HouseMuzik Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) In my opinion they would make more money if they opened this weekend than on monday They were planning to open Sunday. Its not a question of opening cause of snow, its weather. Rain and Ice on Sunday.. would make for shitty opening day weather.. thats the real reason here. I have full faith they will open on Monday.. they have some massive snowpiles from 24 hours of blowing. And unlike the other hills it looks like Bear will open with a lot of the trails ready to go. Looks like they blew just about everywhere. Even timberline looked to have a good half foot at least down. I should add that they shut down the snowmaking on Kodiak around 11 or so tonight. thats a sign that they think they have enough to go with. I even saw the groomers working (at least I thought). Edited December 12, 2009 by HouseMuzik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC-Mark Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I just finished speaking with the snowmaking team and here is the latest: We are planning a Thursday opening. Believe me, we would love to open early in the week and give ourselves a chance to find any bugs that may pop up before the Weekend. No matter how much you train and plan and test you just can't simulate what happens when you have guests on the mountain. We do have enough snow to open from Cascade to Drifter at this time. Our reasoning is based heavily on what happened three years ago. We were in a very similar situation and went ahead an pushed out all our piles to get open. We then received a full day of rain followed by a prolonged warm spell. For those of you who were around then, you remember the rest. For those that don't remember, the rain and warm weather took us down to bare ground and we weren't able to reopen until January 18th. If we had kept the snow in piles through the rain we would have had a much better shot at riding out the warm spell. This forecast does not look as dire as 3 years ago and the 3 day warm spell is forecast to be followed by more snowmaking temperatures. Nevertheless, I would rather play it safe and give ourselves the best chance of preserving as much snow as possible rather than risk it to open 3 or 4 days earlier. After all, we are in PA and the next heat wave can be lurking at the end of the 10 day forecast. The plan is to keep the snow in piles through Sunday's rain. Evaluate Tuesday's forecast on Monday morning. If Tuesday stays as scattered showers, we will begin pushing out the areas that need more prep time, like the parks, on Monday and Monday night. Once the snow gets a chance to dry out and firm up a bit on Wednesday, we will begin pushing out the piles on the rest of the trails Wednesday. Wednesday night we will put down some fresh snow and do a final groom for a Thursday opening. We should open with the trails from Cascade to Drifter. There is a possibility for more terrain on opening day but not certain. We should have most, if not all, trails open by the weekend if the forecast holds. Thanks for the patience. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC-Mark Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Oh, I forgot to say that we are still making snow on all trails. We lost power last night for a few minutes and, even though the generators kick on, the guns still shut down briefly. When this happens, the snowmaking team has to scramble to keep the hoses, pipe lines and guns themselves from freezing. The process to get everything restared takes about 45 min to an hour. My guess is you were seeing the guns turned off during the restart period. This time of year we can never have enough snow and will run every chance we get on all trails. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyskeez Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 if you guys open on thursday would you play on openeing in the morning or would you guuys wait till 4 or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC-Mark Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Thursday's opening will depend on the grooming situation. If the plan holds, we should be open in the morning. We will know more on Monday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justo8484 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Thursday's opening will depend on the grooming situation. If the plan holds, we should be open in the morning. We will know more on Monday. while its a bummer you can't open soon, i just want to let you know that its awesome how much information you're giving everyone here mark. it's a lot more than some of the other ski areas do, and it means a lot to keep your season pass holders and regulars updated on what's going on when we're all dying to get on snow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47inarow Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 while its a bummer you can't open soon, i just want to let you know that its awesome how much information you're giving everyone here mark. it's a lot more than some of the other ski areas do, and it means a lot to keep your season pass holders and regulars updated on what's going on when we're all dying to get on snow. agreed, thanks mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2rider2690 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 yeh such a bummer...i was there today and they actually have a TON of snow...but it does make sense to leave it in the piles to wait out the rain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardin_nerd Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 while its a bummer you can't open soon, i just want to let you know that its awesome how much information you're giving everyone here mark. it's a lot more than some of the other ski areas do, and it means a lot to keep your season pass holders and regulars updated on what's going on when we're all dying to get on snow. x2 LOoks like you guys have an insannne amount of snow! but i can wait till thursday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) i see lots and lots of rain on the webcams Edited December 13, 2009 by Neo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASKIINGSUCKS Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 for sure it is cats and dogs up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saurus Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 I just got home from bear. They have a ton of snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumilautailija Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 na dude there were mud patches everywhere and it was like a river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseMuzik Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Uhhh no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47inarow Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Uhhh no. are we still lookin at a thursday opening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyskeez Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 off the "whats happening" part of the front page of the website... "We'll be opening for the ski season on Thursday, Dec. 17! " So Stoked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC-Mark Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 We are still looking good for Thursday. Brad and his team are going to try to make snow tomorrow nightif the low of 27F really materializes. Temperatures from Wednesday night throught the 10 day look good. Thursday may be a bit thin on the upper parts of the Kodiak and Black Bear due to some heavy losses from the rain. Conditions should get better each day and we are still hoping to have the majority of the mountain open by the weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2rider Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Sounds good Mark. Thanks for keeping us updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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