Grooming at the ski resort [pictures]

[jdeere]

So now now that I've posted pics of the snow making, time to post some of grooming the snow, this was my first run of the season. Getting back into the rusty saddle ;D

Out of the shop. Ready to roll, at 1 am



Our other bigger machine I'd rather be using, but its being used to pushing the piles of snow apart that the guns make. The machine I'm in is stuck on just grooming duty for now.



and so up and down we go....



and up...



and down...



and down...







and do some final touch ups at the base;








fuel up





and park, Just as the sun starts to turn the black ski blue. A very neat feeling, this is when us night owls get our second wind



Tried my hand a couple panorama's:





Sun continuing to break up the black sky:







Now watching the video of all this will put the icing on the cake!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2lfkirG2o



Hope your enjoying so far!

[mnjosh]

I am enjoying this. While you are driving up and down, is that packing the snow down? How does not grooming affect skiing? How often do you have to do this?