Count me in on a committee! As a few of us discussed on the long drive to Telemark this past weekend, we could possibly tap into the expertise at the Gogebic Community College's Ski Are Management program. (http://www.gogebic.cc.mi.us/departments/sam_div/) They might even have a connection to good quality used equipment. Maybe a student could use this as a case study for a "senior" project.
Until then...think snow. Dirk Mason --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Great Scott, we should form a committee > > basically, the response i got from the city is that > they are willing to > donate the 1) water and 2) power > > Remember, however, the city is interested in snow > both for skiing and for > sledding on the big hill, i think it's important to > make sure this doesn't > become a "skier only" effort, if it's billed as > something for all winter > sports people, it stands a much better chance of > gaining support of Ald. > Linda Bellman (who represents the Elver area) and > the rest of the city > council > > My dream is a 2K lighted ski loop running along the > base of the hill in > front of the new shelter, it would follow the old > Gammon Road (which is now > overgrown and used as a footpath) and loop back > parallel to the bike path. > More snow could be blown on the gentle slope in > front of the shelter for a > kid's play area > > Having a man-made snow loop would allow scheduling > of lessons, kids > programs, high school practice, adult racing, etc. I > would be the most used > Nordic Center in southern Wisconsin and in low snow > years would draw skiers > from Milwaukee, Illinois and Iowa > > Of course, when nature participates, the entire > Elver Trail system would > kick into gear > > This is not a pipe dream folks, City parks director > Jim Morgan is on board > but it's up to skiers to make it happen > > Any experts in snowmaking out there? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Bachmeier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 01/15/2002 11:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [XC] making snow at Elver Park? > > > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________________ http:www.MadNorSki.org XC mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc
