boardin_nerd Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 So i was riding the other side of the mountain the other day.. i was coming down timberline. and as a reached the bottom of the quad me and my friends looked into the woods inbetween the pond and timberline and i saw huge 5 - 10 foot piles of snow randomly plopped down in different locations.. and i was like WTFF??? haha anybody mind clueing me in on wtf they're doing there? Quote
boardin_nerd Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 now i'm trying not to be stupid enough to believe they're making a new trail.. cuz they arent... haha. my friend mentioned something about like having to drain the excess stuff in the lines.. or they'll freeze? but why dont they put them back into the pond to save water? Quote
boardin_nerd Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 its kinda like they threw up a couple of snow guns in the middle of the woods dam the stumach flu! but seriously.. i'm still interested in hearing what they are realy doing there if anbody knows.. Quote
Boarder1x9 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) there was a thread about this last year something to do with filtering the water? i cant remember it might have been that it was sewage water and this was a way of getting it back into the ground? I'm not sure it was something weird like that. I looked around a little bit but I have no idea what the thread was, I'm sure someone else on here knows or bc mark will answer you. Edited January 31, 2009 by Boarder1x9 Quote
boardin_nerd Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 i figured it was SOMETHING like that... oh well guess i'll get an answer eventually.. or hopefully Quote
Mixilplix Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 The "gray water" from the hotel and lodge goes through a couple of settling ponds before they run it through the snow guns in the woods...When it melts the water returns to the pond to be used to make the snow you ride on. Quote
boardin_nerd Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 hmmm... interesting.. haha.. seems like a waste of guns... but i guess that works! Quote
snowboarddude Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 that is sewage water.. if they blow it off the run and let it drain back into the pond it is legal to blow with the pond water Quote
BC-Mark Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 It is correct that the piles are snow made from our treated sewage effluent. We treat the sewage in an on-site waste water treatment plant that uses a biological treatment process to produce water that is technically safe enough to drink. This water is then discharged into the larger of the two ponds at the bottom of F chair where it is held until we pump it out through snowguns in the woods. Once the snow melts, the melt-water percolates into the soil. Despite the fact that the water has been completely treated and tested, we have yet to convince the DEP to allow us to mix the treated effluent with the water in the snowmaking ponds and use it for snowmaking operations. When I worked at Whitetail, we had a very similar system that used a sand filter, chlorination and aeration treatment method that resulted in the same level of treatment we have at Bear Creek. We were not only allowed to use the water in snowmaking operations at Whitetail, we won awards for the system from the South Central Region of the DEP. In the summer months, we spray the treated effluent through sprinkler heads in the woods and allow it to percolate into the soil. Quote
boardin_nerd Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 hey thanks mark! that clears it all up for me :-) Quote
TylerDurden Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 It's the reject snow that didn't pass inspection, so it gets dumped there so the water molecules can regroup and hopefully rearrange themselves in a competent construction of snow. Quote
k2rider2690 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 It's the reject snow that didn't pass inspection, so it gets dumped there so the water molecules can regroup and hopefully rearrange themselves in a competent construction of snow. why do you always have to say something stupid and incompetent? Cant someone block his dumbass? Quote
Saurus Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 Wait are you saying that some of the snow that is blown was urine and all that jazz? Quote
snowboarddude Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 no.. i don't know what causes that maybe the filters get dirty or something Quote
Schif Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 Wait are you saying that some of the snow that is blown was urine and all that jazz? No, that is black water and is illegal to reuse, pretty dumb to try anyway. They are using what is called "gray water". Its the stuff from sinks, water fountains and other non toilet drains. Quote
TylerDurden Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) why do you always have to say something stupid and incompetent? Cant someone block his dumbass? Excuse me, incompetent, I am actually over qualified for basically every subject on the face of the planet. I am a modern day hybrid of Franklin and Lomomosov. Edited February 3, 2009 by TylerDurden Quote
ColoradoHigh Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 It's the reject snow that didn't pass inspection, so it gets dumped there so the water molecules can regroup and hopefully rearrange themselves in a competent construction of snow. Excuse me, incompetent, I am actually over qualified for basically every subject on the face of the planet. I am a modern day hybrid of Franklin and Lomomosov. Quote
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