joe g

all the parks are open right now... we have a 3 jump line in recruit right now..the top jump is small but super fun, the into a jump with 2 takeoffs then into a 30ft jump...

glad you had a good time this past weekend. as for the gunbarrel and ramrod, the headwalls of both are not groomed on a regular basis right yet. we've made alot of snow in the past 2 weeks, much of it was really nice powder. with the headwalls of both those slopes, when its powder, its very difficult to groom them when the snow is so soft. usually they are left go at these times. gunbarrel right now has no base snow, its all powder ontop of grass. we don't have a winch cat here, so the only way to groom that is to go down, and when its all powder, you go for a hell of a ride. i've only groomed it once last year, and i'll never do it again. we had a guy go down it last night and he ended up sliding the cat sideways. its just not safe to groom at this point and time. actually, in the history of that slope, one groomer has ever been able to climb that headwall. but anyway, i'd just thought i'd give you a little info on why we decide to groom or not to groom a slope. again, glad you had a good time here, and hope you come back soon

we only have 2 parks open right now, incubator (baby) park and bunker hill.. incubator park has 6 rails in it right now, and will have them in until next week. these are the features as you approach them coming down hill, listed from right side to left side.... 11ft X 8in wide flat rail or 15 ft X 3ft flat box.... then 24 ft up down rail or 15 ft X 1ft flat box... then 30 ft X 1ft up flat box or 18 ft X 1ft flat down box *all the takeoffs are ride on as its our beginner park bunker hill has 3 rails and one jump right now with the jump rebuilt last night theres a dragon box, flat box and down flat down box in the jump is about 20ft from lip to knuckle *all the takeoffs have a small gap to the rail, but are not urban

has sno mountain taken delivery of the 22 ft pipe monster yet? a conversation i had a little while back with someone at zaugg makes me think that this may not even happen this season

anyone interested in the job, email an application or resume to jgarbacik@skiroundtop.com

yea, they are doing a great job. roundtop's looking like it will be 100% open by saturday. grooming crew is coming together, parks are getting there, its turning out to be a half decent time out on the hill. thanks for the props though. side note: recruit terrain park opens at noon and bunker hill opens tomorrow morning

bunker hill is looking like it should be open for tomorrow (wednesday) recruit will be open towards the end of the week, and the pipe should be ready by weekend-early next week

here is the latest update on the schedule of events at roundtop - jan 12th rail jam (this friday) has been moved back to saturday, jan 20th - dec 22 rail jam (that was canceled) has yet to be rescheduled - revival team challenge (jan 19-21) has been canceled - forum youngblood event - still on as scheduled.

no worries, i didn't take that comment as a bash against the mountain. hell, we did everything possible to keep those trails open. i spent a good number of nights poppin asprin every 3 hours while pushing snow over bare spots and trying to keep the slopes looking good

it was here the first week of the season.... like a week before we opened and we lost snowmaking weather the sunday after we opened

the forum youngblood event is still on

roundtop - closed

i hate you.... i hate you all

there are alot of other pa ski areas who are in the exact same position as bear. the only difference is that bear has already made their decision to be closed, where as the others are still on a day to day, hour by hour basis. more than likely though, bear won't be the only one temporairly closing

wow man.. do you really think that just because you, or anyone else for that matter, bought a season pass that it somehow magically makes the temperatures colder? just because the forcast says snowmaking is "favorable" doesn't mean they can actually make snow. just about every resort in pa is hurting. marginal snowmaking temperatures along with an ass ton of rain doesn't help at all. just chill bro

the rail jam on the schedule for friday dec 22nd, has now been changed to monday, jan 1

joe g - gotta support my fellow park builders

method and parkbuilder, thank you, you saved me alot of time in typing. these two hit the nail right on the head. i was going to say exactly what they said. yea, you don't have to be a scientist, or an mit grad, but your average person could not do what we do day in and day out without having a clue as to what goes on. things like cutter's camp are just one example of things that are available for people who build and design terrain parks. i wish more people would understand that building a good terrain park is much more than just throwing some stuff on a trail and calling it good.

Welcome to the ski industry....where sound business pratices take a back seat to fragile male ego's (quoted by the great diamond dave gruber) it sucks for these two guys, it sucks really bad. but jfbb will learn quickly what kind of mistake they made, then put the pressure on whoever takes over for them. i feel for that person(s) as well

from what i was told from the people at forum, they send out a pro rider (eddie wall will be at roundtop) and he works with me and my staff to design a feature. in this case it will be a rail jam, but thats all i know right now. once i get in contact with forum again we should be able to get an idea of what they/eddie wants to use.

6 ton isn't alot... hell we had more than 25 for the one in october of snow that is

25-30 people... i've never seen the swap so not crowded on a sunday before. in the past, we always did the rail jam on sunday, so both days pulled in a large crowd, but it wasn't packed at all today

yea, we lost alot of the snow during the week from the 2 days of rain plus the 70+ degree temps up until friday. we had 2 bays of a groomer building filled with snow for about 2 weeks, but the weather took its toll on the piles. i was really bummed we had to pull the 2nd rail at the last minute.

your in good hands working with neptune and pat... they know whats up... but who the hell is running sno mountains website? a five year old? it seems a bit.... childish, non professional? oh well, good luck with the planet snow guys, they'll make a sick park

i've never heard of it being a "law" we've always had gaps to rails and never had any problem. i think alot of it has to do with what the ski areas insurance urges them to do. if they see a problem, they want it fixed. but like i said, i've never heard it being a law. its becoming an industry standard though to do away with the physical gap between the rail and takeoff, and fill the gap with snow making it both gap on or ride on. i hope this makes some sense, cuz i'm not sure if it is. its easier to draw it out that to explain it in words