A Great First Night

How sweet it is to be able to start up snowmaking on November 7th.  Our crew did a great job last night.  We started up around 8:45pm, my oldest daughter turned on the first gun herself, yesterday was her 12th birthday.  Life is good when you can start up Welch Village's snowmaking system for the year on your birthday.  Guns are still roaring now (about 9am) and hope to keep them on as long as possible this morning.  Conditions were pretty good last night, it stayed overcast all night which affects humidity, temps, and the amount of snow we can make.  However, the forecast looks awesome for the next few says and are going to take full advantage.  The best part of last night was the opportunity to test some big improvements we made to our snowmaking system this past summer & fall.  Those improvements included improving the pump station & area, and the piping system located at the river.  We also added and improved pipe around the ski area.  So far...so good with everything. 🤞 You never know how snowmaking capital investments are going to pan out until you put them under a heavy test like we are now.  Still too early to talk opening date...for now....

Turning on the first gun of 2018/19 with Emmett, the Snowmaking Manager himself!