The Ugh Thread

tirolski said:
Don’t know if it’s related but...
www.averyjournal.com

Beech Mountain Request for

Beech Mountain Request for Qualifications for Engineering Services Please be advised the Town of Beech Mountain is seeking proposals from qualified engineering firms to perform professional services related to the
www.averyjournal.com www.averyjournal.com
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Appears not related " The Town of Beech Mountain "
 
Beech Mountain resort and the town of Beech Mountain are next to each other but completely different. The population of the town is about 700. To get to the parking lots for the ski area, you drive up the mountain, through the town, then down to the base of the mountain before driving back up to the parking lots. The lift that goes to the summit ends up just above the town. There are slopeside houses between the town and the trail on that side of the ski area.

The elevation of the town is about 5500 ft. Elevation of the base lodge at Beech is about 4500 ft.

The town runs a free sledding hill, complete with snowmaking and hay bales to keep people from ending up in the road. There are people managing the area when it's open.
 
The Beech Mountain Resort is in the Town of Beech Mountain.
Article says:
"The rupture occurred after a guest skied into the water and air hydrant during snowmaking operations at the resort, west of Boone near the state line. The skier was uninjured.
The pipe burst under a loaded chair on the ski lift, resulting in other guests being soaked in water. Avery County EMS took two people to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries."

www.wsoctv.com

Several skiers hurt after hydrant burst at Beech Mountain Resort

Social media video from a guest at the resort showed skiers on a lift being soaked by water sprayed from the ground.
www.wsoctv.com www.wsoctv.com
 
Tjf1967 said:
Yeah sounds like BS to me. Maybe if he was driving a car.
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Maybe BS or not. A snowboarder hit a hydrant back in the early 2000's at Gore on Sunway across from Foxlair. The air line ruptured and guy suffered some "burns" from the force of the air.
 
Cork said:
Maybe BS or not. A snowboarder hit a hydrant back in the early 2000's at Gore on Sunway across from Foxlair. The air line ruptured and guy suffered some "burns" from the force of the air.
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I think he knocked the valve open when he ran into the hydrant
 

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Looks like the connections at the base are threaded pipe . When galvanized pipe is threaded the coating is taken off, depending on how long it's been there it could rust and weaken? Still would take a lot of force to beak it off below ground.
Bad idea locating it below the lift .
 
Campgottagopee said:
Amazing that someone hit a snowmaking hydrant hard enough to break it and didn't get hurt.
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Article above said skiers...
"The rupture occurred after a guest skied into the water and air hydrant during snowmaking operations at the resort, west of Boone near the state line. The skier was uninjured.

Looks like the boarders may have gotten blasted off. Glad all the folks lived.
 
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