"Snowmagic" 2.0 Comes to Boreal (Like Tenney)

[thetrailboss]

Folks here probably remember that in 2004 and 2005 or so when Tenney was owned by Snowmagic. They promised that Tenney would be open year round and had a couple days of skiing and riding on their dinky terrain park before the whole thing stopped. Looks like Woodward/POWDR is going to do it at Boreal.

http://unofficialnetworks.com/2016/...ory-that-can-now-make-snow-at-any-temperature

 

[SIKSKIER]

I thought that system at Tenney was a shaved ice product.This specifically says its not shaved ice."The snow-making systems developed by TechnoAlpin do not produce crushed ice but rather soft and fluffy snow. This is what triggers positive associations".

 

[snoseek]

This may work as boreal sits pretty high and summer temps for the most part are much cooler.

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[chuckstah]

This may work as boreal sits pretty high and summer temps for the most part are much cooler.

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And it's quite small at only 500 vertical. This could definitely work well to keep the park open. Not a lot of terrain to cover, and if I recall correctly, it usually makes it into summer as is in non drought years.

 

[thetrailboss]

I thought that system at Tenney was a shaved ice product.This specifically says its not shaved ice."The snow-making systems developed by TechnoAlpin do not produce crushed ice but rather soft and fluffy snow. This is what triggers positive associations".

It very well might have been. I can't remember. I just saw this and it was the first thing that popped into my mind. No doubt the technology is similar but probably more advanced as you've suggested.

 

[thetrailboss]

I dug up these articles on the 10e system:

http://www.dcski.com/articles/view_article.php?article_id=367

http://www.snowmagic.com/snowmagic-resort-group/

http://www.snowmagic.com/hartford-courant/