Rowsdower Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) Do you think its possible they'll try opening a day or two early with limited terrain? Like last year, just the stuff directly accessible by the main quad. Also something I'm in the dark about is how long it takes to set up the park for opening. Anyone know? Edited December 2, 2007 by Rowsdower Quote
k2wwwkid Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 i think that it just took one nite cuz i remember the park crew would be there starting to dig the rails out when i was hiking at closing and in the morning they would have new rails up Quote
k2rider2690 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 depends on how much they want to change and how fancy they want to be. on opening day they usually go with boxes and rails with just jumps to get on since they dont have all the snow, so usually only a night. when they redue cascade in the middle of winter with all the snow it might take andy a night just to push all the snow into the spots and then the next night place all the rails and fine tune everything. but it sucks that humidity is so high because otherwise they could still be blowing snow! Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Posted December 2, 2007 They can do thursday I think. I don't remember Bear opening any earlier than the 6th, is this a first for Bear/Doe? Quote
mollyskeez Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 i think it might be but im not sure. and on the web cams i can see ppl. crowded all around somthing on the hill are ski patrol practicing or somthing? Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) Wasnt that going down on wednesday? Edited December 2, 2007 by Rowsdower Quote
snowboarddude Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 Oakley said that wednesday was a posible opening date Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Posted December 2, 2007 Wednesday is really cutting it I think. Thursday or Friday seem likely to me. Quote
snowboarddude Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 i think there is a good chance bear can go 100% before most other mts Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Posted December 2, 2007 Yes but only because of their size. The same issue comes into play with BB too. They have alot of snowmaking power on a small amount of acreage. If they get a good cold spell they can easily be 100% open before anyone else. Quote
k2rider2690 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 i think that it would be extremely smart of bear to open on thursday, however only if they are able to make enough snow. that would be the best for bear to be able to say that they opened earlier than blue, and i dont know for sure but blue is prob only opening what they normaly open in the begining, which is like 3 trails. Quote
Bobert540 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 If the weather holds..... Thursday. Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Posted December 2, 2007 Too bad they can't make snow tonight but at least they're not really losing any snowpack. I am a bit troubled by the amount of mud I saw on the webcam. I don't see how the ground could be thawing out but maybe they got rain or something. Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Posted December 2, 2007 Hopefully the higher elevations stay just a couple degrees colder. I know where I am we have mostly freezing rain, but in the valley its all rain. Just so long as they keep what they have down now. Quote
JibHonk Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 hope we dont get alot of rain i would hate to see all bears efforts just melt away. both literally and figuratively Quote
snowboarddude Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 the snow up there held up very well i'm thinking a wed or thur opening Quote
snowboarddude Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 it looks like a good 12 hrs of blowing a night and with an already cold surface to blow on it should pile up quicker.. the only thing is the wind coming and blowing the snow off the trail it also depends on if they want big jumps when they open or only rails and little jumps Quote
toast21602 Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 i dont think they are worried about the size of jumps... i'm pretty sure they are just trying to open for this weekend. Quote
k2wwwkid Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 it doesnt look like they lost any snow from the rain tonite doesnt look the best for blowing veryy windy Quote
neutral Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 Here's to hoping for an opening at the end of this week. Quote
GNU_rider Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 I vote friday because I'd love to be there all day, and have a good excuse to call out from work for it. Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) Thursday is possible but Friday seems more likely, or maybe saturday. Edited December 3, 2007 by Rowsdower Quote
snowboarddude Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 Rumor has it at school people were told to be ready to work wednesday Quote
Rowsdower Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Posted December 3, 2007 I don't see how they can open after only two or three nights of blowing. Unless Bear has got a few tricks up their sleeve. I suppose we'll see after tonight. Quote
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