3 Gun Salute
Good night of snowmaking November 12 - slowing building Mt. Craftsbury '13-14.
It has begun. Snow guns are fired, wrapping up maintenance on the PistenBullys, and the GRP is traveling to little snow-y stashes around VT. Mt. Craftsbury '13-14 started its glaciation on Tuesday, November 12th, as temps dropped for great snowmaking. We ran pretty well continuously from early Tuesday morning, and are still pumping away as I type. In ~24h, the pile has grown to 8-10' high, w/a 50-60m diameter. Still more molehill than mountain, but that's how these things always start. Good dry snow so far. We hope to stockpile as much as possible, then weather a warm spell this weekend.
Gunning full-bore on Wednesday morning.
A view over the shoulder of the mounting pile.
Notice something different about the guns this year? We've painted them with a sound-deadening coating. Early returns suggest it's had a positive impact, but we continue to explore whatever way we can to quiet the noise as possible.
Meanwhile, the GRP can't wait for the snow to pile up, so they've been traveling to VT-108 in Stowe - Smuggler's Notch - where Dick has been grooming w/a snow machine and drag. Today, he even set what Pepa described as a "totally legit" track. Check it out if you're down south.
Have groomer, will travel.
Rapid deployment.
Pretty sweet for mid-November.
GRP skiers enjoying Dick's labors.
We're excited to keep on it - we plan to open lodging in a bit over a week for Thanksgiving. Keep watching the blog, Facebook page, Twitter stream, and snow report as we continue to push more snow out.