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Catamount’s second owners were involved with SMI back in the late 60s, and ultimately founded the 320, I believe. The 320 was totally airless and used a 3 phase powered fan Spinning at 3600 rpm to nucleate water. They work but need to be pretty cold temps and no wind, makes dense snow/ice. Catamoun...

Catamount’s second owners were involved with SMI back in the late 60s, and ultimately founded the 320, I believe. The 320 was totally airless and used a 3 phase powered fan Spinning at 3600 rpm to nucleate water. They work but need to be pretty cold temps and no wind, makes dense snow/ice. Catamount...

DrJeff wrote:

This is the type of old fangun I seem to think we're talking about...

That is the old SMI 320

Those were made in house, or from someone in house. I think they are called Polar Bears. They started using them in the early 90s. Top gun may have taken that over, not sure Interesting.... 9P9ZBHvCh9Y The fans guns I'm thinking of were larger diameter and shorter depth, but maybe they had a motor ...

Those were made in house, or from someone in house. I think they are called Polar Bears. They started using them in the early 90s. Top gun may have taken that over, not sure

Long before my time, but I think I know what you mean. Did they look like a fan blade on a pole? I was exposed to skiing (and snowmaking) as a youngster at Brodie Mt, where their entire snowmaking fleet consisted of ancient Hedco fan guns that looked like this: https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/...

andyzee wrote:

1CoolDood wrote:Steve, you and the crew at Jay Peak are doing a great job! A ski area that is actually dedicated to the sport and not the bottom line.... what a novel idea!

Hey, you stole my handle! On newsgroups I go with Juan Kooldude!

hahaha, sorry

Steve, you and the crew at Jay Peak are doing a great job! A ski area that is actually dedicated to the sport and not the bottom line.... what a novel idea!

These guys had one season to clean the slate and get things back on track and they are f'ing that up too. They dropped the ball in October (which was partially understandable considering the weather and early season lift set up) and they're dropping the ball now. There is nothing beastly about sayin...

Not on October 2nd, but I skied when they re-opened on October 20th. I think it was October 19, 1993 that they picked up about 8" up at the Peak, Cascade was amazing that day.

Anybody remember when they opened Ram's Head for early season skiing in October '97?

From K's Facebook Page: "Winter improvements are well underway as we continue to improve the on-mountain experience and overall resort efficiency as it relates to snowmaking and grooming. Here is a quick list of some of the improvements for both Killington and Pico: Pico Mountain: •Replacement ...

The killington tri (SPRING RALY TRIATHLON)was on May 23,1992 i am looking at my poster right now...i was BIB #49[/quote] I was there the day after that. Was r*ining and completely in the fog. r*in turned to freezing r*in and sleet on top of Skye Peak. KBL was packed with everyone watching the Indy 5...

Talk about the good old days. I remember June 14, 1992, closing day that year. The day started off with the "Killington Biathalon" consisting of biking and running. Your lift ticket, was good for skiing and mountain biking. Superstar had about 3/4 of the length covered with snow up to 5' d...

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So much for ethics!