Snow making has begun

[jeff]

yes tonight they fired up the guns yes its true

[snorovr]

Nice. Just got a free pass at the NAC Warren Miller showing last night. Maybe I'll check it out in the early season if I have a day off.

[Old Geezer]

They should also be getting 4 or more inches of the real stuff with this Alberta Clipper system. In Clarks Summit right after dusk today there was 3" on the ground.

[jeff]

sorry guys, i was wrong. at employee orientatio they said they were going to start sunday night, so when i saw the lights on sunday night, i got all excited and posted. but i was wrong and they didnt make snow. they probably got like 6 inches of natural though!

[RidgeRacer]

I could definitely go for some laps on Susquehanna right about now.

[jeff]

ok so tonight they deff. started making snow and i'm actually right this time lol

[kate]

yeah, it looks good too. I had to go up this morning and there were some pretty big mounds everywhere. The forecast looks relatively good too.

[RidgeRacer]

Any word on when Elk will be opening?

[jeff]

according to their website, early to mid december. but i know they usually try for the 8th of december. With the forecast for this week, they should be able to make snow almost every night, and maybe open by this weekend? hopefully?

[elkskibum]

I was up there this morning (friday) and took a few pics...

 

 

 

 

I was actually impressed with the size of the piles they had on east/west/susquehanna and i assume on tioga. They didnt really lose that much snow from all the rain, and should be good for around in clock snowmaking for the next few days, and will hopefully be opening next friday or saturday.

[trackbiker]

Thanks for the pics!

Elk always gets their lighted trails open first.

Hopefully, the weather event this weekend will be all snow for Elk and give them a jump start on the season.