AirheadD8 Posted October 15, 2022 Report Posted October 15, 2022 6 hours ago, Benm said: Fuckin lost it here lmao I had the best day ( night) skiing Coming soon last year. Lapped it 4hrs straight while the guns were running. Perfect wind direction blew the snow straight up the slope , it was perfect mix of bumps with a refresh on every run . Best day there last season! What I found amazing was very little goggle stickage. Nothing like some of the fan guns down low, you could be 100yds away and end up a glazed donut. 1 Quote
Larchmont Posted October 16, 2022 Report Posted October 16, 2022 18 hours ago, AirheadD8 said: What I found amazing was very little goggle stickage. Nothing like some of the fan guns down low, you could be 100yds away and end up a glazed donut. Do you recall what the temperature was that day? Quote
AirheadD8 Posted October 16, 2022 Report Posted October 16, 2022 28 minutes ago, Larchmont said: Do you recall what the temperature was that day? 24° Ish . The gun that pasted me every run was at the intersection of Paradise and Homestretch . Quote
Larchmont Posted October 16, 2022 Report Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) The red gun or the yellow gun? The new sticks were running about 7 or 8 gallons per minute, that fan was probably putting out around 30 GPM because day shift forgot to turn the settings back down. Or, possibly, the gun was broken - the red gun is likely to be replaced soon due to age. Edited October 16, 2022 by Larchmont Unreliable snowmaking equipment 1 Quote
AirheadD8 Posted October 17, 2022 Report Posted October 17, 2022 7 hours ago, Larchmont said: The red gun or the yellow gun? The new sticks were running about 7 or 8 gallons per minute, that fan was probably putting out around 30 GPM because day shift forgot to turn the settings back down. Or, possibly, the gun was broken - the red gun is likely to be replaced soon due to age. I’m curious, how much Diesel do they go through in a season? Is the water pumping system Electric? What is capacity GPH ? How many CFMs air? Lots more questions but I’ll shut up now 🙂 Quote
Larchmont Posted October 17, 2022 Report Posted October 17, 2022 Blue doesn't use diesel snowmaking equipment. They used to have some Hedco gear but it's all long gone now. Gallons per minute - the new guns max out around 45 GPM, fans are somewhere between ~70 and ~180 GPM depending on capacity and input pressure. The guns like on Paradise or Razors can do over 80 GPM. Blue can move a lot of water, there's almost always more water capacity. Air - you can work the math yourself, but there are nine 1000+ HP Centacs. If you ask nicely you can probably get the same tour I got and see for yourself - they're loud as hell. 2 2 Quote
mikes781 Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 Job trailer also appeared this week. Have to be getting closer to seeing the lift start to go up right? Might be more optimistic if the materials were actually there already. 1 1 Quote
enjoralas Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 34 minutes ago, antman12 said: pushin some dirt. 8 minutes ago, mikes781 said: Job trailer also appeared this week. Have to be getting closer to seeing the lift start to go up right? Might be more optimistic if the materials were actually there already. The dirt around the sheds has never looked smoother. Quote
mikes781 Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 Smooth dirt must have been the hold up. 1 1 Quote
enjoralas Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, mikes781 said: Smooth dirt must have been the hold up. Yup, going up baby!! 1 1 Quote
AirheadD8 Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, enjoralas said: Yup, going up baby!! Shame on the doubters. Quote
Benm Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) Yah super moving along. >a fuckin pole Edited October 20, 2022 by Benm Quote
enjoralas Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, Benm said: Yah super moving along. >a fuckin pole Hey now, TWO poles. Sure, that's only one more than you thought, but it's also TWO HUNDRED percent of the progress you thought they had! 3 Quote
antman12 Posted October 20, 2022 Report Posted October 20, 2022 35 minutes ago, enjoralas said: Hey now, TWO poles. Sure, that's only one more than you thought, but it's also TWO HUNDRED percent of the progress you thought they had! Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, antman12 said: 1 Quote
Larchmont Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 They sure aren't staging parts for long. Per Facebook they're flying upper mountain towers in by helicopter on Tuesday. 2 Quote
enjoralas Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 20 hours ago, mikes781 said: Smooth dirt must have been the hold up. Never smooth enough. Back at it again, lol. That little dozer is like the cleanup bot in Wall-E that goes around behind them cleaning up the dirty footprints. 21 minutes ago, Larchmont said: They sure aren't staging parts for long. Per Facebook they're flying upper mountain towers in by helicopter on Tuesday. Nice. I think Ben was right and the main tower structures have been in the lot for some time now. Thought there would be head assemblies with sheaves there by now too though. Quote
enjoralas Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 1 minute ago, enjoralas said: Nice. I think Ben was right and the main tower structures have been in the lot for some time now. Thought there would be head assemblies with sheaves there by now too though. Should have checked Facespace, I see the head assemblies are in fact there now. Quote
enjoralas Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 20 hours ago, mikes781 said: Smooth dirt must have been the hold up. So, so smooth . . . 1 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 @saltyantthis is getting good. 1 Quote
antman12 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 Looks like the fun begins on Tuesday. 1 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 I think they’ll be good to go for Root Friday in 35 days. 1 Quote
indiggio Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, enjoralas said: So, so smooth . . . Looks like the grooming they do to seed Barney's! 1 Quote
enjoralas Posted October 21, 2022 Report Posted October 21, 2022 19 minutes ago, antman12 said: Looks like the fun begins on Tuesday. I feel like @Benm gonna take the dog for another walk this afternoon and take a pic sitting on one of those wrapped pallets so he can claim bragging rights of the first person to sit on the new chairlift 1 1 2 Quote
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