We love the natural snow, but you live or die by the snowmaking. We're the East Coast, we're used to it.
Quotes about snowmaking (4 Quotes)
This is shaping up as a terrific holiday for Vermont skiers and riders. We've had a series of modest snowstorms over the past couple of weeks and good snowmaking temperatures for most of the early winter. This combines to provide skiers and riders with some of the best December terrain in recent years.
Those trails receive a lot of traffic and less natural snow, ... We experimented last winter with airless guns and long hoses and showed that with even a little bit of snowmaking, we could make a huge difference.
When you can raise (a snowmaking gun) higher above the snow, the water droplets have a longer time to freeze before they hit the ground, ... That takes less energy, and we've noticed a significant efficiency with them. Really, our goal is to be more efficient. This equipment gives us a better air-to-water ratio that allows us to put more product out there at marginal temperatures.