Sunday, January 29, 2012

A picture is worth a thousand words........

Here is about three thousand words about today..........




Saturday, January 28, 2012

Today

A lot of folks enjoyed the snow and weather at Seven Oaks today. Here are a few of them that did ............






Tomorrow is going to be another good day.........don't miss it!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

And the survey said........

We want to know your favorite feature in the terrain park today.........leave a comment......

1. The hit (jump)
2. 40 ft rail
3. Battleship
4. The pipe
5. The barrel

I will post your comments.......if they are nice..........

We just keep makin SNOW

Well we did end up with somewhere between and inch to an inch and a half of snow from the sky Thursday night/early Friday morning...........but you know us..........we weren't satisfied so we made more yesterday..........and have four guns running today.

The objective is to make the Drop Zone wider, so we are running three guns on the east side of the groomed snow............and we have one gun running on the west side of the Freeway at the top........to get it wider as well.

Probably push all the new snow tonight after we close.......then do a full groom.

Today is certainly colder than what we have seen as typical so far this winter...........but there is virtually no wind...........just a little breeze from the east.............so everyone is spending a lot of time on the trails and not so much time in the lodge.

Had five employees come in a little early today to perform some tricks on the boards and skis as Spencer filmed them. He will be putting together a clip of the shots very soon. I was IMPRESSED with the talent these guys demonstrated this morning. Very cool.

Open til 9 tonight.............we are 100% open.............

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Oh...My....Gosh

With the snow made Monday night, Tuesday, Tuesday night and this morning...........the hills were alive with white.........and it groomed up sooo beautiful today. Kenzies Korner is now open with a new hit on Willet's Way, a new jump was built in the park and the 40 ft rail was installed in the park as well............and oh, the upper access from Abbys to the Rail Yard was opened too.

....and now they are saying we could get an inch or so tonite and as much as five inches friday.............and we are making more snow tonite too...........

It's gonna be a great place to be starting tomorrow.............

.......see you soon..........

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Gracie Celebrated 11th Birthday

Gracie celebrated her 11th birthday yesterday with friends at Seven Oaks (she is the one in the light pink).


First everyone got to meet the gang in the Rental Dept as they got their boots ...........


Making sure the snowboard boots are a good fit....

......and we help get them laced up correctly the first time..........


Group photo with all the gear and now time for a free lesson..............

And now we are on the snow and have learned a new sport for life......

Happy Birthday Gracie and thanks for celebrating it at Seven Oaks!

SNOW TUBING IS OPEN

Hoooooooray...............the tubing park is open for day one today. Started with snowmaking Tuesday, I think it was..........and made continuously there til Saturday morning. Pushed the snow to get it level yesterday...........then Joel built the lanes while Bob and Steve and Anthony and Kris and Ken built the load and unload ramps............

.........then we groomed the trails...........

Beautiful warm day with sunshine here today...............some more cold and some more snow headed our way for next week............

See you on the slopes...........

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Snowmaking continues

We have now been blowing snow for the last 26 hours with our system maxed out. With the winds so far a lot of the trails have had a fresh coat. Emphasis continues to be on getting snow tubing covered. Still our target to have it open Sunday afternoon............stay tuned for more updates as we progress. It takes a LOT of snow over there to get everything covered and to get the lanes built. Some progress was made on Kenzies Korner but it will NOT be open Friday. More on that later too.

Forecast looks good. Tomorrow night and this weekend looks great.


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Snow Report

As I am sure you have seen........we are finally supposed to get some snow from the sky today.......maybe just over an inch........we will see..........we will take it whatever we get. Talking to an old guy........yep, older than me.........the other day and he said in all his years he has never seen a winter as snow free and as warm as this one..........like I have said so many times this year......it is crazy isn't it.........

.......I am not a big believer in global warming theories, and here is why. In the grand scheme of things, keeping track of highs and lows and precipitation for the last 100 years just isn't a very long record when compared to the age of the earth........I am not convinced that the weather cycles don't encompass two or three hundred year cycles for repeating weather.......so we possibly haven't even see in our life times or even in the time we humans have kept records the repeat of a cycle yet. Who knows..........

.....What I do know is that the cold front coming through starting today is going to get us into snow making temperatures starting tonight and every night for the next seven days......or more......and it looks like Thursday and Friday during the day will also be snowmaking temps.......

........so, we are going to give a lot of gun time to snow tubing during this stretch..........while the other guns are going to be moved from place to place to get more depth on ski runs that are already open..........and we are going to get more snow on the corner of Abbys Alley so we can get the upper access gate to the Drop Zone from Abby's opened up........

.......that only leaves Kenzies Korner and the upper half of Drop Zone to cover........with a good chance based on the forecast of getting those areas hit towards the end of the week........

......I also know this.......that in spite of the goofy weather, we have maintained good to great ski conditions with temps ideal for skiing and riding with no fear of frostbite...........if you didn't enjoy it, you might have missed some of the best of the season.............

.......however.......even with the cold front coming today.......this weekend's temps look great and with sunshine too.........

......starting next week we begin a big string of school groups on the slopes........that's always fun......especially introducing a person to a sport for life.........

see you on the slopes.........

Sunday, January 8, 2012

2012 NSPS Refresher

Sunday, January 8.......today.......was/is our annual refresher for the NSPS. Twenty seven Ski Patrol volunteers assembled for their refresher courses in CPR, chairlift evacuation and toboggan......







First was breakfast in the lodge.......


Then it was a little classroom time..........
After classroom, half the group went into CPR training ......


....and the other half started with chairlift evacuation.....

Then the two groups switched places.......



When that was done, everyone was assembled for a quick group photo......

After a noon break, it was time for the on-the-hill-toboggan refresher.......which is still in process this afternoon..........



......we have never had to do a chair evacuation, nor have we had to perform CPR......but it is great that we have trained people to assist, should the need arise!



Next time you are here, thank a patroller for what they do........

WOI TV Web said it so Good!

This taken from the WOI TV web site on their weather page......."January days without wind is a rare thing. Add temperatures in the mid 40s for highs and you've got a heck of a weekend and that's exactly what we've got on tap."

.....and that's exactly what we've got on tap at Seven Oaks today........which was also the case yesterday.......but that's gone.........today is now........

.......snow groomed perfect last night.........

.....our National Ski Patrol had their CPR refresher, and the chairlift evacuation refresher this morning.........now they are doing their on the hill refresher.........pics to follow........

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Sieze the day.....

Great day today.......


Don't miss another good one tomorrow............


These folks siezed the day.......


I know it is difficult to comprehend when there isn't and hasn't been any snow at your house........but we DO have SNOW and tomorrow is going to be sweet to be riding it........






Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Short and Sweet


  • New snow made awesome conditions

  • Central Park ski trail is OPEN

  • Sweet jump built in the park today

  • Missing you

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Pictures









Started with the snowmaking Sunday night, all night Sunday night, all day on Monday, continuing through Monday night, and still on this Tuesday morning.........



All trails have fresh snow.........and there is enough to open Central Park.........



...........in the one photo of the terrain park you can barely see the box...........it has about 2 to 3 feet of new snow on both sides......



.....open Wednesday at 4 pm.......

Monday, January 2, 2012

Tough but Good

We talked yesterday on several occasions and finally made the tough call to close today............why you ask?........well, the temps dropped last night and we got the snowmaking system fired up at 7:30 last night............all guns on at 9 pm and by midnight everything was running maximum water.............which is the case right now.......still running maximum at noon.

.....so we decided to give up being open today to make snow uninterrupted all day..........

.....every trail we have had open is getting a fresh blanket of snow.............and we think that after running last night, all day today and all night tonight........we will also get a kicker made in the terrain park and get Central Park opened for the first time this season...............

........it has truly been a wild winter, but know we are doing everything we can to give you the best possible conditions and most trails to ride............

Wednesday night should be sweet conditions for ski and snowboard.........

......have a safe one........