The "Sugarbush Thread"

[Smellytele]

New shoulder, new hip, riding with a broken hand since late December, all this in my 66th year. Seeing the knee doctor soon re double replacement. When does it end?

You don't want the answer to your question.

 

[Lotso]

"refill" starting soon

 

[doublediamond]

Do they really have no other guns than those shits?

 

[doublediamond]

Yea..."scheduled" maintenance seems like a highly unlikely reason for being down several days in a row unless they had point blank announced it in advance. But I don't think that was the case the first day it was closed this week.

Well see, the maintenance was scheduled once it broke.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Do they really have no other guns than those shits?

that is exactly what I thought when I saw that photo

 

[Newpylong]

I believe the majority of their air/water portables are those turds with the exception of a few 10 foot Impulse sleds.

 

[Lotso]

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"refill" starting soon

 

[fulgoreXC]

The fleet of SnowLogic land guns are what they have. Again it comes down to air management. The SLs run a consistent 12-18 cfm per gun. HKDs are 50+. Until SB adds more air capacity to the system, either by fixing or replacing the cooling tower for the old centacs that's what we get. Now given the temps forecasted this weekend there should be no excuse for manky snow. This is the age old "my ford is better than your chevy" argument.

 

[slatham]

I hope GMX is running this weekend………

 

[Newpylong]

Even if they swapped out every Striker based DV4 for an HKD Viper, I would imagine they would still have sufficient air? My hunch is they simply don't want to make such a purchase (the HKDs are now around $5K new) and that's why they are stuck with the Snow Logics more than air management.

My issue with the DV4s are more the throw or lack therof. They work well when things are calm, but as soon as you get a little wind they fall flat on their face. You'll obviously never get K3000 toss from Low-E but I think all things considered the Impulse and Phazer Pluses can't be beat for their throw. We also deployed a bunch of SMI Bulleseye prototypes single step guns as an alternative to HKD ($3K vs $5K) and they do fairly well, albeit with no adjustment capability.

 

[fulgoreXC]

Even if they swapped out every Striker based DV4 for an HKD Viper, they would still have sufficient air. My hunch is they simply don't want to make such a purchase (the HKDs are now around $5K new) and that's why they are stuck with the Snow Logics more than air management.

My issue with the DV4s are more the throw or lack therof. They work well when things are calm, but as soon as you get a little wind they fall flat on their face. You'll obviously never get K3000 toss from Low-E but I think all things considered the Impulse and Phazer Pluses can't be beat for their throw. We also deployed a bunch of SMI Bulleseye prototypes single step guns as an alternative to HKD ($3K vs $5K) and they do fairly well, albeit with no adjustment capability.

I agree that when comparing land guns there are issues with the SLs. But there is a reluctance to throwing away 100 SL land guns only to replace them with another manufacturer's gear that may have a bit better performance. We've seen and can point to other resorts that have done the very same thing. There's just not enough of an increase in efficiency to persuade the money holders to do that. What you will likely see going forward is more fixed gear, i.e. "towers" installed and automation. Birch/Sunrise for instance is at the top of the list. So yeah, for this year you're going to get a splash n' dash on SR. Apparently, they wrapped up the critical areas with enough time to go back to North Lynx. Good for them. The temps are certainly in their favor.

 

[djd66]

I read that the 50's is Freshman Year of old Age ,.... I'm waiting for freshman orientation.

 

[tumbler]

Didn't Valley House used to run on Fridays? A little more enjoyable than Bravo in these temps...