[Kyle]

yeah 4 something for a waffle is a little overpriced. but i thought 3 dollars for an energy drink was good. considering theyre 2 something at wawa

[MollyProsser]

the waffels are soooo good. i agree though i will never pay 4 dollars for a barely 5inx5 waffel but if bear can get the weekendwarriors to pay that for each of their kids then more power to em... least theyre not in the park.

[Tyler]

Justo8484, on 01 January 2010 - 03:40 PM, said:

so i'm not the only one who finds all the lips onto any down rail to be weird then. its really strange trying to 2 onto something when you're just dropping down onto the rail.

agreed on the lips being strange. they could definetly use some work. If your going to make them urban then do it right, not a 3 inch ollie up onto a rail which is just awkward. And why would there be two rails that are practically identical and set up the same right next to eachother at the bottom. I'm talking the palmer and the doublewide or whatever you want to call them. Dig out the palmer and give it a legit ollie on.

Overall though the parks have been fun, jumps are built pretty nice, blackbear is pretty good. Some of the kids on park crew are useless, and cascade needs more features.

[paolo]

Down rails are supposed to be urban, not normal jump ons.

[Saurus]

All I have to say is amen.

And that the begining of a rail, that has a "urban" lip setup, should intersect the lip by a good margin. All the current lips that are "urban" are set about 6 inches past the lip.

[BC-Mark]

The conditions the past two days have been great. We really got lucky with the NYE storm being snow and a bit of sleet rather than sleet and rain.

This coming week looks really cold and we will be making snow nightly. It is rare we get such a prolonged stretch of teens and low 20's. A forecast like this we will allow the snowmaking team to really bury the mountain. Having more than a single night or two to make snow, we will be trying something a bit different with our snowmaking strategy this week.

Starting tonight, we will begin snowmaking at 10pm each night and shut the guns down by 6am. From 6am to opening, the groomers will have a chance to smooth out the piles and clean up any mishaps from the night before. Obviously we can only sacrifice the extra 2 to 3 hours of snowmaking each night when we have favorable forecasts and/or a decent base, but if the conditions are markedly better than making snow right up until opening we will make this the new standard. Let me know how you think the strategy works.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

lets get back to the topic of waffles...is it a waffle haus like up in Vermont where the waffles can be dipped in chocolate???

[methym]

BC-Mark, on 02 January 2010 - 01:49 PM, said:

The conditions the past two days have been great. We really got lucky with the NYE storm being snow and a bit of sleet rather than sleet and rain.

This coming week looks really cold and we will be making snow nightly. It is rare we get such a prolonged stretch of teens and low 20's. A forecast like this we will allow the snowmaking team to really bury the mountain. Having more than a single night or two to make snow, we will be trying something a bit different with our snowmaking strategy this week.

Starting tonight, we will begin snowmaking at 10pm each night and shut the guns down by 6am. From 6am to opening, the groomers will have a chance to smooth out the piles and clean up any mishaps from the night before. Obviously we can only sacrifice the extra 2 to 3 hours of snowmaking each night when we have favorable forecasts and/or a decent base, but if the conditions are markedly better than making snow right up until opening we will make this the new standard. Let me know how you think the strategy works.

Curious what the previous/standard strategy is and the downsides of it relative to this new one?

[MollyProsser]

BC-Mark, on 02 January 2010 - 01:49 PM, said:

The conditions the past two days have been great. We really got lucky with the NYE storm being snow and a bit of sleet rather than sleet and rain.

This coming week looks really cold and we will be making snow nightly. It is rare we get such a prolonged stretch of teens and low 20's. A forecast like this we will allow the snowmaking team to really bury the mountain. Having more than a single night or two to make snow, we will be trying something a bit different with our snowmaking strategy this week.

Starting tonight, we will begin snowmaking at 10pm each night and shut the guns down by 6am. From 6am to opening, the groomers will have a chance to smooth out the piles and clean up any mishaps from the night before. Obviously we can only sacrifice the extra 2 to 3 hours of snowmaking each night when we have favorable forecasts and/or a decent base, but if the conditions are markedly better than making snow right up until opening we will make this the new standard. Let me know how you think the strategy works.

im thining that will be much better because the park sucks in the morning with freshly blown snow even if its nice like the rails and stuff the ffresh blown snow is usually just too slow and inconsistant to really get a good run in hitting everything IMO

methym, on 02 January 2010 - 04:25 PM, said:

Curious what the previous/standard strategy is and the downsides of it relative to this new one?

they would blow right untill opening and then the fresh blown snow wouldnt be completely groomed out... i think.

[lumilautailija]

can lowering the price of everything at bear creek be included in that strategy

[Mixilplix]

I like riding on the fresh blown stuff...Maybe just groom certain areas....

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

lumilautailija, on 02 January 2010 - 06:38 PM, said:

can lowering the price of everything at bear creek be included in that strategy

bring your own waffles..

[boardin_nerd]

GrilledSteezeSandwich, on 02 January 2010 - 02:00 PM, said:

lets get back to the topic of waffles...is it a waffle haus like up in Vermont where the waffles can be dipped in chocolate???

samme is killington.. i believe

[TylerDurden]

It is too cold.

[BC-Mark]

The previous strategy was make as much as we can for as long as we can, right up to opening.

Missdemeanor is correct that this would sometimes lead to inconsistent and sticky conditions through the early morning until the snow had a chance to dry out a bit. On the positive side, it gave us more production on a nightly basis and you will still see us employ that strategy when we need to make huge volumes of snow to open or recover from a warm spell.

Our hope with this new approach is to have even better, more consistent conditions and fewer features in the parks buried at opening.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

With this prolonged cold spell..Bear Creek could make a go at stockpiling snow to stay open later in the spring time. I know a few years ago that was the plan...this year it could become a reality...

[k2rider2690]

why not just close down cascade for a day or so and blow the shit out of it? Get some good jumps and snow in there...why all the aggravation of blowing every night having to dig out the rails and still not having the amounts needed for the jumps that will eventually go in there. same for black bear...close it for a day during the week and make tons of snow...no body is gonna miss it that much for a day when you will only be benefiting from it

[Saurus]

Lets start a petition for the removal of the worst idea bear creek has ever came up with.
All in favor of the removal of the "cliff drop"....

[BC-Mark]

No need for a petition. We are taking the cliff out this summer.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Why is the cliff being removed??? I have yet to ski Bear Creek but if I ever get the chance, I want to stomp it...is the landing steep and powdery????