Sentences with phrase «for snowmaking»

Scant snowfall and mild winter weather in recent years has pushed back the traditional opening date of the resort, but operators have adapted by expanding their capacity for snowmaking.

The $ 52 million round is divided between the two projects with $ 30 million going towards the West Lake Water Project, which includes the construction of a 120 million gallon water storage pond for snowmaking, three pump houses, new snowmaking pipelines, trail upgrades and a new ski lift to replace the aging Ski Baba lift.

Not exact matches

An air - to - water heat exchanger extracts heat from the compressed air used in snowmaking, and pre-heats the water for the oil - fired boilers in Mount Snow's Main Base Lodge.

«Our snowmaking push in March and three feet of late season snowfall has made for some of the best late - season skiing in recent memory,» said Kelly Pawlak, general manager at Mount Snow.

Major snowmaking upgrades are underway as we prepare for the 2017 - 18 ski season.

Due to snowmaking, grooming activities and associated vehicle traffic typically occurring on the mountain, we do not allow guests to access the Mount Snow trail system for skinning, skiing, riding, hiking or snowshoeing before the resort is open for the winter operating season.

In preparation for opening day, Wildcat began its snowmaking operations early this morning.

The snowmaking upgrades, scheduled for completion before the start of the 2017/18 ski season, will provide Mount Snow with one of the most powerful snowmaking systems east of the Mississippi.

Work on this project has already started, including lift prep work and snowmaking improvements that will have a positive effect on snowmaking operations for winter 2016/17.

Originally scheduled as a summer project for 2018, Mount Snow managers decided to undertake the widening project after their $ 30 million snowmaking upgrade, known as the West Lake Water Project, began running comfortably ahead of schedule.

ORDA mountain managers have worked steadily in the past six years to add snowmaking equipment, updating older snow guns to more energy - efficient models, which the annual report says have allowed the resort to prepare for snow deficit.

Another million dollars has been earmarked for upgrades of the lodge and snowmaking equipment at the Belleayre ski center in Highmount.

But there are limits to snowmaking as an adaptation for climate change, said Scott.

While snowmaking allows some downhill ski areas to compensate for decreasing snow totals, sports such as cross-country skiing and snowmobiling are incredibly vulnerable to these trends since artificial snow is not used for these open courses.

Delivering over 2500 acres of skiable terrain, up to 37 feet of snow in a season, 142 named runs, 5 alpine bowls, state of the art snowmaking and grooming equipment, and an exceptional beginner's area, Fernie is a true winter playground for skiers and riders of all levels.

In 2001, the resort unveiled a new Grand Ballroom and outdoor pool, along with state - of - the - art snowmaking for the ski area and a new Shooting Club House and Pavilion.

«The industry response [to climate change] has largely been to increase snowmaking and increase water storage,» he laments, «not, «Let's lobby hard for legislation and start being more energy efficient.»»