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‘GROUSE MOUNTAIN Operations Manager Reb Wallace rejoiced in

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the cold weather that swept across the North Shore mountains
recently. The cold snap meant skiing Is not far off, and it also
meant Grouse’s snow-making crew could start doing the work of
Mother Nature. :

‘Make Room

Sealers

. Grouse crew creates
| 0. tons of snow per
our with fine mist .

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From page 44
“called fans, has been mounted on a
15-foot (4.5 m).tower at the top of
. Expo. The added height allows the
fine water, spray to travel further in
J the airs
“The height is important, Wallace
‘explained, because. the longer the

‘minute water'particles are in the air, ~

the better chance they have of tum
ing into ice particles. :

’ “Most areas that make snow are

“going more and more to the airless
guns,” explained Wallace. "The
power consumption is significantly
less than the combination air and
water gun systems.”

At -7°C (20°F), a compressed-air
snow gun takes 2.5. horsepower of
energy to convert one gallon (4
litres) per, minute of water into
snow. The new fan snowmakers

_ convert five gallons (19 litres) per
minute of water into snow.

“Basically, all these guns do is
create a misty, fine spray of water
‘that turns into snow,” explained
Wallace. “If you could get a small
enough mist with your thumb over
your garden house in the backyard.
you could make snow.”

But, it’s not quite that simple.

Led by head-snowmaker Todd
Hepburn - Wallace calls him “our
snow guru” - the crew began mak-
ing snow.on Monday, Nov. 22, at 7
a.m.

Fifty hours later, 1.75 million
gallons (7.95 million litres) of water
had been sent through the guns,
leaving, in some spots, 10-foot
(3.04 m) drifts of snow under the
crisp blue sky. ;

The mountain can covert over |
2,000 gallons (7,570 litres) of water

per minute into snow.

Or a dump truck Joad of snow
every three minutes. Or 500 tons
per hour.

To press time Friday, Grouse
was hoping to open some runs yes-
terday for the first local skiing of
the year. -

The weather forecast is calling
for some cold arctic air to sweep

. through these parts this week.

And what of the snow-makers?
“My crews love it when it gets
cold,” Hepburn acknowledged.

And thanks to these hardy souls,
don’t be surprised to heur it’s snow-
ing on Grouse on a sunny day.

Susan Macfarlane
Alison Murray
Jane Calland

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