Let's Move On

Finally, some warm weather. This follows 3 weeks of weather that was colder than January. Enough torture already. Bring on spring and let us start getting ready for the next ski season. Op and Mike already have about half the snowguns serviced and tweaked to get us more snow next winter. I enjoy summer, but our thoughts are on what can we do to win the battle with mother nature next winter. We will get her this time!
ed

Mother Nature

Oh, Mother Nature.........How dare you! Now that we are approaching the end of March, you decide to dump 4 inches of snow on us. It would have been one of the best snowfalls of the season and a great day of skiing ..........if it had on come 2 monthes earlier. Instead, it is nothing more than a reminder of how cruel you can truly be.
ed

Was that a dream?

Went to bed last night with the exciting news that winter weather was on our doorstep. Weather bureau called for 1 to 2 inches overnight with snow continuing today with periods of heavy snow in the afternoon and the possibility of thundersnow which is notorious for dumping huge quantities of snow in a very short period of time. They even mentioned 3 to 5 inches of additional snow in the afternoon.
I tossed and turned throughout the night scheming on what it would take to get one more weekend out of the season. Got up several times to see if the snow had started. Nothing yet by 3am, but there was still time for that wonderful nasty weather to overtake us.
It was nothing more than a dream I guess as we got a sprinkle of rain in the morning and a glimpse of the sun in the late morning as the temp climbed into the upper 40's. Not exactly what I expected based upon the forecast. Should have know better, the forecast predicting the doom of a snowstorm was once again blown out of proportion. Next time it will happen......
right????? I keep believing next time will always be better..........guess I have been a Cub fan far too long!
ed

Beware of that Forecast

You just never know. I went to bed last night fully expecting to come in to work this morning seeing a gloomy, rainy day. I was fully prepared to call staff off and tell them to stay home and shortly thereafter lock the gate for the day. Oh contrar'.........It did not rain all night despite the forecast of a 90% chance of rain......... Somewhere around 3am we had a huge burst of snow that dumped in excess of 3 inches in a very short time and we were instantly blessed with a winter wonderland. Even at 6am, the forecast was for an all day rain event. The light snow continued and diminished to flurries by noon and all was very well for those of us who enjoy winter. This was only the second time since the middle of Dec that I could actually look out my back door and see that beautiful snowcover. All is well for one more day.
ed

Snowmaking Buddies

We have a policy here at Snowstar. As long as temps permit, we will make fresh snow for you up until the very end of the season. It does not matter that we have a 3 to 4 foot base everywhere. We will continue to make snow up until that last day of skiing. Some have suggested that we are wasting our $.................
But I have 2 thoughts on that.......1) I want you to have the best skiing experience possible even if it is the dog days of March and 2) we love to make snow.
Anyway, back to my subject. I have heard the snowmakers talk about the critters they see everynight. They have deer on the ridge acroos the creek, turkeys along the creek bottoms, fox that roam the bluff above Pluto's Plunge, and the squirrel that, like clockwork, comes out of the Oak tree on the top Of Big Dipper at 6am every morning to scoure the ravine below.
I came in at 3am the other morning to run a few guns as it had gotten slightly colder than expected. I got to see all the comrads that the night crew had talked about. I also had one additional snowmaking buddy that morning. As I went down North Star to turn on some guns, I saw something hopping around out in the middle of the trail........it was a Robin. A sign of spring perhaps. I am just hoping he had no clue that we are planning on a couple more weeks of snowmaking and skiing.