Wildcat Blows (snow!)

[Cannonball]

Wildcat was great today, best early season conditions I've ever been to. Held up great and they could prob go tomorrow if they wanted to. Idk if anybody saw me there I had camo pants and a green/black jacket riding a white snowboard. I'd like to meet some of you sometime

Damn camo.....I couldn't see you!
But seriously, too bad we missed you. Not too many folks out, probably saw you. Good snowboarder/skier ratio today at Wildcat and BW. Glad to see the early season riders out!

 

[dlague]

Good to meet you at WC even though we didn't share any turns.

DHS didn't do any walking at Bretton Woods...

That's awesome!


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[yeggous]

If people are looking for more opportunities to make turns as a group, I have started to think about next weekend. I am tenatively planning on Wildcat on Saturday and Bretton Woods on Sunday.

 

[boofenstien]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFspE-0MOeM&feature=youtu.be

The Kitty, wish I was there.

Good times, that is my goofy ass stumbling out at the beginning. Thanks for posting the info, checked this thread Sunday @ 5AM before we were about to head to SR.

 

[octopus]

You were that out of control asshole? Thx deadhead

lol. Prob my first and last run maybe. I really wasn't expecting such a legit trail this early in the season for my first runs on shaky legs. It was great after I got used to it again, good job wildcat.

 

[deadheadskier]

I was totally kidding. Hence the j/k

And yeah Lynx kicked my ass too. Legs are crying today big time.

 

[bobbutts]

Good for them.. Last season I went when there were many feet on the ground and Lynx had some thin cover and rocks sticking out. Not going to be the case this year. I always think of them as a late season option, guess it's time to add early also.

 

[yeggous]

Bump. The groomers are in excellent shape today and they opened up Middle Catapult, Middle Wildcat, and Bobcat.

However... They froze a pipe at the summit. They are digging it out to try to thaw it right now.


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[mriceyman]

The cat and freezing pipes :/


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[MadMadWorld]

Already breaking shit lol

 

[deadheadskier]

Bump. The groomers are in excellent shape today and they opened up Middle Catapult, Middle Wildcat, and Bobcat.

However... They froze a pipe at the summit. They are digging it out to try to thaw it right now.View attachment 14821


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I'm not sure what I'm more angry about; that they froze another piper or that the workers are on top of the mountain wearing T-shirts on 12/27.

 

[yeggous]

It's a Christmas miracle! They had water flowing by the end of the day.


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[Angus]

between the natural snow they've received and the improvements and commitment to snowmaking, this has been a great early season for wildcat skiers. it will be interesting to see their commitment to continued snowmaking as that window closes later this season and how that translates to season length and terrain open in April and...May?

 

[yeggous]

I may have celebrate too early. They're still at it today. This time they've tried snaking the pipe and have some big ground heater.


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[doublediamond]

Where is that? Is that Polecat before Lynx Lair? Isn't that new pipe? What happened to their new pumps?

 

[Edd]

Hmm. Did the new compressor (or pump) fail somehow? It seems weird that the pipe froze with these warm temps. We need a snowmaking member on AZ. Do we have one I'm not remembering?

 

[yeggous]

Don't know what happened or how it froze. It is the top of Polecat right next to the lift.


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[yeggous]

After looking at that section of pipe I am wondering if the problem is a lack of pitch.


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[yeggous]

They had it thawed by early afternoon and have water running through it right now.

It turns out my eye was right. They messed up the pitch on a section of new pipe so the water would not drain. Because the pipe was buried it did not freeze up early season, but did so last week as the ground gradually cooled. They can't fix the pitch of the pipe so they are going to have to blow out the water every time they shut down the system.


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[doublediamond]

Most of their pipe isn't buried, so why the heck is it buried there?