is currently on delay. We are experiencing an electrical problem and working to fix this ASAP.
Mid-Burke Express is currently on delay. We are experiencing an electrical problem and working to fix this ASAP.
Looks like those problems are back.
Why not just run the Willoughby? oh right...
Can't have any connection to the past.....
halfpintvt
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SIKSKIER
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11:43am - MBE is loading again
And don't forget.....
I'm sure that there are some great deals to be had.
I'm sure that there are some great deals to be had.
VTKilarney
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I'm surprised that they are making snow on the training hill and not on the lower mountain today. Did the training hill need more of a base laid down?
from_the_NEK
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My guess is they only needed one last day to really complete Lower Warrens for the season. Then they can concentrate all available snow making "power" on the rest of the mountain.
I can confirm:
a) yes- they hope to not go back tot eh training hill after tomorrow. There is a lot of snow there.
b) skier traffic. Willoughby held up well with all 30 of us who skied today- COLD.
c) as I said earlier, very, very quiet down in the hotel zone. You will be glad to know that there is water in both pools, but there is no magic carpet. There is hower a crib work of 6 x 6's where the top of the magic carpet is to be. That crib work is very, very dangerous should someone come into that area too hot.
a) yes- they hope to not go back tot eh training hill after tomorrow. There is a lot of snow there.
b) skier traffic. Willoughby held up well with all 30 of us who skied today- COLD.
c) as I said earlier, very, very quiet down in the hotel zone. You will be glad to know that there is water in both pools, but there is no magic carpet. There is hower a crib work of 6 x 6's where the top of the magic carpet is to be. That crib work is very, very dangerous should someone come into that area too hot.
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