Opening Update!
Hey, gang. Blaise and Casey just got off the mountain and the reports are awesome…we WILL have Orion’s for opening day, November 20! That gives us two lifts (Tamarack Express and Dipper Express), two trails (Cal Trail and Orion’s), 40 acres of terrain, and three MILES of trails! And, I just heard the snowmakers over [...]
We’re Opening THIS FRIDAY!
Here’s the news you’ve all been waiting for – Blaise Carrig, Heavenly’s COO (AND co-president of Vail Resorts’ Mountain Division), announced to a small community group Thursday night that we’d be opening for sure this Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:00am sharp. We’ll access the mountain through the Gondola, doing laps on Cal Trail off [...]
Snowmaking Update and…WHAT?!!…NEW SNOW!
ooray for snow! Kevin Higgins, our Gondola lift maintenance manager, is reporting three to four inches of Mother Nature’s finest at TOG. Check out the web cams for the latest (and, yes, we know that the Dipper cam isn’t working – I’ll explain that one at another time). Although Barrett reported that it’s “not real [...]
Heavenly Fires Up West Coast’s Largest Snowmaking System
Super-cold temperatures, both last night and in the forecast, have allowed us to engage the West Coast’s largest snowmaking system. Barrett’s crew got on at about 4am last night, and they’ve been making snow since then. Check out these photos! The one to the right almost looks skiable! All the hard work these guys put [...]
It’s Snowing AGAIN!
I was just talking to my boss about snow reporting for the upcoming season when it started snowing here at Lake level! Reports from the mountain are that it is cold and dumping up there – there is already about an inch of accumulation. Check out the web cams for up-to-the-minute conditions! I’m asking [...]
