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Sunday River blowing snow

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thejackal1177
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Sunday river has started making snow. Looks like an early opening this year :)

http://sundayriver.com/TheMountain/MountainReport/Photos/Camshot.html

Oct 9 2010 10:39AM
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JosephStalin
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awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww shiiiiiiiit
Oct 9 2010 10:46AM
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.frenchy
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FUCK YEA

Oct 9 2010 10:51AM
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Jwenz
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similar idea?

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Oct 9 2010 11:40AM
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garrettwiz
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this makes me as happy as the first night it was cold enough to see my breath :)
Oct 9 2010 12:06PM
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*TURBONERD*
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FUCK YEA
Oct 9 2010 1:01PM
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freestyler540
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I going in the 1st week of december, if its open
Oct 9 2010 1:02PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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thats the best news ever
Oct 9 2010 3:32PM
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Elmo.
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like 99% sure they'll be open by then... im planning on going halloween weekend if possible... if not then the weekend after that
Oct 9 2010 3:35PM
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JacheOReally
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Word, get after it SR, no only if boreal could get after it....
Oct 9 2010 5:24PM
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860media*
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cheeaaa, il be up real soon
Oct 9 2010 5:24PM
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Steeze_Minister
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yesssssssss, going up the weekend after haloween!!!
Oct 9 2010 5:39PM
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Billek
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I wish it wasn't fucking 8 hours away.
Oct 9 2010 5:41PM
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steep
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going probably Halloween weekend or the one before! sooooooooo stoked
Oct 9 2010 6:16PM
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Nooschoolers
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Oct 9 2010 6:18PM
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dunkaroos
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best news ive heard all day
Oct 9 2010 6:19PM
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Elmo.
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same.... or halloween
Oct 9 2010 6:20PM
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SeanTom
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fucking stoked!
Oct 9 2010 6:41PM
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A.Eberhard
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Hyyyyyyyyyyypppppppppeeee.
Oct 9 2010 6:50PM
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207
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cya on halloween guys
Oct 9 2010 7:21PM
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thejackal1177
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doubrful, thats way too many guns for juust publicity snow. Last season they opened around this time. I bet they plan to open very early
Oct 9 2010 7:28PM
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steep
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Halloween shred!!! yes! Saturday or Sunday?
Oct 9 2010 7:31PM
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T.L.
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Oct 9 2010 7:35PM
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Willard
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fuck dat
Oct 9 2010 7:38PM
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thejackal1177
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you all said this last year... then they opened
Oct 9 2010 7:50PM
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StevenR
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I dont know much about what it takes to blow snow, but based on this http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.46153683560693&lon=-70.87512016296387&site=gyx&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en it should be cold enough to make snow every night all week, and probably after that. and if they can get enough on the ground at night, it wont all melt the next day. Have you ever skied sunday river early season? the conditions they stay open with are pretty damn sketchy so i wouldnt be surprised to see them keep at it and get it open pretty soon. I remember this time last year when they first started blowing and everyone said the same thing, then they randomly opened in the middle of the week. you never know.
Oct 9 2010 9:39PM
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thejackal1177
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it doesnt take much... they usually test there snowmaking at south ridge then blow on t2 when they are trying to get stuff open. my suspicion is that they are taking afew nights adn seeing how much they can get.
Oct 9 2010 9:45PM
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thejackal1177
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every night you mean... they can blow at 38 degrees
Oct 9 2010 10:32PM
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thejackal1177
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good thing the weather sites i checked said the lows are around 31 :)
Oct 9 2010 11:06PM
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StevenR
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I dont think anyone wants to get into an internet argument. We're just saying dont necessarily count them out is all. All the temps at night are pretty much 32 or lower for the next week, so it shouldnt be that hard to blow even if just at night. Again though im really just talking out of my ass.

What i can say for sure though, is my first day at sunday river last year ( think it was the weekend before halloween), it was probably about 60 degrees during the day, and trail coverage was awful, but they stayed open, so it really doesnt take much.
Oct 10 2010 6:33AM
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A.Eberhard
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I think it takes about 3 days, or 36 hours of snow making to cover a a run. That's assuming none of it melts during the day.
Oct 10 2010 9:19AM
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AWALLRUS.
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this
Oct 10 2010 10:09AM
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steeCETzzee159
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this is a good idea
Oct 10 2010 12:34PM
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*Dos*Planker*
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKK YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Oct 10 2010 12:36PM
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Profpimpcain
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Essentially
Oct 10 2010 12:45PM
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.AR6rider.
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It was 81 in Michigan yesterday....fuck.
Oct 10 2010 1:27PM
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Emma_Watson
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bull.
Oct 10 2010 1:32PM
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Elmo.
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how so?
Oct 10 2010 1:40PM
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Emma_Watson
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nvmm brahhhhh
Oct 10 2010 1:43PM
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SkierX
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Total promo. If you look at the photos, they barely coated the ground with any snow. Super high air content which means that the temperatures were very marginal. Equivalent of a heavy frost basically.

Does it get us excited and show that the season is just around the corner? Absolutely. Does it mean Sunday River will open next weekend? I wouldn't hold your breath.

Also, looking at their forecast, I wouldn't expect much, if any, useful snow production this week.

Still exciting though and ski season is right around the corner!
Oct 10 2010 6:39PM
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A.Eberhard
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Yeah your right, but it gets everyone thinking that winter isn't that to far away.
Oct 10 2010 7:38PM
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pbandj
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every resort does it, should've listened to twa he knows his shit. even if the low is 32 at night, it's only 32 for roughly a few hours, and yes while it's possible to blow snow at 38, it's an ungodly waste of money and quite pointless. it's all about wet bulb temperature basically meaning that if it's 38 and the air humidity is about 0 they can blow snow, that doesn't mean it will necessarily stick to the ground though.
Oct 10 2010 9:36PM
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inactive
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julian mcginn: now blowing loads
Oct 10 2010 11:22PM
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Tucks
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My bet. Sunday River was probably just getting some snow out there. With that being said if the temps are low enough I am willing to bet they will go for it soon and they have a proper window they will begin really making snow. The lows for a couple nights this week were 25 degrees. That is definatly cold enough to make some quality snow. However, it is near impossible to blow snow much warmer than 32 degrees and quite pointless. However, if none of you work for sunday river or make snow for a living Curtis has been around sunday river a while and knows how they run things.
Oct 11 2010 10:20AM
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thejackal1177
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unfortunatly i talked to someone who works there and they are a few degrees off from making it accumulate well enough for the trails to be open :(
Oct 11 2010 11:33AM
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GClark20
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Yes Sir!
Oct 13 2010 12:08AM
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