Trouble with you is the trouble with me,
Got two good eyes but we still don’t see!
It was a pleasure to make snow for everyone. We had planned to do more (Pushover, Easy Rider) but other problems were found and could not be rectified in the window that we had. But doing a gun run on Snowball/Spring Fling and seeing everyone enjoying the product made us all feel good (especially for someone who usually works under the cover of darkness).
Here's to hoping Ma 'Nature helps us out for the rest of the season.
It varies... anywhere from 1-4 hours to light up, depending on what you may encounter. The more guys you have, the faster it goes. I had a crew of 4 with me on Saturday, not including our controller. All of us on that crew were "borrowed" from other departments for this weekend's light-up.
Really nice job shady! Spring Fling was great both yesterday and today. That snow was so nice and dry (of course I'm sure the super cold temps created perfect conditions for that). I do wish Sugarbush did this type of thing more often in years with poor conditions due to crappy weather (so like Hawk the lack of this type of resurfacing as needed is really the only complaint I have about SB that I can think of).
Has anyone noticed some of the photos on social media of the snowmaking look like they were from November? There's very similar photos on November 13th lol, same two snowmakers. It can't be that hard to get outside and get some great snowmaking shots from current time.
I never really understood that, I've noticed it as well in the image of the day gallery that there are quite a few that are obviously not from the day they weee posted. But I guess it is "image of the day" not "image from today."
Great job Shady, fun to see Sugarbush making snow in March. Thanks for the effort.
Indeed, some of the shots posted on the FB page were from earlier in the season. But I did get some fresh shots from yesterday, which can be found in my 2016/2017 album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shadyj...7661008287132/
It's not always easy to get good snowmaking shots. Sunrise shots are the best, if you're in the right place at the right time. My shots are all taken with my phone camera, which wasn't working the best in the sub-zero temps during the day.
Weren't a few photos posted to announce they were going to make snow, hence those photos had to be taken earlier in the year.
Don't know if I missed it somewhere, what's up with Northridge?
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