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snowmaking
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Snowmaking tech improvement
Possibly of interest if not old news here. Looks to improve production and efficiency. Could this keep marginal resorts viable a bit longer? Feldspar Dusting- altabrig
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- climate snow snowmaking
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- Forum: General Skiing
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Too Green Is My Valley
Disclaimer: I don't hang out in this part of PugSki, so apologies if this is an old topic. Okay, so I know that many classic alpine resorts are low, especially in the eastern half of the Alps. And I know that the big races are held down near town where they're accessible to spectators and the...- Tony S
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- åre had rain in january big races are held down near town climate change eastern alps french resort flew in some snow with helicopters kranjska gora lack of snow lack of snow at ski races only the race course is white snowmaking very little of snow
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- Forum: Racing and Competition
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NH Talls & Smalls Cranmore
November 28, 2019 Day 2 Skiers: Carla, Tim, & Erica There is nothing more beautiful than driving east across the Kancamagus from Lincoln to Conway and watching the sunrise. While yesterday we traveled Rt 2 East to 16 South to ski Wildcat, today we traveled 112 East to 16 North to ski Cranmore...- frontfive
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- carla frontfive conway scenic railroad cranmore hannes schneider kancamagus from lincoln to conway kulkea powder trekker mount washington valley new hampshire nh talls & smalls adventure north conway north conway new england ski museum ski all of new hampshire ski all of new hampshire's ski areas snowmaking zeb’s country store
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- Category: General Resort
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Midwest Upper Midwest 2019-2020
The season starts tomorrow. They like to be first and looks like they will again. https://wildmountain.com/- Dwight
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- afton alps chestnut mountain giants ridge ski area lutsen mountain michigan skiing midwest skiing minnesota skiing ski stoke ski the midwest snowmaking trollhaugen ski area tyrol basin welch village ski area wild mountain ski area wisconsin skiing
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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Mid-Atlantic 2019-2020 Mid-Atlantic Resorts, Conditions, Weather, and Stoke
:snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow::snow: Well it's almost November and we've seen some temps in the 30's here in DC.... so time for a new thread! Whitetail, Liberty, and Roundtop are now Epic.... Timberline won't be opening... Snowshoe goes into year...- dbostedo
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- blue knob all season resort canaan valley resort massanutten mid atlantic pocono mountains seven springs ski area skiing snowmaking snowshoe ski area timberline four season resort whitetail resort
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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California/Nevada '19-'20 SoCal Thread, Baldy to Big Bear, Wrightwood to Waterman
Chair 7 @ Summit, waiting far more patiently than I.- Mothertucker
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- baldy bear mountain big bear big bear mountain resort mountain high snow summit snowmaking southern california skiing waterman wrightwood
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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New England 2019/20 Northeast
Alright I'm getting a tiny bit antsy. My phone widgets tell me certain dates are nearing which includes Killington to start making snow in 21 days or so. I'm still enjoying the temps out and doing other stuff outside but ski club open houses are happening, Warren Miller movie dates have been...- surfsnowgirl
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- alpine brewgrass festival bretton woods central jersey ski club killington loon mountain magic mountain pico ski new england ski northeast ski stoke snovember snowmaking sunday river warren miller movie dates waterville valley
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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California/Nevada 2019-2020 Tahoe Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups Thread....
OK, we have to start sometime! It's 38° at the top of Slide Mountain this morning. Can snow making at Mt. Rose be far behind?:golfclap::roflmao::daffy:- Andy Mink
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- donner summit ikon mt. rose pugski member meetups ski reports ski stoke ski tahoe snowmaking squaw valley squaw valley alpine meadows tahoe
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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Who needs a mountain anyway? Ski stars with humble beginnings...
I was fortunate enough to meet Billy Kidd a couple weeks ago at the Colorado Snowsports Museum in Vail. We were discussing who needs a mountain to start a ski career? Apparently not these athletes (although by Midwest standards Lutsen is a mountain!). Who am I overlooking??? I'm sure there are...- Dave Petersen
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- billy kidd buck hill chad fleischer cindy nelson colorado snowsports museum kristina kosnick lindsey vonn lutsen mountain midwest skiing mom and pop ski areas nick goepper perfect north slopes ski racing ski racing in the midwest snowmaking
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- Forum: Racing and Competition
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"A Skier’s Guide to Climate Change"- news article.
Interesting article..,scary prognosis for skiing if the climate changes as predicted. Also interesting last sentence about Epic and Ikon ski pass programs considering 2 year passes to offset a bad snow year. I guess a snow guarantee? A Skier’s Guide to Climate Change: Enjoy It for Now -...- DerKomisar
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- alterra resorts bloomberg businessweek climate change and skiing ecord snowfalls global warming global warming and glaciers global warming controversy kyle stock paris agreement rusty gregory scary prognosis for skiing shorter winters snowmaking weird weather patterns
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- Forum: General Skiing
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Colorado Vail Resorts Improving Snowmaking for Early Season Openings
Looks like Keystone will open in October and Vail and Beaver Creek will have more terrain open at their set opening dates of November 15 regardless of snowfall. So, VRi is banking on the snowmaking improvements to challenge both Arapahoe Basin and Loveland for the earliest start and the longest...- Ken_R
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- arapahoe basin beaver creek epic pass keystone october opening loveland snowmaking snowmaking improvements vail vail resorts vail resorts opening dates vail resorts snowmaking
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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snow making pipe bursts at Stratton blasting gondi
https://unofficialnetworks.com/2018/12/27/exploding-pipe-blasts-gondola-in-what-looks-to-be-a-busted-snowmaking-pipe-stratton/?fbclid=IwAR3ipRKsIv3JS_X201dXfjQwsKFCnd3EZvhcKJ34wV8oDq4AIaEdEqUwXiw WOW! terrifying, no one hurt.- Ron
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- exploding snowmaking pipe at stratton gondola gets blasted with water snowmaking snowmaking malfunction stratton vermont
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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Firing up the snow gun stoke
With Killington, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, and a few others open for the season, along with the few resorts with soft openings like Mt Rose, the temperatures are dropping and we're seeing more ski hills firing up the guns. This is stoke worthy... I'll kick it off with Alpine Meadows- Tricia
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- alpine meadows arapahoe basin early season ski stoke early season snowmaking improved snowmaking killington ski area loveland ski area mt. rose ski area ski stoke snowmaking squaw valley
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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Colorado 2018-19 Colorado Weather and Stoke
Snow.- nay
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- arapahoe basin colorado snowfall early season ski stoke june skiing ski colorado ski stoke snow forecast snow on the high peaks tonight snowmaking st. mary's glacier summer skiing
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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Going to miss you guys !
I need to pay tribute to what has been home for us for the last 25 years for my 500th post. As we pack up the wagon and get ready to head west, I'm starting to get a bit melancholy. The Catskills have given us some incredible memories. We have raised three amazing children, have had a...- BS Slarver
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- adam carboni catskills laszlo vajtay macker and laszlo plattekill mountain rising costs of snowmaking ski new york ski plattekill skiing the catskills snowfarmers snowmaking tansy michaud
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- Forum: General Skiing
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only 1 inch of natural snow on Pyeongchang slopes
I recall in the two winter months before the games reading stories about Pyeongchang relating how they were worrying about the climate history of low snowfall that seemed to be what was happening. And wondering what they were going to do? When one looks at the helicopter shots of the...- SSSdave
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- continental siberian atmospheric flows lack of natural snow in korea manmade snow at pyeongchang olympics pyeongchang games pyeongchang olympics snow makers inc snowmaking
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- Forum: Racing and Competition
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Northern Rockies/Alberta Sun valley snowmaking vs vt snowmaking
If I am skiing on baldy relying on snowmaking (eg no recent snow) would the experience be similar to skiing at a vermont area with snowmaking and no recent snow. Supposedly sun valley has state of the art equipment. Thanks for any useful info.- Codger
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- comparison of snowmaking at sun valley and vermont ski idaho ski vermont snowmaking sun valley snowmaking vermont snowmaking
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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Panic now
OK calling on the crystal balls of the Pugski collective. For various reasons I have a bunch of leave to take over Xmas period which means I am sitting on a flight to Denver end of next week and a rental car reservation plus a flexible reservation with a hotel in Eagle co. & an Epic Pass. 3...- fatbob
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- colorado skiing december 2017 early season snow coverage? grand targhee ski area lack of snow in colorado and utah poor december snow conditions in the rockies skiing the wrod snowmaking
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- Forum: General Skiing
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Utah Snow Guns
Ok, I will admit it, I am pretty worried about our Trip to Deer Valley Dec 11-21 There is not much snow in the forecast for the next 10 days. I will be pretty unhappy to be on a WROD on a major ski vacation/trip So my question is, how much snow can be made with the snow guns? I could care...- Started at 53
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- deer valley ski resort deer valley snowmaking early season snowmaking favorable conditions for snowmaking? little snow for upcoming trip to deer valley ski utah skiing the wrod snowmaking utah snow conditions
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- Forum: General Resort Discussion
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New England Okemo, Nov 2017
Here's one from Last Sunday Nov5th This one was taken today about 11AM Surprisingly the snow was pretty good for early season.- Max Capacity
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- early season ski stoke okemo okemo vermont ski stoke ski vermont skiing okemo snowmaking
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- Forum: Trip Reports