Will snowmaking shut down early this season?

[ColdRain&Snow]

Anywhere that doesn't make snow this Friday night is putting us on notice that they are done making snow and the skison will last only til what they have on their trails melts.

Yeah, I’m curious to see how this plays out.

 

[2Planker]

Major RAIN followed by a hard freeze Fri night.
Sat. AM is gonna be ugly

 

[drjeff]

Maybe... just maybe a couple of potential systems materializing in the 10 to 14 day range...

It's all we can hang onto in this ugly snow season for most of the New England ski industry

 

[Newpylong]

I'm only due for .15" of rain here in Central NH is the forecast showing that much more down there?

 

[Kingslug20]

Snow for stowe....

 

[ColdRain&Snow]

I'm only due for .15" of rain here in Central NH is the forecast showing that much more down there?

It’s looking like the Friday rain projections are going down.

 

[Kingslug20]

Good..I just got rained on...

 

[ThatGuy]

Way too early for this to be accurate but Ill take 1/3 of that at this point.

 

[Kingslug20]

Funny how this winter has been the 1 to 3 inch storm cycle...

 

[ColdRain&Snow]

Happy windy Wednesday Stratton! Today, high winds are whirling with cloudy skies, later giving way to sunshine to soften up our slopes. Tomorrow, the forecast calls for a mixture of precipitation throughout the day, with warmer temps and high winds. We will be opening up on 74 trails tomorrow, 67 getting a groom overnight and accessed by 9 lifts, weather permitting. Grab that extra layer, a cup of coffee and head to the slopes!

Temperatures tomorrow are forecasted to be 34-38 at the summit and 44-48 at the base. Winds are forecasted to be 30-45 mph at the summit and 15-25 mph at the base. Snowmaking will return Friday night through the weekend, starting off the upcoming holiday weekend right!

 

[2Planker]

The writing is on the wall........
Snowmakers were notified that "... moving forward, only a very few will be needed" OUCH

 

[urungus]

 

[Kevin Schultz]

Bromley of all places had the most transparent summary of snowmaking efforts this season:

Snowmaking began on November 7th and is still occurring (writing this as of Feb. 1st). As a member of our Snowmaking Team, I can attest it has been a roller coaster. There have been a few 60+ hour weeks (5-6 12 hour shifts) and then periods of almost a week off. Our team so far has pumped almost 82 million gallons of water onto the hill and logged about 1,000 hours of time with the system up and running. To put this into perspective, in a typical season, we pump 70-80 million gallons on the hill and log about 800 hours of system run time. We have already pumped more water onto the hill than in a typical season and we still must start (and finish)

Snowmaking Year-In-Review (So Far)

www.bromley.com

 

[slatham]

Bromley of all places had the most transparent summary of snowmaking efforts this season:

Snowmaking Year-In-Review (So Far)

www.bromley.com

They took full advantage of the arctic outbreak a week or so ago to increase base on key trails. Will be interesting to see what they do this weekend.

 

[thebigo]

Loon resurfacing tonight:

As temps take a foreseeable dip Friday evening, our mountain operations teams are prepped to have snowmaking guns fired up on Lower Bear Claw, Lower Picked Rock, Boom Run, Grand Junction, and Coolidge Street!

 

[drjeff]

Mount Snow with some flexing of their fan gun muscles right now!

 

[skef]

 

[Bosco DaSkia]

 

[machski]

Sunday River made a bunch from White Cap all the way to Jordan!

 

[LuckyStrike]

Wachusett was busy making snow over the weekend. The place was in rough shape Friday night. Last night all of the ice and bald patches were gone.