Bear Creek PR Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Hey everyone, We have been making snow at every opportunity and will be re-opening tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm. The trails we anticipate having open are Cascade, Upper Black Bear, Kodiak, Paw Prints and a portion of Cub Run. We'll have an updated list for you tomorrow morning after we groom. Hope to see you all tomorrow!!! Mary Quote
skifreak Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Glad to hear you guys are reopening. I heard you on B104 this morning, Mary. Quote
nick Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 WHY???? not 4 o'clock!!!!!!! i have work!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....STUPID!!!! Quote
supertrooper12 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 sick half a day becuase of midterms so 4 works for me. i can get some sleep in before i head up. Quote
Papasteeze Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Ski1027 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 What is the plan as far as the next trails to be opened? I see that there hasn Quote
ltd_chick78 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 yaaaaaaaaa! i'm so happy! good work, guys! hope it doesn't rain too much this weekend, i can't get there til sat night at the earliest.... Quote
burton71 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 And from the web cams looks like there is gonna be some pretty decent coverage too! Quote
petter369 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 wow! thanks you! i cant wait to head up tommorow.its going to be sick! Quote
racer139 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Mary, how about some information on what's going on with the back side of the mountain particularly Timberline. It's great to get a camera over there, but why no snow blowing. BC spent a lot of money on a race trail, organized a race program and your not even blowing snow over there? Very disappointing! Quote
GNU_rider Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 I will be there at 8 am saturday, thank you so much bear creek for making this happen the season isn't lost! Quote
burton71 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Very disappointing! People will complain about everything. Just be happy that they are re-openning. Quote
BC-Mark Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 We haven't made snow on Timberline yet due to the short snowmaking windows we have had available. This time around we will open with just over 40 hours of snowmaking. It will provide just enough cover to allow us to open. To reach Timberline, you need snow on at least three other trails. We have the capacity to pump 4000gpm of water. If we were to make snow on all our trails at one time, or even the trails required to reach Timberline, we would have to supply each gun with far less water than they are capable of using. The result would be all trails being dusted with snow and not enough to open a single trail. To have a shot at opening, we are giving the guns on Cascade, Upper Black Bear, Kodiak and Cub Run as much water as they will take in an effort to make as much snow as we possibly can in a short amount of time. Quote
someoneshootme Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Looking forward to the cold next week after the rainy Holiday weekend, what are Bear Creek's priorities for trail coverage? Or in general...is it the goal/policy to blow a bunch of snow on the main face for all the features of the terrain park, or to get as much trail coverage as possible before returning to blow more snow in the terrain parks? Quote
rgrwilco Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 ill be there saturday most definately. Quote
Matt Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) I will be there at 3:45 on friday, boot skiing on the lower part of lower kodiak while I wait for the lifts to turn. Edited January 11, 2007 by reynard082 Quote
BC-Mark Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Our normal plan of action is to open as many trails as possible, as soon as possible. We typically put down an extra 8" to 12" of snow on terrain park areas prior to moving off that trail. This allows us to create decent features until we are able to return and really pound the terrain parks. This year, we have had to shift that philosophy since the weather is giving us very limited windows for snowmaking followed by high tempertures and rain. As a result, we want to focus on a couple trails and put down as much snow as possible to weather the thaws that seem to follow. If we see a 10 day forecast without a potential thaw we will return to our normal snowmaking patterns. Since you are unable to access the trails off the new quad without snow on the front side of the mountain it is only logical to make those trails our focus. When we have extra capacity, we began moving across the mountain from left to right. Quote
someoneshootme Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 Sounds reasonable... Hopefully after this weekend you'll get all the cold weather you want! Quote
gerhard Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 stop bitching, i mostly ride park but if they didnt open the park i wouldnt be pissed i drove up yesterday and made a snowball i had tears of joy in my eye snow alone makes me happy but when you put snow+hill+board=one very happy person if you ride or ski be happy you finally have an oppurtunity to do so after the shitty start to the season so whoot whoot Quote
supertrooper12 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) yay bears opening tommorow im sure we they have some good jibs set up, thats all that matter anyway. Edited January 11, 2007 by supertrooper12 Quote
Tyler Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 i'll be there early saturday, sunday, and monday to beat the holiday crowds. hopefully BC can get some more blowing in tonight Quote
K2rider Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 i'll be at bear Saturday morning. Quote
k2rider2690 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 any word on what jibs we can expect? Quote
Dark Wing Posted January 12, 2007 Report Posted January 12, 2007 im going to be there tomorrow right when you guys open. and is there going to be any JUMPs not rails. just JUMPS. Quote
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