I am going to say it one more time, it is NOT THE CAT DRIVERS, it is the SCREED that puts the Grooves in the SNOW, they changed it, now maybe 14 years ago, they are much smaller, the Grooming is like that now worldwide!!!
The reduced down pressure, less tilling..no front blade, with the tiny grooved Screed for the finish is a bunch of Crap !!! It let's their Cats haul ass all over the place, cuts fuel cost, giving the CEO that Bonus...It makes the Snow HARDER and slicks off after one person goes over it, it is particularly dangerous on Crowns were skiers slide to stop, It doesn't matter to Ace on his Squall or my skiing buddies, It matters to Gilmore, it matters to Cliff and Curly, it mattered to Mike and Joey, it matters to me, I really don't care if it doesn't matter to some HB on a 180 Gun with sharp edges either OK...Mangement has ignored the complaints as it was mostly from just a few Locals, though my 50 year Instructor friends started compiling 4 years ago to no avail as well...now mixed with the warmer temps the perfect Groom of Old is just that, you have to be Old to remember just how Good it was...