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I would assume the aerials are at the jumping complex and not Whiteface. That is where they typically hold those events.

I was commenting on the snowmaking decisions and sequencing this season and was not asking for your climate alarmism.

They are making snow on the summit right now, so you'll have all those trails soon enough. I have already explained why the snow that was made at the ski bowl earlier could not have been made on the summit, as they are largely separate systems. The fact is it's unacceptable for such a large...

The reason a fraction of skiers ever went to the ski bowl is because it was difficult to get to, had no suitable lodge, was served by a very slow lift, and was rarely open. They simplified access (Backwoods), built a lodge, replaced the crappy slow lift, and are making efforts to have it open...

You can't claim that you dislike one slow fixed grip that stops all the time, while claiming that the replacement of a different slow fixed grip that stopped all the time was unnecessary. I'm glad they replaced Hudson because the triple was simply awful and should've been a high speed quad from...

There is a work road to the bottom of Topridge, and there is another detachable that ends in the same place on Bear Mountain. Other ski resorts have detachables in a lot harder to reach places than Topridge. Some even had entire terminals airlifted into place. There were certainly no technical...

Took a while for things to get going this morning. Gondola started on wind hold, so AE2 was the ONLY open non-beginner lift for like the first hour, and predictably, the line backed up all the way to the lodge. Instead, I opted to start with laps on the Sunway chair. Then, when the report was...

I stand corrected as they posted on Instagram that Burnt Ridge, including the interconnect, is opening tomorrow.

Not sure the plan or lack thereof with snowmaking. They are two connector trails away from opening the interconnect. Hedges and Cedars. Yet zero snowmaking there.

I believe there is some truth to both. There is really no reason for The Notch to have been closed as soon as they had 2 routes to the base. They had that prior to last weekend. I noticed at LWF that the same pegs that the newer Gore lifts have that go between your legs, were installed on the...

I haven't ridden it yet, but I really don't understand why they even did this project. It provides no discernible improvement to the experience. It's an updated version of the cold, slow lift that everyone hated. It needed to go detachable, or at least have the loading carpet it was supposed to...

Would've been nearly perfect if they didn't screw the pooch with the lifts, not filling every seat on the gondola and leaving Freeway as "racers only" the entire day despite the snow report falsely claiming it was open, thus making the line for the gondola unnecessarily long. I hid from the...

That's their cost per kwh. It does not matter where the power is going. It costs the same. The system is more water-limited now because they have a lot of low e guns. This is good as it means more snow is being made. Before the widespread adoption of low e guns, snowmaking systems were almost...

When the Hudson River was tapped in 1995, it was probably considered more than enough at the time. The system would've mostly been air-limited back then, so water capacity would've rarely if ever been maxed out. This was even still largely true when Burnt Ridge was added in 2008. When they...

What they are dealing with is actually a good problem to have. Let me explain The Hudson River pumphouse runs at 4800 gpm and either feeds the reservoir or directly to the ski bowl trails. The main pumphouse runs at 6800 gpm and feeds from the reservoir to the rest of the mountain. If main is...

Snowshed has been open since November 21st, which is earlier than most ski areas opened period, much less beginner terrain, including all 3 in ORDA. Still, Whiteface and Belleayre have done an excellent job so far. I'm less enthused with how Gore is doing, but it is far better than last year.

It was originally supposed to have a loading carpet. Not sure why it was omitted.

The system has two pumphouses, one at the Hudson River, and one at the Reservoir. There are no booster stations. The Hudson River pumphouse runs at 4800 gpm, and can either feed the reservoir, or directly onto some trails, including all of the Ski Bowl, some of Burnt Ridge and even up to the...

I'm not sure what you want Gore to be, as it seems like you complain about absolutely everything they do, even when things are going well. Given how the snowmaking system works, the ski bowl is largely independent of the main mountain. So it makes sense to make snow there when they can, and not...

It is a common issue for opening beginner terrain early in the season that it is often at low elevation and difficult to maintain cover. Belleayre was able to solve this by putting a magic carpet and bunny hill at the top, and it was possible because there was a relatively flat area at the top...