EdBacon

Paved parking lot?

Marc Antony has had the chairs removed for years. It doesn't run and would need a bunch of repairs at this point. Cleo probably never runs anymore. Bailey might still run every now and then since it has access to the main base area which Cleo doesn't. At some point they need a minimum of two new lifts: a replacement for the Stevenson and another high speed 6 or 4 where the Bailey is sited. Then they need to address all the mid-mountain lifts which are also in a bad state. Glen, Raceway and that lift over by Birches all need to be replaced sooner than later. They are vintage 70s machines and CBK isn't the type of people who care for classic machines which is ironic since they have so many of them.

CBK only has two lifts. They don't want their fixed grips anymore. Try running a place the size of CBK with two lifts this is what you get.

Round-the-clock snowmaking should start Thursday night.

The Arrow IIIs are almost the same units as the Silverliner IVs. Different pantograph. Different seating arrangement because the doors are different. Can't remember. Either the Arrow of the Silverliner has the provision for the center door and the other doesn't. Both manufactured by GE in the 1970s.

Was there on Saturday and no crowds. Snow quality was pretty good. Too bad they'll have to reset again with the rain.

Whoa. Dude.

I'm surprised there's not more people.

And the guns are back on. Looks like they just waited until after closing.

It's not as cold today with the front still coming through. I see a temp of 27F with 75% humidity which isn't a great wet bulb temp. Vail absolutely does NOT run mountains as local mountains. They run the whole thing as a system to certain mountains' detriment, JF included. Maybe that will slowly change as the JF managers get more familiar with the mountain and the locals, but I am not holding my breath. Although I will admit they have done slightly better year by year since 2020/2021.

They'll start with Tbolt to get A lift running.

So... wait is JF opening first between the Pocono area mountains?

577 acres burned now. Was 220 yesterday. Fire remains 25% contained. Looks like the smaller Mosier's Knob fire by Shawnee has stopped updating. Maybe that one is fully contained/out.

Here is the current perimeter of the burned area. Fire is most active on the southern and eastern edges. Not sure how much, if at all it is still expanding.

Looks like weather pattern could shift around the 10th/11th. Maybe we see some rain then. That's still a week away though.