Ride Delaware ? Posted November 9, 2011 Report Posted November 9, 2011 All ski areas make snow on open terrain when needed. Doug, you know as well as me that this is not the case. If that were the case we would see a bunch of PA resorts opening on a 10" base and then blowing snow during the day while they were open. I think the key word of "all" was misplaced in this situation. I have seen snow being blown on open terrain very rarely in PA. It just doesn't happen that often, and most of the time, some trails need it. Quote
OutCold Posted November 9, 2011 Report Posted November 9, 2011 I can't get over how bad this video is. I can't believe it was made in 2010, I would have guessed '96. I agree with Ride Delaware, I can't say that I've ever seen a ski area in PA blow snow on an open trail. I've seen it up north but not here Quote
Justin Posted November 9, 2011 Report Posted November 9, 2011 come to blue mountain where we ski so slow it'll give you a headache. Quote
Ride Delaware ? Posted November 9, 2011 Report Posted November 9, 2011 Blue often blows on open runs. Not usually te entire trail but in spots. What about "all" the rest of the ski areas? It is typical for Blue to have a gun on, especially that fan gun at the top of Lazy Mile since it is a high traffic area. Truth be told, I've never seen them "need" a gun there. I guess need is a subjective term, but it wasn't necessary. Quote
Mess Posted November 9, 2011 Report Posted November 9, 2011 I got hammered on a trail at Shawnee a few years ago. We went down a green or blue to warm up our legs. It wasn't groomed. And the guns were shooting in our face. It had big snow drifts in the trail. It was horrible. Quote
Shadows Posted November 10, 2011 Report Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) I got hammered on a trail at Shawnee a few years ago....shooting in our face you should post on sponsormyface.com Edited November 10, 2011 by Shadows 1 Quote
Ride Delaware ? Posted November 10, 2011 Report Posted November 10, 2011 blue, cb, and bc blow on open trails all the time Never been to BC, so I can't comment, but in college I went all the time to CB and NEVER saw snowmaking on open terrain. I know they did it very rarely after a freeze thaw or nair event, but those times were extremely rare and were advertised on the conditions page with bold lettering and all in caps lock which means its rare... I haven't been to Blue as often, so I can't comment that much, but the only place I've ever seen it being made on open terrain is at the top of lazy mile. That being said, I know it's rare there too... It may happen, I'm not saying it doesn't, but I feel that it's much rarer than we are making it sound. I could be totally wrong though... Quote
Justo8484 Posted November 10, 2011 Report Posted November 10, 2011 Never been to BC, so I can't comment, but in college I went all the time to CB and NEVER saw snowmaking on open terrain. I know they did it very rarely after a freeze thaw or nair event, but those times were extremely rare and were advertised on the conditions page with bold lettering and all in caps lock which means its rare... I haven't been to Blue as often, so I can't comment that much, but the only place I've ever seen it being made on open terrain is at the top of lazy mile. That being said, I know it's rare there too... It may happen, I'm not saying it doesn't, but I feel that it's much rarer than we are making it sound. I could be totally wrong though... it's pretty normal for them to be blowing the wide open area above sidewinder/challenge/razors pretty much every weekend. Quote
Ride Delaware ? Posted November 10, 2011 Report Posted November 10, 2011 it's pretty normal for them to be blowing the wide open area above sidewinder/challenge/razors pretty much every weekend. Maybe thats where i saw it... I remember seeing a couple fan guns blowing at the top of some intersections, but definitely no air/water guns... Quote
Justo8484 Posted November 10, 2011 Report Posted November 10, 2011 Maybe thats where i saw it... I remember seeing a couple fan guns blowing at the top of some intersections, but definitely no air/water guns... yeah they tend to put fan guns in the more wide open/high traffic areas at the tops and bottoms of lifts where everything meets. Quote
bluebomber19 Posted November 11, 2011 Report Posted November 11, 2011 i love the people that ski closed trails while they are blowing. Little do people know that those huge piles are wetter and stickier than Pamela Anderson. 1 Quote
Ride Delaware ? Posted November 11, 2011 Report Posted November 11, 2011 i love the people that ski closed trails while they are blowing. Little do people know that those huge piles are wetter and stickier than Pamela Anderson. Common misconception... In PA maybe, but at most places I went to last year in NE, I encountered mostly dry snow... They really know how to dial it in... That being said, some snowmaking is incredibly wet and sticky... Just got to be careful lol Quote
bluebomber19 Posted November 11, 2011 Report Posted November 11, 2011 you must not have ever poached a trial being blown at blue...lol. Quote
Shadows Posted November 11, 2011 Report Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) i love the people that ski closed trails while they are blowing. Little do people know that those huge piles are wetter and stickier than Pamela Anderson. yea cause when i think pam anderson, i think sticky Edited November 11, 2011 by Shadows Quote
Freeski919 Posted November 14, 2011 Report Posted November 14, 2011 They blow at the top of Vista all the time, too... You know that place below the groomer barn, which would usually be a perfect place to stop out of traffic? Yeah, they hose that spot, so you can't hear yourself think when you stop there. Quote
Riley Posted December 8, 2011 Report Posted December 8, 2011 Blue doesn't need snow guns it needs snow makers. The mountain crew is the laziest bunch i have ever seen in operation. They love blowing piles of wet crud...if they would actually go out and adjust the water/air mixture after they start up Blue could have dry snow like the rest of the mountains. Barb Green needs a computer program that can monitor that as well. If she realized she could save a nickle on snow making she would have changed how they made snow already. Its amazing how much energy they waste making that crap. If it wouldn't be for the fan guns Blue wouldn't have any dry snow. Hey, Kenny why don't you get off your lazy a** and actually get your crew to do their job instead of racing around the mountain on your snowmobile. How longs it been since you ran over your foot horsing around on your snowmobile?? 3 years? You got workmans comp for that...right? 3 Quote
Shadows Posted December 10, 2011 Report Posted December 10, 2011 i mean, what else are you supposed to do on a 50cc mini sled after hours? Quote
Riley Posted December 11, 2011 Report Posted December 11, 2011 Make some dry snow. Plain and simple. Quote
VTSKI Posted December 11, 2011 Report Posted December 11, 2011 They better make a lot of snow quick. It looks like its all over again on Tuesday night. No snowmaking till Friday night. http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Blue-Mountain-Ski-Area/6day/mid Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 They better make a lot of snow quick. It looks like its all over again on Tuesday night. No snowmaking till Friday night. http://www.snow-fore...i-Area/6day/mid They need to be happy with a 12" base on Main Street and just freakin open. No need for a 36" base to open. 2 Quote
Ride Delaware ? Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 They need to be happy with a 12" base on Main Street and just freakin open. No need for a 36" base to open. I guess they didn't see the memo JFBB put out today... Quote
toast21602 Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 They need to be happy with a 12" base on Main Street and just freakin open. No need for a 36" base to open. that would be nice. they don't even need to be top to bottom, or top to main street. the vista chair is able to run by itself... 1 Quote
Shadows Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 ^if they put features on vista i would agree. otherwise that sounds like absolute hell. Quote
Justo8484 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Posted December 13, 2011 Blue doesn't need snow guns it needs snow makers. The mountain crew is the laziest bunch i have ever seen in operation. They love blowing piles of wet crud...if they would actually go out and adjust the water/air mixture after they start up Blue could have dry snow like the rest of the mountains. Barb Green needs a computer program that can monitor that as well. If she realized she could save a nickle on snow making she would have changed how they made snow already. Its amazing how much energy they waste making that crap. If it wouldn't be for the fan guns Blue wouldn't have any dry snow. Hey, Kenny why don't you get off your lazy a** and actually get your crew to do their job instead of racing around the mountain on your snowmobile. How longs it been since you ran over your foot horsing around on your snowmobile?? 3 years? You got workmans comp for that...right? weird coincidence that the snow on paradise, razors, and nightmare/dreamweaver tend to be much better than elsewhere? pretty amazing what automated snow guns will do, huh? 1 Quote
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