Newpylong
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Whaleback Mt. has replaced and enlarged their main snowmaking distribution line going from 6" to 8". Approx 2300 linear feet and rebuilt associated valve stations on said line.
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Summer 2018 Northeast Offseason Improvements
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drjeff
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Any upgrades in pumping capacity concurrent with the new, larger line? Or is/was the existing pumps capable of pushing that much extra water up the hill? Good news, regardless!
machski
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Newpylong
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Any upgrades in pumping capacity concurrent with the new, larger line? Or is/was the existing pumps capable of pushing that much extra water up the hill? Good news, regardless!
It would be nice if there was enough money to do another pump but not at this time. However the good 6" that came off this upline will replace some of the core 4" downlines to upgrade capacity there. The 8" upgrade was to prepare for a new pump and to replace rotted underground pipe below the base area. The work was done with 2 grant(s) and the next large snowmaking upgrade with either be an additional pump or more pipe replacement. Nearly the entire mountain is 30-40 year old victaulic piping, better suited for irrigation and sprinkler systems than snowmaking.
machski
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Not much of any info on Loon's website on this. I kind of wonder if they will upgrade the base and summit terminal cadence systems to all tires vs the old chain clips they have now as well.
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As to other summer plans, looks like Burke is replacing snowmaking pipe on Bunker Hill.
machski
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Loon is also replacing Snowmaking pipe on Flying Fox and swinging the lines so they are all on the Western side of the trail now.
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asnowmobiler
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Hunter’s new trails are coming along nicely.
slatham
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Ok not sure if this worked, and not exactly a huge improvement. Bromley rebuilding the upper mountain valve house. Actually I just wanted any snowmaking junkies to see the pic and this thread seemed the closest in theme......
Funky_Catskills
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F**cking pile drivers going off at 6:55AM this morning.... uuuuuuuuug....
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Gotta get her done!
Funky_Catskills
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Was on a conference call earlier today and they set off a BIG ASS explosion lower on the hill that the people on the call actually heard.... hahaha
sull1102
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I was wondering how they got this work done so quick, I think I have a good idea now!
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Funky_Catskills
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It's absolutely relentless - in a good way. They seem to be out all day - every day. Im amazed at the whole process...
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sull1102
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When you compare it to similar projects in recent years it's really impressive. Look at Waterville and their new pod that has taken a couple summers and still needs a little bit of work. They started back in the summer of 2016 and I think the Green Peak Triple didn't actually run until January 2017 and even then there was no snowmaking and trails weren't "cleared" down to grass like these beautiful pastures Hunter is building. It wasn't until summer 2017 that WV got the trails cleared out and finished cutting and clearing the rest of them. Even this winter snowmaking was very limited. Meanwhile Hunter looks to have this terrain 100% open with snowmaking by opening day...
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machski
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Don't kid yourself, Waterville is STILL finishing clearing and grading the Green Peak trails this summer and adding in snowmaking lines.
Jully
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Agreed. Mega kudos to Peaks for being so efficient here. Its not complete yet, so I guess we can't quite count our chickens yet, but all signs are good thus far.
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Start counting your chickens, it will be done.
mbedle
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Also keep in mind that the Waterville Valley expansion was done under their SUP and a Forestry Services permit. I am guessing, but pretty sure, that the environmental requirements for the Hunter expansion were a lot less than what Waterville is dealing with.
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