If we have money to spend, I'd rather see it go to more miles of lighted trails at Elver.
At 11:24 AM 1/15/02 -0600, Scott Bachmeier wrote: >Mike Ivey brought up the subject of generating interest in snow making >at Elver Park at last night's MadNorSki meeting...and as I cycled home >from said meeting, I thought that we should try to keep some momentum >going on this idea. > >I talked a bit today to a co-worker who helps with the snow making >activities at Blackhawk Ski Club. As one would expect, snow making >like they do at the downhill places is complicated and expensive, >with the major concerns being: > >* water source > >* high-pressure pump(s) > >* piping > >* snow guns > >However, if we try to keep it simple and small-scale, I think adding >*some* snow making capability at Elver is possible. If MadNorSki has >some money in the bank, and if there is support from Madison Parks, >let's capitalize on these positives. We'd probably need MadNorSki >volunteers to operate the snow making equipment, but I think there >are enough of us (myself included) who would gladly do so if it meant >skiing earlier, better, and longer at Elver. > >With our limited monetary resources, we might be restricted to >low-tech devices like the "Backyard Blizzard" > >http://www.backyardblizzard.com > >At $2000 each, though, perhaps we could set up a network of 3 to 5 >of these units to blow some snow around the flats at Elver. I doubt >we could set something up to cover the wooded trail sections, but >maybe we could also blow a snow pile to be used for filling in >bare spots and whatnot in other sections of the Elver trail. >Just having a narrow oval track of reliable snow would please a lot >of folks in snow-lean times like these. > >Anyway, these are my fleeting thoughts so far on the Elver Snow >Making Idea. Perhaps MadNorSki has already done feasibility studies >in the past -- I'm relatively new to the Club, so I don't know. >But if some sort of Ad Hoc "Snow Making Committee" is needed to >look into this further, I'm willing to volunteer... > >-Scott > >-- >Scott Bachmeier University of Wisconsin - Madison / SSEC / CIMSS >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottb >_______________________________________________ >http:www.MadNorSki.org >XC mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc David M. Peterson USDA, ARS Cereal Crops Research 501 Walnut St. Madison, WI 53705 USA Phone 608-262-4482, FAX 608-264-5528 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http:www.MadNorSki.org XC mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc
