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Question about halfpipe grooming?

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skia4life89
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ok, so where i live there are no halfpipes so i really don't know much about them. One thing i have always wondered though, when you use this:
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to groom half pipes wouldn't it take a little bit from the pipe each pass? so my question is does the half pipe get wider and wider throughout the season?
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GolfingElephant
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hmmmm...i wonder...
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Jibbin_Ur_Face
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That would be when cutting the pipe to get it into shape. Grooming is just like grooming a normal hill no snow is really taken out. Correct me if Im wrong
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.jon
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yes, the pipe does get wider a little each time
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flexpattern
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They first cut the pipe then use the groomer to polish the surface to iron out ruts and bumps - so it might get wider very slightly over the season
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COskier
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You are wrong.
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Mike-O
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Say someone is wrong.

Don't say why or how they're wrong.

Contribute absolutely nothing to the conversation except some kind of soon-fading ego boost to yourself of knowing more about something than another person.


WAY TO GO, CHAMP!
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COskier
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Enough "soon-fading" ego boosts and you are feeling pretty good about yourself.
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TheStamos
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My dick is bigger than both of your's combined.
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WikiWiki
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technically the pipe would get wider with every pass- only if it doesnt snow the rest of the season- after it snows and they cut it again it is restoring the thickness of the wall
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AWALLRUS.
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usually the pipe is made of dirt underneath. then they blast it with snow, and use the pipe cutter up and down many times very slowly. i know this because my home mountain got a halfpipe and they runied it hard core. it was open for like half a season 4 years ago

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hoodratz47
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depends who is cutting the pipe..  but on avarge on a giving pass. with a zaugg   you take of 2-3 inches if your good.     so yes it adds up ... thats why at timberline. you start with  a taco and end up with a burrito.
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skia4life89
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appreciate it dude. that answered my question.
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Baskilla
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NO HATE BUT... Over a season the pipe will get NOTICEABLY wider no matter if if snows because once the pipe is cut, you can't add snow to the face of the pipe... Thats why resorts like Copper and Breck rebuild their pipe halfway through the season. Vails pipe get about twice as wide by the end of the season and it really throws the flow off...

Hope that helps you.
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Capurnicus
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^ Yeah, pipe always gets wider due to cutting over the season. Hence it being so wide closing day.
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