mount snow to install a bubble 6 pack next year!

[Glenn]

Glenn, you are totally off base here. Since I will be learning to ride this year, the average age at Carinthia will become much older

Were you at our place when a couple of kids started to take our bench off our porch and make it a feature on Grommet? It was a pretty funny conversation I had with them.

I'll hang out with you guys. That'll bring the collective age down a few notches. :lol:

 

[drjeff]

I'll hang out with you guys. That'll bring the collective age down a few notches. :lol:

I bet that if you rent a board that they'll ask if you have a parent around to sign the release for you :lol:

 

[vcunning]

I bet that if you rent a board that they'll ask if you have a parent around to sign the release for you :lol:

I will sign for you (and after, you can have a sip of my PBR)

 

[Glenn]

LOL! That's a good point! I'll probably get carded at the rental shop. :lol:

 

[Glenn]

My wife and I did a little hiking last weekend and this weekend. They're making some good progress week to week.

From 10/15/2011:

From 10/22/2011

Between last week and this week: The roof decking is done and the communication wires have been hung from the towers. Tower top #2 has been put in place.

We ran into one of the lift supervisors when we were hiking today. He said the top drive terminal is rumored to be enroute. Everything was going well and they're excited to get it up and running.

 

[andrec10]

My wife and I did a little hiking last weekend and this weekend. They're making some good progress week to week.

From 10/15/2011:

From 10/22/2011

Between last week and this week: The roof decking is done and the communication wires have been hung from the towers. Tower top #2 has been put in place.

We ran into one of the lift supervisors when we were hiking today. He said the top drive terminal is rumored to be enroute. Everything was going well and they're excited to get it up and running.

The drive terminal is not in yet! They are gonna be rushing to get this done by ski season!

 

[Glenn]

They'll make it happen. :grin:

 

[drjeff]

They'll make it happen. :grin:

Yup! Brian and the rest of the crew know their stuff, and after some of the multiple, crazy installs Brian oversaw at The Canyons, this probably seems like a piece of cake (even with the Irene wildcard having been thrown into the mix!)

 

[Newpylong]

Drive terminals are mostly pre-assembled at factory. They will make the deadline...

 

[oakapple]

Mount Snow has updated its trail maps to show the new lift. On a quick glance, I see no other changes. There is also an FAQ about the lift.

 

[Newpylong]

Fan guns denoting premium trails? I don't remember if that was there last year...

 

[drjeff]

Mount Snow has updated its trail maps to show the new lift. On a quick glance, I see no other changes. There is also an FAQ about the lift.

Yup, picked up the hard copy a couple of weekends back at their Octo-brew-fest, and thankfully for us Mount Snow regulars, the only change on the map is the name of lift #17 from the summit local to the bluebird express, and the notation of where some 4square checkin hotspots are! It won't be one of the years where we have to try and remember a newly renamed trail that had more than likely been renamed only a few year before :lol:

 

[drjeff]

Fan guns denoting premium trails? I don't remember if that was there last year...

Yup, they were there

 

[oakapple]

Yup, picked up the hard copy a couple of weekends back at their Octo-brew-fest, and thankfully for us Mount Snow regulars, the only change on the map is the name of lift #17 from the summit local to the bluebird express, and the notation of where some 4square checkin hotspots are! It won't be one of the years where we have to try and remember a newly renamed trail that had more than likely been renamed only a few year before :lol:

On a closer look, there have been numerous changes to the graphics, mostly for the good, and there does appear to be one slightly re-configured trail.

On previous maps, Big Dipper curled around the left edge of the Sunbrook map, from the top of Sunbrook lift to the bottom, with Moon Beam splitting off at skier's left, about 3/4ths of the way down, and joining Thanks Walt near the bottom.

On the new map, the section that was called Moon Beam is now the bottom of Big Dipper, and the last 1/4th that was formerly Big Dipper is now Moon Beam. It's hard for me to imagine the reason for this swap, as the map does not indicate any re-configuration of the terrain. It's just a naming change for its own sake, something Mount Snow seems to specialize in.

 

[Newpylong]

ahhh yeah. there are no trail signs down that far anyway, so I guess it doesn't really matter, lol. I imagine once they get the green light for snowmaking there will be some changes over there...

 

[Glenn]

They've also updated the maps that are at the top of the lifts. Saw a few hiking this weekend.

 

[drjeff]

Well this must have been a cool looking sight traveling on the highway from Poma's factory in Colorado to Mount Snow!

 

[from_the_NEK]

Well this must have been a cool looking sight traveling on the highway from Poma's factory in Colorado to Mount Snow!

Looks like a bilboard that was driven across the country 8)

 

[Newpylong]

terminal taking shape: http://mountsnow.com/live-cams/

 

[Glenn]

terminal taking shape: http://mountsnow.com/live-cams/

Wow! Quite a difference from yesterday.