I wondered if you had answered my question, then saw I hadn't posted it..or commented. 🙃(Summer was chaotic, sorry) Nice to see a large mountain used for skiing because you are up there. Are those sideway poles used to create snow and do they always leave the lift running? Why not do all then? Nice to see a place of memories for you. L:2 👍🏻👍🏻
Yes, those polls your seeing are snowguns. There pumped by water and air. Thats why you would also see two pipelines right on the edge of a ski trail. Those wont be running until as early as October, or whenever temperatures fall to freezing or bellow. Those ski lifts in the video were only running for maintenance purposes. I just happen to be lucky enough to time my arrival just as they were doing some tests to make sure the lift was working properly. I do think it would be really nice if they offered to run all the chairlifts during the summer and hike to the next one and go up and/or down them as one of those special off season hiking events. I dont think that would be happening anytime soon though, but you never know. Some ski areas do offer a summer scenic chairlift ride though, and Okemo is one of them when they run the six person orange bubble lift(Sunburst Six).
I wondered if you had answered my question, then saw I hadn't posted it..or commented. 🙃(Summer was chaotic, sorry) Nice to see a large mountain used for skiing because you are up there. Are those sideway poles used to create snow and do they always leave the lift running? Why not do all then? Nice to see a place of memories for you. L:2 👍🏻👍🏻
Yes, those polls your seeing are snowguns. There pumped by water and air. Thats why you would also see two pipelines right on the edge of a ski trail. Those wont be running until as early as October, or whenever temperatures fall to freezing or bellow.
Those ski lifts in the video were only running for maintenance purposes. I just happen to be lucky enough to time my arrival just as they were doing some tests to make sure the lift was working properly. I do think it would be really nice if they offered to run all the chairlifts during the summer and hike to the next one and go up and/or down them as one of those special off season hiking events. I dont think that would be happening anytime soon though, but you never know.
Some ski areas do offer a summer scenic chairlift ride though, and Okemo is one of them when they run the six person orange bubble lift(Sunburst Six).