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    1dog replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    I recall those generators- haven't done that in years-either lack water resources or too high GMP prices, or both. Spoiled bunch, we are.
  • ColdRain&Snow
    ColdRain&Snow replied to the thread Jay Peak bombshell.
    I have some family planning to visit after the new year, and one of them is “the guy who gets hurt every family vacation”. He hasn’t...
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    fulgoreXC replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Don't forget the contractual obligations to GMVS. North is being skied before opening day. If base temps are not suitable, then it's...
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    fulgoreXC replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Air is not the issue. LP is sitting on more air than can be consumed. Even if adding portables was needed, can you imagine the uproar...
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    fulgoreXC reacted to MrGlen's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    People forget that “competition” in snowmaking wasn’t really a thing decades ago. Sugarbush didn’t look behind because nobody was racing...
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    tumbler replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Years ago Bush wasn't that far behind because they would rent portable air compressors for Nov-Jan to up their air capacity which is...
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    cdskier replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    It might sit there until December 19th...but they're also spending the majority of the time from now until December 19th getting those...
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    It's a pretty basic concept. If you use a shit ton of your available air and water on one trail, that can't be used elsewhere. I'd...
  • K
    If this is the conclusion you got out of what I wrote, you either did not read carefully or missed my previous posts where I provided...
  • 4aprice
    4aprice replied to the thread 11/22 Weekend Thread.
    Enjoy. One of the best football games I ever attended was an Ivy League game back in the 70’s Harvard at Dartmouth (1976). We used to...
  • 2Planker
    2Planker replied to the thread Jay Peak bombshell.
    In my other job we give 'em plenty of Dilaudid or Propofol and it is still NO FUN....
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    fulgoreXC replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    To piggyback onto the wise words from @MrGlen. This time of year, from what I have gathered, the main complaints are snowmaking, lack...
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    MrGlen replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    People forget that “competition” in snowmaking wasn’t really a thing decades ago. Sugarbush didn’t look behind because nobody was racing...
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    jonnyco14 replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    It just seems like it is more about the ability to focus on one mountain. If they could use Lincoln + Ellen's water on Lincoln for the...
  • oldfartrider
    oldfartrider replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Stowe has 2 snowmaking ponds totaling just under 200m gallons.
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