st_lupo Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 So that thread on Aspen is kind of a bummer. How is the typical groom for everybody else and what equipment (if you know) does your hill use? Our local hill uses a Pistenbully (600?) and the area is small enough that they are able to groom everything 7 days a week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) Our little place does a good job grooming. We get a lot of daytime thaws with a freeze up overnight, and they do a great job of grinding up that frozen granular into a corduroy surface that's firm but still holds a good edge. And if the snow is better than that, we get packed powder corduroy without any of those ridges between groomer tracks. They have three Pistenbullies, a 400, 300 and 200. The place is small so they groom every night. This ski area, Snow Trails, has been taking a lot of business away from the other Ohio ski areas that are all owned by Vail resorts. People I've ridden the lift with say the snow and grooming are better here. I won a drawing a few years ago for a groomer ride, so here's a photo of the groom being put down. The second photo shows the 400 including the attachments on the back. Edited March 26, 2023 by Wolf typo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnE Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Loveland has several new PistenBully cats as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 Aspen is still a bit of grooming disaster even with 31” of new snow last week. , normally I’d be so proud to show photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackaddict Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) Better than it looks with the sun skimming right across it... That was 9:20 this morning - 50 minutes after the lifts opened! I think people have forgotten it's still winter up here. Edited April 6, 2023 by crackaddict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 Do these lines running up and down the hill count? (It's a short season here) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 In edge we trust 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 On 4/6/2023 at 6:47 AM, Wolf said: Do these lines running up and down the hill count? (It's a short season here) mountain board cord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitejumping Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) Perfect grooming last Sunday at Beaver creek upper mountain. Edited April 11, 2023 by kitejumping 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.free Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 Proper arm position, very good man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 Excellent cord up here on the Big Burn today... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnE Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 4/11/2023 at 1:22 PM, softbootsurfer said: Excellent cord up here on the Big Burn today... Wow - that's some great corduroy! Vail would be jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 Well worth the nearly $200 lift ticket price . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xargo Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 Inspecting some cord: That's how it looks like when it's good but sadly it's been pretty inconsistent and there can be places like this: Groomed using Pistenbully 400 (at least I haven't seen other models here at Ruka, Finland). Almost everything is groomed 7 days a week. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Job Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 2:30pm. Still firm-ish. Love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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