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Mount Snow: Inside Track
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Not at all.
Get ready for another big snowmaking push starting Wednesday once we get the temps.
ss20
Well-known member
Any ideas on how much time you guys will spend re-surfacing vs expanding? Okemo says Jackson gore will open up Friday...
We'll release the plan for resurfacing and expansion here shortly.
SIKSKIER
New member
Looks like a real long stretch of sm temps starting late this week and getting better through next week.
Time to see what this new system can really do.
Jcb890
Active member
Do you know if the plan is to blow snow continually on Saturday and Sunday while the mountain is operating? If so, information on where would be great... I know it is still early, so we're eagerly awaiting the posting of your plans.
drjeff
Well-known member
My hunch is if mother nature cooperates with her timing and temps, as it appears now, come Saturday they'll be done with the resurfacing and onto expansion mode!
Me and my regular crew of ski buddies on the Bluebird on Sunday were placing our bets on how long we feel it will take, if the temps hold out for an extended period of time, for them to finish off all of their snowmaking terrain...
If next week is cold as their saying, I bet on the following weekend, the 16th/17th for finishing off the initial snowmaking run on all of their available snowmaking terrain.... Time will tell, and will show if I'm having apres beers bought for me or buying my ski buddies apres beers!
ScottySkis
Well-known member
It is Mountain Snow by the way.
Newpylong
Well-known member
My hunch is if mother nature cooperates with her timing and temps, as it appears now, come Saturday they'll be done with the resurfacing and onto expansion mode!
Me and my regular crew of ski buddies on the Bluebird on Sunday were placing our bets on how long we feel it will take, if the temps hold out for an extended period of time, for them to finish off all of their snowmaking terrain...
If next week is cold as their saying, I bet on the following weekend, the 16th/17th for finishing off the initial snowmaking run on all of their available snowmaking terrain.... Time will tell, and will show if I'm having apres beers bought for me or buying my ski buddies apres beers!
10K K+ GPM is a lot of capacity but that's a lot of acreage. I don't think everything will be covered by then.
WJenness
Active member
Things sound like they should be shaping up nice for Founders Day next Tuesday.
Looking forward to it.
-w
Looking forward to it.
-w
slatham
Well-known member
Given what they already have covered, and 10 days of good to excellent snowmaking conditions, I think they have a solid chance to finish up. Possible exception is the need to put so much snow on Ripcord.......
ss20
Well-known member
Ditto.
Lot's of long trails need to be covered. Mineshaft and Season's Pass in Carinthia. Thanks Walt in Sunbrook. South Bowl, Ego Alley, and Roller Coaster on the Main Face. Plummet, Ripcord, Fallen Timbers, and Cute on the North Face. And then short trails like Beartrap and Yard Sale.
That's a lot of trails. And they all need setup time since they're traditional air/water setups.
Newpylong
Well-known member
Needless to say even having the conversation is a testament to the new system. They would be looking at mid-January in past years for nearing full coverage, if not later. Very exciting.
Quick correction: Our system is 11,800 GPM
ss20
Well-known member
Snow report says they'll resurface everything but Nitro, Lodge, and Inferno tonight. That's a massive amount of guns going if its's true...
Webcams show FreeFall getting some love from the guns. I need a place to ski Friday and if they don't groom it out they'd probably get my money.
Neither Okemo nor Stratton have snowmaking on their cams currently (2pm). Mount Snow has been going since late this morning and they're all the way down to the base already.
Webcams show FreeFall getting some love from the guns. I need a place to ski Friday and if they don't groom it out they'd probably get my money.
Neither Okemo nor Stratton have snowmaking on their cams currently (2pm). Mount Snow has been going since late this morning and they're all the way down to the base already.
NYDB
Well-known member
Stratton has had the guns on since 9am and right now looks like they have the whole skiers right of the mountain lit up. I'm sure Okemo ( and every other large resort) was doing the same.
I know this is a Mount Snow thread, but lets not get too fapping crazy
Morewood
Member
If it's true? Of course it's true. We're resurfacing on 17 trails tonight, and it's all thanks to this new snowmaking system.
machski
Well-known member
When you resurface, do you use every gun and hydrant on the trail or use every other or every third? Curious as this varies from area to area strategy-wise.
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