The pipe was welded and we are ready to go. It was about a five minute weld but getting the equipment and welder down there safely was the challenge. Once we have everything covered once we do operate with a smaller crew, but we are prepared to keep making snow through mid-February if necessary. As you know our snowiest months are historically February and March. Many of the snowmakers help us in others positions when done with snowmaking.
Yes, more guns could more staffing especially if we are running in several areas of the mountain. The job is tough, so not everyone can do it. We have been fortunate is having quite a few veterans returning these past few years. They are great and make a difference.
Today, turned out to be better than we feared. It mostly snowed before opening but we did get some icing on some of the lifts which did cause some need to chip and re-space chairs on lifts like Gatehouse and replace two RPD's on Northridge, but as temperatures rise this will not be an issue later in the day. Tonight is another story. We will see rain later in the day and then it is getting cold. The wind is also going to be picking up and we might see 50-60 mph winds at the summits. I don't think tomorrow will be a great day, but the rest of the week is shaping up nicely. Cold and forecasted snow should get us in great shape for the latter part of the week. The skiing this morning was really nice, and I got in several fun early morning run off of Bravo and GH.
South Villager, we have snowmaking on 70% of our terrain. That is less than many due to our terrain. We would not make snow on the Castlerock trails or others like Moonshine, Twist, Hammerhead, Tumbler for example. One area that we could put in a pipe, however, would be the jug handle on Upper Sleeper so intermediate skiers don't have to go down the head fall when their isn't enough natural snow to go around it.
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