Brownski
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@Benny Profane check out the date on Xtski’s post. March of ‘21. Which makes sense cause he hasn’t posted here in a really long time
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Do ya know Ron Ratnik?
Worked at GM in Rochester, tinkered and his
devices got their start at Bristol.Trailblazers : : Ron Ratnik - Ski Area Management
From World War II refugee to snowmaking innovator. SAM: How did you come to America? Ratnik: My family fled Estonia in 1944 as the Russians were coming and relocated to a “displaced persons” camp in Germany for five years. When I got off the boat in New York in 1949, I was 14 and knew only a...
www.saminfo.com
It’s kinda impressive what the SE bumps do to cover their slopes.
It seems they have higher percentage of open slopes as well as base depths than most places in the NE.
Snow Reports
View Snow Reports of latest snowfall totals, and slope conditions for the following ski resorts: Appalachian Ski Mountain, Beech Mountain Resort, Cataloochee Ski Area, Sapphire Valley, Sugar Mountain Ski, Wolf Ridge Resort, Bryce Ski Resort, Massanutten Resort, The Homestead Ski Resort...
www.skisoutheast.com
This place looks nice.
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MarzNC
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Yep, 100% snowmaking coverage and the ability to put down a solid re-surfacing and/or whales in 2-3 days is the only way that the ski areas/resorts that survived into the 2000s can have a season from mid-Dec to early March. Sugar wasn't the only resort in NC founded in the 1960s. Keep in mind that Beech Mountain is over 5000 ft. It's on par with Denver in terms of elevation.It’s kinda impressive what the SE bumps do to cover their slopes.
It seems they have higher percentage of open slopes as well as base depths than most places in the NE.
Maybe they’re used to this kinda weather & have infrastructure to pound out snow when weather windows permit.Snow Reports
View Snow Reports of latest snowfall totals, and slope conditions for the following ski resorts: Appalachian Ski Mountain, Beech Mountain Resort, Cataloochee Ski Area, Sapphire Valley, Sugar Mountain Ski, Wolf Ridge Resort, Bryce Ski Resort, Massanutten Resort, The Homestead Ski Resort...
This place looks nice.
What’s it like @MarzNC?
Haven't skied Sugar for quite a while, as in about 15 years. Gunther has slowly but surely added faster lifts and even a few trails in the last 10 years or so. It's a family operation and likely to stay that way. Qualifies as a "ski resort" since there is slopeside lodging. Has plenty of people who drive for a day trip.
Sugar, Beech, and App are close together. Only 20-30 min drive between them. Sugar is always trying to be "first to open" even if it's only one trail from the top. Cataloochee (near Asheville) and App are usually in the running too.
Anyone interested in skiing in the southeast can learn a lot from the second version of Southern Snow. The first book was published in 1986. The updated version came out in 2019. Even includes a section about backcountry skiing.
MarzNC
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Nice song, but given that he's Canadian I doubt very much the song has anything to do with Sugar in North Carolina.
Yup. Not literally.
It’s a song written rhetorically about a Sugar Mountain.
One of dude's early ones.
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Ripitz
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Don’t eat the Yellowstone Club snow.
www.bozemandailychronicle.com
A Montana first: Yellowstone Club starts using treated wastewater to make snow
The Yellowstone Club launched a recycled snowmaking project this winter for its private ski resort, following more than a decade of scientific study, collaboration with environmental groups and legal challenges.
Brownski
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I feel like I remember somebody telling me something like that when I was a kid. Maybe not word for word…
