Cannon

Headed out to Cannon Mountain on the 29th. Went to the New England Ski Museum. Saw some really neat stuff such as the old Skis, learned a lot about the White Mountains and how skiing was developed there. The first snow making ever was installed at Mohawk Mountain which I never knew, but its awesome because its thirty minutes from where I grew up. Riding the tram up to the top of Cannon was cool, I wish we had better weather/ it wasn't cloudy. There were still nice views and it was neat to see how the inside of the tram terminals. Looking forward to this coming week.

Stoweee Trip

Went to Stowe on the 22 of September. Checked out their new high speed quad, which was awesome. I've always wanted to go into the bottom terminal and see what goes on up there, I was surprised to see how many belts their were up there. I also liked how they were taking the chairs off the line every night, I interested in finding out how that works for them, and if turns out to be worth it or not. Driving the toll road up was sweet and touring the new ski patrol house was cool, they put a lot of time and planning into it. The best part was when we got to take apart the lift towers at the base, which are headed to Mohawk Mtn in CT. It was awesome to get a close up view to the shives and see how everything works, and its always fun to get your hands dirty. Overall Stowe was a fun trip, learned a ton.

Sunday River Trade Show 9-15

On Thursday Sept 15 Practicum Class went to the Sunday River Trade show. Met some very cool people, who are known throughout the industry. My favorite person that I spent some time talking to was Josh, from Piston Bully. I asked the question, " How is your company incorporating going green into your groomers?" His response, " We have been making the engines more efficient, and adding components to clean up the exhaust, but  all these changes cost about $40,000 per machine." Patti Dykeman at Leitner Poma was discussing their recent projects, the biggest is the 6 person high speed bubble quad, the first on the east coast, at Mount Snow. The next project which her company is working on is the high speed quad at Burke Mountain which has a ramifications for us. I thought this chair was bought from Ascutney and wasn't new, but she filled us in that its a brand new chair lift that they bought from them, which I thought was awesome!!

A day at LOC

First day at LOC, got a lot of planning done for the future, My Maintenance group is trying to get a clean up day at the hill. This will include cutting down trees on the lift line and multiple trails. Also moving brush into the woods and cleaning up around the two maintenance sheds. Looking forward to next class.

This dude SENDS itttt