Sugarloaf Announces Terrain Expansion to Burnt Mountain and 10-year Development Plan... 12:46 PM
- Aug 31, 2010
All Foliage Season Packed with Events, Activities throughout Killington Region...
9:48 AM
- Aug 30, 2010
Megnin Named Killington Resort, Pico Mountain Director of Sales and Marketing...
10:40 AM
- Aug 5, 2010
Spend Your Presidents' Day Holiday at Belleayre...
1:21 PM
- Feb 9, 2010
100,000 Vertical Challenge To Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire...
1:19 PM
- Feb 9, 2010
Rick Charette to perform at Sugarloaf February 13...
1:18 PM
- Feb 9, 2010
Lake Placid Sends a Dozen to Compete in Vancouver Olympics...
1:18 PM
- Feb 9, 2010
Hope on the Slopes Launches at Bolton Valley Resort...
1:16 PM
- Feb 9, 2010
X Games Gold Medalist, Simon Dumont, Hosts 2nd Annual Dumont Cup At Sunday River...
1:16 PM
- Feb 9, 2010
Wildcat Mountain Goes 100% Green Wax For Its Tune & Rental Shop...
1:14 PM
- Feb 9, 2010
I was thinking about hitting Jay Peak Monday. As I took a look at the forecast and saw "Chance snow, Snow Likely, Snow, chance snow..." on NWS for the next few days, I thought, "That settles that."
I took a look at the forecast wind speeds and started to reconsider. Gusts to 30MPH (forecast for lower elevations) got me thinking "Windhold" (and also maybe Burke). That go me thinking further, what is the windspeed threshold for various lifts? Can we look at a forecast and predict a windhold?
Jay is famous for windholds. The 'Loaf's Gondola was notorious. I relaize that gusting wind is likely worse for a lift than a steady wind, but, there must be some established parameters, at least for the automated lifts (detatchables, Gondolas, etc.)
Any of you lift ops guys willing to spill the beans?
