The ski jumps at Blackhawk are covered with this type of surface, though perhaps not the same manufacturer. I've never skied them. They seem to retain snow just fine.
on 2/13/02 5:05 PM, Schimpff, Jeff A at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This company http://www.everslide.com/productse/ski_hills.html responded to > my very recent inquiry that their alpine plastic mats will in fact work for > skate skiing. > > They also said they have a mat that works for classical. Why they don't > tout this on their Web site is a mystery to me. Anyone have any experience > with skiing on this type of surface? When it actually snows, woudl the snow > just slide off (in which case we'd need to get Parks to allow us to cut a > separate trail)? How durable are these things? > > They said if we give them some specific width and length of trail we would > like to cover, they would give us a ballpark figure on how much a synthetic > ski surface would cost. I suspect it's a small fortune, but if all club > members contributed one half of what we spent traveling far afield to find > snow this winter, we might scratch up a good downpayment. > > If they could build a plant in the US that uses recycled fiber, the US could > meet EPA's recently announced goal for reducing the amount of old carpeting > that goes into landfills. What a partnership that could be! > > Might be far more costly than snow making equipment, initially, but would > require no one to be out all night. Would be interesting to compare the two > full-cycle costs and benefits. > > Any members of the Board interested in pursuing this? We could have a form > of skiing "24-7-365." > >> ---------- >> From: Pure Sweet Honey Farm[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:02 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [XC] elver >> >> Skied elver at noon today. Flat areas are not good or non existant. >> However you can ski up and down most of the big hill and the snow is >> pretty good. This makes for 2 way traffic so look out! As you ski think >> about snowmaking and what we could do with a few dumptrucks full of snow. >> Also think if you are willing to help make or spread snow and maybe pay >> more for an elver ski pass. >> >> willi van haren >> > _______________________________________________ > http://www.MadNorSki.org/ > XC mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc _______________________________________________ http://www.MadNorSki.org/ XC mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc
