Turkey is History....now on to WINTER

Haven't made a contribution for a while so it is time for an update......even tho I have no pics.

All the hardware for the chairlift is installed. All the towers have been aligned. Yesterday the guys installed all the counterweight cable. Today, Tuesday, the gang is putting all the haul rope (the large steel cable that carries the chairs) over all the tower sheaves and bull wheels. The gentleman from Missouri that splices the cable is flying into Boone Airport Thursday and will splice the rope on the same day. Then some more small stuff will be installed. On Monday December 15 the engineer from Spokane Washington will fly in and we will do all the tests in his presence.........meaning the following weekend if all goes as planned.....and it probably will......we will be using this lift. Yeah!

Made some snow Sunday night but blew a water line at 11 pm and had to shut down to dig it up and make repairs. Repairs were done yesterday and snowmaking commenced at 4 pm and by 7 pm last night the temps had dropped enough that the guns were maxed out with water......til 7 am this morning when we had to start throttling back and then shutdown about 8 this morning.

Does NOT look like snowmaking temps tonite......but Wednesday night and Thursday during the day and Thursday night and Friday during the day and Friday night.............all look good for continuous snowmaking.

The rails are almost all cleaned up and ready to be put out. Setting another light pole on top today.......moving the final dirt for unloading the new chair today and tomorrow.....so things are getting wrapped up and ready to open........

.......speaking of opening.....we are TRYING........emphasis on TRYING .....to have Abbys Alley and the School Yard ready for this Sunday, December 7........but check our web or call before you come......cause it isn't for sure yet........then we will concentrate on getting Freeway covered so we can use the new lift and getting at least the bottom of the Drop Zone covered so we can access the park via Abbys Alley ......ASAP.

We'll keep you updated via emails, web, blog and voice mail on our phone system.

We have our Friday after Five this friday night........another Jimmy Buffet night......FUN...

Ordering new clothing today at noon so it should be available in a week or two.

More later....oh yeah, lots of snow flurries in the forecast too.....and KCCI this morning made a slight mention of watching a sizable system that might hit us next Monday.

Keep it white.....