>Two snowmaking questions:
>
>1) How long has MRG had one of those snow-cannon thingamabobs?  Saw it on the
>RSN cam the other day -
>does MRG use that since they don't have a ton of air compression?  (I
>think the
>snow cannons use forced-fan air)

  I don't know the exact date when MRG installed their limited
snowmaking.  I skiied there in the 1970s but didn't notice. When I
started Patrolling there in the mid-1980s they definitely had it.
  MRG has "airless" snowmaking, which is to say, that they only pump
water uphill along with electrons (wires).  The Hedco, etc. brand
snow cannons use an electric fan to blow the water far enough into the
air until it hopefully crystalizes before touching the ground.
  The highest reach of MRG's snowmaking is above the Birdcage, just
below where the old double midstation was located.
  MRG can run 2 or 3 or 4 snow cannons at a time. The limiting
factor is a small reservoir pond fed by streams off the hill.

>2) Found this comment from the SB chat page interesting:
>
>"We're talking about two fantastic mountains that have very different layouts:
>early season
>summit trails vs. top to bottom only (which means later opening )and different
>snowmaking philosophies. "
>
>Isn't Less  less, and ASC ASC?  Different philosophies or infrastructures?
>Does the fact that North and South have two completely independent air and
>water
> compression systems have
>anything to do with this?  (or perhaps it is the lift /  download issue)
>
  I will say that it is *bullsh*t* to claim "different snowmaking
philosophies" - The whole idea of the silly cross connect lift was to
glue it all into one area. Sugarbush has one General Manager not two.
  Was this chat page comment really from an *official* Sugarbush source ?
  If so was it approved by Skip ?

  - Randy
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