The "Sugarbush Thread"

[tumbler]

Back to ASC days snowmaking stopped at Presidents’ Day vacation. Would maybe do the 5 coldest nights. Snowmaking is expensive

 

[slatham]

It appears that you guys still don't understand this place. They blow every trial as least once, go back an hit the ones that need fixin and then they blow Steins, spring fling, snowball and coffee run. And then it is over. Since we did not get a bunch of warm ups and R#*%, they did not have to go back and fix a lot. We got cold and they finished early. No surprise because this has been the deal for the last 20 years. Wishing and bitching is not going to get you any more. Trust me.

I think many (not all!) areas have this same philosophy, with the obvious exception of a pre-Presidents day thaw/freeze where most areas (like 99%) would resurface, some of the big guns extensively. Are you saying they would do nothing even if a bad thaw/freeze occurred right before the Presidents holiday?

 

[djd66]

Hey, let’s just go with there will not be a thaw until April and Sugarbush got it right. My guess is, if they needed to do some resurfacing in the next 2 weeks, they would. Stay positive!

 

[cdskier]

I think many (not all!) areas have this same philosophy, with the obvious exception of a pre-Presidents day thaw/freeze where most areas (like 99%) would resurface, some of the big guns extensively. Are you saying they would do nothing even if a bad thaw/freeze occurred right before the Presidents holiday?

They've done that a handful of times after they were "done"...but it would have to be a very substantial thaw and not just a run of the mill thaw/freeze cycle. SB has not used snowmaking to "re-surface" trails in years after thaw/freeze events. They prefer to make what they believe is enough depth to allow them to then rely on grooming to resurface trails. Nothing new here...has been this way for years.