Another warm stretch has arrived in the Searchmont Valley with temperatures expected around 0 degrees later today. This is expected to hang around through the weekend before some more seasonal temperatures return for early next week.
We are making snow at every opportunity and still look for a December 21st opening day.
Snowmaking has not been without it's difficulties. In addition to some crazy swings in temperatures we had to deal with an air pipe which split causing a loss of system pressure. This was not an easy repair based on it's location and definitely caused some missed snowmaking opportunities but has now been fixed and we are fully operational.
There have been some cold temperatures but they seem to be coming in very short stretches. We have seen a couple of instances where the temperature has swung by as much as 8 degrees in one hour. Crazy!!! In addition there have been variances in temperature from top of the mountain to the bottom of as much as 5 degrees and that's warmer at the top!!!
The forecast looks good and we will be fully at it whenever possible.
Stay tuned! It won't be long now.
Dan
