ORDA Snowmaking Improvements

I noticed at Whiteface today that they installed new pipe on Skyward and relocated it to skier's right of the trail. This is supposed to work better with the prevailing winds. Hopefully it results in the trail opening earlier than in years past. Conditions and coverage were excellent today. Lots of snowmaking still ongoing. Follies, top of Excelsior, Lower Northway, and Upper and Lower Valley, and Fox all had guns going. Additionally, there were some spot guns on open terrain.
 
If Belleayre's snow report is accurate, then by next weekend, they will have every trail on the west side, two ways down from the lower quad, and the bunny hill open next weekend. They're outpacing even Hunter!
 
Forecast doesn't look too good. Whatever they can blow by tomorrow will probably need to last the next 10 days.
 
According to Gore's report, they are setting up for a push to the summit. While it opened in November 2018 on natural, they have never made snow up there in November, at least to my knowledge.
 
snoloco said:
According to Gore's report, they are setting up for a push to the summit.
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Yup.
Looks like getting ready..
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I almost forgot that their claims are verifiable with that webcam. Last night when I posted, it was already dark so you couldn't see.
 
Haven't been to Kmart in probably 4 or 5 years now, but I imagine ORDA has leap frogged them with the new state of the art HKD system.
 
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