Re: The rest of the pictures from the ski resort!

[jdeere]

Warning, this thread may become quite overloaded with high quaility images Dailup beware.


Now some action starts!
I finally get into the bigger machine and get to start tearing piles of snow apart. What I do is just so picturesque especially at night


First we start off by fueling up, you know its pertty darn cold out when the exaust steams like that. and no, its not a cold engine.









I start off by moving one of the fan guns into place to start making snow, These things work pertty good and genterate their own air supply so we don't have to hook up any air hoses, but the downside is we have to be near a 220V outlet, which makes movement with them very limited



So now, up onto the hill we go

















huh.. wasn't it just a little while go I took a picture in this same spot and there was a peaked pile there...... hmm....



Heres a huge pile to level out, and it wasn't intended to cover the base of the snow gun..... fits gunna hit the shan..... ;D



This has to be one of my favorite pictures:



more ice fog



another pertty big pile:



Now go back down to the base to add some oil, you would not believe how much oil this thing burns, its scary. I couldn't go a full 13 hours on a engine full of oil. The previous owners had to have run it very low to be burnig this much, it burns about a Liter a hour, but we can't do any engine work to it till the season is over.

Adding 8 liters to keep it running for another 8 hours



Ice fog drifting away from 3 different guns at the top



Back up we go:







I could not keep myself from bring my EZguide along just for fun ;D





...And that concludes my first big night


Heres my shift summary courtesy- the know-it-all-built-in-computer ;D



the main screen:

[jdeere]

My next shift, The following night. Adding more oil before I start, its no longer a case of: ''Make sure you check the oil'' Its: ''Make sure you add at least 8 liters each time you start'' Not good......









The main hill is actually starting to look like a good ski hill.





















Time to start grooming again









The rest of hill starting to take shape, and good thing too, cause it be nice to have the entire hill done and open for Christmas.



and its morning, now the effects of all nighter shift are starting to catch up to me, and this picture taken as my shift nears its end. It makes me think of sleep....

[tp24c]

Ive seen these pictures on another site but can't remember where lol I wish the snow was that white up here is kinda dirty brown.

[jdeere]

But one more day.....
Working in daylight hours, its odd....

But real cool to see all the ice fog, can't see much of it at night like you can during the day:

This is another of my favorite pics.
Its actually a clear, cold sunny day... above.....

Think of what this would look like from a airplane...














The Curving Rivervalley down in the distance also filled with fog





And that brings us to the end of my pictures. Like I said, these are about a monh old. Currently- there is no snowmaking happening anymore, just regular nightime grooming shifts everynight after the hill closes.
Hope you enjoyed

[jdeere]

A couple more videos taken along side those night pictures:



You seen the pictures of leveling the pile of snow, how about watching it in motion picture now! What a sell

[mnjosh]

Looks like a lot of work goes on behind the scenes in maintaining skiing hills. How long have you been doing this?

[70ds]

Is it just me or are the pictures not showing up for anybody else.

[wingerfish]

No pictures here either.

[jdeere]

yeah sorry guys I just noticed my bandwidth usage for the month has gone over the limit. posting too many pictures I guess....

[70ds]

I see them now. Those are some cool pics.