my snowmaking system

[skiing is life]

As a few of you may know, i own my very own snowmaking system in my backyard. Compleate with a small 42 foot slope with an 8 foot vertical and 20 feet wide.

My system consists of a soon to be small pumphouse. a garden hose, an air compressor and my snowgun. It's a type of snowmaker called a tee gun. Its similar to the low-e guns at the resorts expet this one gets about 0.2 gallons a minute. In good conditions i can cover half my trail with 3 inches of snow in about 4 hours. Its gets around half an inch an hour depending on conditions.

here is a link with a picture of my snowmaker.

http://s533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/uberskiing/?action=view&current=DSC00160.jpg

Also here is a picture of my slope

http://s533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/uberskiing/?action=view&current=Picture006.jpg

Snowmaking is a facinating hobby. One might even look upon it as an art in which to master. generally temperatures have to be below freezeing.

If you want to know more about snowmaking and there are plans to even build your own snowmaking system! visit www.snowguns.com it requires resistration but its free.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Pretty cool!

Also, in your explanation of why you can make snow >32, don't forget about supercooling as a result of the expansion of compressed air in an air/water system.

This is why you can make snow at 30 WB. Otherwise, it would have to be <28 wb as a result of heat of fusion, which means that it takes 144btu to freeze a water droplet, which is equivalent to 4 degrees F. Therefore, it has to be 28 for it to freeze, butas it freezes, it warms up to 32F.

Snowmaking is absolutely, unquestionably as much art as it is science. And it's a heck of a lot of science!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Ahahahahaha 4 vertical feet,,wow..do you ski it every day?

 

[skiing is life]

i accually just use it for the funbox that i have and a rail. its accually in 8 foot vertical because i have a 4 foot high lanch ramp

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

i accually just use it for the funbox that i have and a rail. its accually in 8 foot vertical because i have a 4 foot high lanch ramp

steezy...how late into the spring do you have snow in your yard?

 

[skiing is life]

natural snow stays until early april and my man made stays usually until the first week of may.

 

[jaywbigred]

This is def cool. Got any pics of it with snow on it? or of the gun in operation? or of the rail/box fully set-up?

 

[RootDKJ]

what's your water bill look like?

 

[skiing is life]

aaah my water bill :evil: nothing with three numbers on it happily. i sometimes drain my pool with a pump

 

[millerm277]

what's your water bill look like?

The water aspect of it isn't too bad, more electric. Air Compressors use a LOT.

 

[RootDKJ]

I'd love to see some pics of this in action!

 

[marcski]

I'd love to see some pics of this in action!

+1

 

[skiing is life]

i dont have any pictures, sorry:sad: i will be sure to make a video of my first run which should be sometime this weekend if temperatures allow it.

 

[TheBEast]

+1

+1

 

[skiing is life]

i could have made snow this morning but i had school :-( It was 30F when i woke up.

 

[Glenn]

Photobucket is down right now....What size air compressor are you using?

 

[bvibert]

Some day I will setup a snowmaking system of my own. I've always been fascinated by the idea.

 

[shpride]

Nice job!

I would like to know how you built the funbox? I have about 4 ft of vert in my backyard as well, but it is good enough for a box.

 

[billski]

Also here is a picture of my slope

http://s533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/uberskiing/?action=view&current=Picture006.jpg

OOH, GLADES SKIING. Does your SO let you make turns around the bushes?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

OOH, GLADES SKIING. Does your SO let you make turns around the bushes?

LOL..I would love to ski that run..