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Belleayre it will be, thanks.

Belleayre or Hunter what mountain do you think will be the best choice for Saturday?

Ever consider that there is already a thread about CB snowmaking and that CB also has its own forums where other mountains do not. It is also a holiday in which many people spend time with their families instead of sit on the pc.

Highmount Forecast Looks like the rain is somewhat holding off from high mount. Seems like they will get hit from 3-5pm and than the rain is gone and the temps will start dropping enough to fire up the guns for the weekend. Hopfully the snow makers for our sake will be working on this holiday. Can't wait for Saturday. To bad I have to work tomarrow.

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This rain in the forecast for highmount, ny is scaring me as well as all the rain we got last night

I wish we had some Belleayre locals on the forum so we could get an idea of how much snow they have already made for this weekend. The forecast there as well as here is so friggin sporadic with warm days and cold/semi cold nights arggg; Although according to the forcast for highmount it looks very promising that they'll be open for this weekend but I don't know if they will have enough snow to remain open as some rain and high temps will move in the following week so I hope that dosn't cause them to not open this weekend.

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We started blowing base snow which is that real wet shit so it lasts the longest. Tonight was mainly a test run and training for new guys hopfully what we made will last until we can resume when tempertures permit next week since we have thanksgiving and the weekend off.

About 6" as of 8:00 this morning.

They also might have cut the grass recently so it dosn't protrude through the snow when they start making.

You beat me to the post! I'll be making snow tonight at cb To all you nay sayers that said it wasn't gonna happen this week

That forecast its almost like accuweathers they both rock weather.com's so thats 2 to 1! BRING ON THE COLD NIGHTS!

Yes the snowmakers know of the wet bulb thing although I personally am not to knowledgeable about it. Thanks for the link. We'll all I can say is lets hope that the forecast is incorrect like it often is but this time for our benefit. *****Oh man comparing that wet bulb chart to weather.com's forecast puts us just on the brink of fair snowmaking conditions everyday with the exception of fri-sun with the max humidity being forecasted at max 71% and lower all the other days. The border line between fair snowmaking and no snowmaking is sooo close!! We'll just have to see what happens. If accuweather forecast stands more true to weather.com I think our chances are still good.

It's rellevant to the question that was asked. I talk to snow makers everyday at work and the projected night time start date is monday weather permitting of course. Rest assure if the temperature permits it will happen. As far as weather.com vs accuweather.... I don't know what to think i hope accuweather is more accurate in this situation. Either way weather.com shows lows of 31 everday except fri-sun it jumps to 37 and drops back to 31 monday in their 10 day forecast. 31 degrees at night add a little elevation and windchill and hopfully it will be cold enough to keep making. Anyways this thread was intended to share some information and keep our spirits up that the season in NEPA will start soon at Camelback.

I work there. Plus check out the accuweather 15 day forecast for Tannersville. http://wwwa.accuweather.com/forecast-15day...72&metric=0 They probably wont be making during the day but night time snowmaking should start real soon.

I'm not laughing thought the smiley was a thumbs up. I'll change it, im glad! **Arg no more edit option for that post I guess I can't change it

Camelback is supposidly ready to start blowing snow monday night!

Ok after doing some research and reading through some other threads on this forum I've figured out that majority of the resorts use UHMW aka Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene. It is a bit pricey but for what it is I think its worth it. I found .25" thick 24" x 96" sheets on http://www.mcmaster.com/ for $96 which will make ya a 1' x 16' box or two 1' x 8' boxes. Hope this helps anyone looking for a good top sheet of resort quality.

We should all be skiing and riding right now!

Holy fuck. I'm going to answer my own question for anyone else who ends up having the same question as up front as possible. DO NOT USE PLEXI GLASS OR ALUMINUM on a box at all! I slid my board accross the top of the box with my hands a few times and dug into the apparently butter soft angle iron without even trying as well as scratched the shit out of the unslippery plexi with whatever little bit of dirt or debree that was under my board or on the surface. I'm taking the plexi and angle iron off and buying a sheet of ABS to use as a top sheet before the snow even comes for me to try what I have now. DO NOT USE PLEXIGLASS OR ALUMINUM EVER. It will not resemble a mountain box.

How did the aluminum and plexi work for ya? Was it very sticky or very dangerous because of the soft aluminum sliding horizontally? I am going to use ABS plastic for the next box I build. You don't use any coping at all and don't run the risk of catching an edge with it?

I'm not worried about length right now. This is the first box I built and want to make sure it slides well with the materials I have. The frame is already built so extending it is out of the question and I would be really upset if I did extend it and my top material and coping didnt work I plan on building a longer box if this one works out well So anyways back to the origional question. Aluminum angle iron coping and 1/4" plexi glass top sheet? Good or bad idea...

I recently built an 8 Ft flatbox and choose 1/4" clear plexiglass for my top sheet because I scored some for free. I also purchased 2 8ft 1" aluminum angle iron for coping. After flipping through some of the box building threads I noticed many people are against aluminum because its sticky and has potentiel to catch edges. I also seen somewhere in a post that plexiglass can be a little sticky. Any advice on weither pr not I should use aluminum angle iron with the plexi glass. My origional plan for a top sheet was formica and steel angel iron until I scored the plexi and seen the price difference in aluminum and steel angle iron. I'm debating weither I should just put the plexi and angle iron on and see how she works when we get some snow or if I shouldn't bother using the aluminum.

Why ya gotta be a hater? Can't we all just get along?