#snowguns

A fresh batch of new HKD low-energy snowguns landed in our parking lot yesterday, and the snowmaking crew will be installing them in various locations across the mountain over the next couple weeks.

With temperatures dropping into the twenties up on the mountain last week, our snowmakers took the opportunity to test some new equipment, and flush out the lines; the result was the first snow of the year, and quite possibly the earliest recorded snowmaking at Sugarloaf. 

Although it was nothing more than an equipment check, it sure was exciting to see snow in September. At this rate, it won't be long before we're firing them up for the season.

New lanes have been cut in the woods along Tote Road, leading to Haywire where more snowmaking pipe will be placed for so additional snowguns can be installed in the park. This change will allow snowmaking to take place in Haywire and on Tote Road simultaneously, which has never before been possible.

In addition to the new snowguns and snowmaking pipeline, the Mountain Operations crew has been focusing on erosion management by resurfacing existing waterbars and ditches to promote efficient flow of rain water and runoff as to prevent damage to various trails.

Following an incredible winter for us here at Sugarloaf that saw a record number of skier-visits and record revenues, today we released more details about projects we're working on for this summer. The full details are available in the press release, which we'll link to at the bottom of this post, but the highlights are this:

200 new Low-Energy HKD SV10 Impulse snowguns (the same model we installed with great success this past season).

A new 30-person outdoor hot tub at the Sugarloaf Mountain Hotel, funded by the Sugarloaf Condominium Center Association and Sugarloaf.

Continued glade cutting on Burnt Mountain, with a focus on expanding skiable terrain up into the higher elevations of Burnt.

A new 8-inch snowmaking line for Gondi Line

Widening of the West Mountain trail to allow race teams to utilize it for training

An expansive kitchen renovation for 45 North

Base Lodge upgrades, including the renovation of the Mountain Magic area, which we posted about earlier.

Construction has already begun on the hotel hot tub, and we'll have more details on each of these things as the projects take shape.