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Operating Status
Snow Ridge is closed today.
*CURRENTLY CLOSED*
24 Hour Total | Base Depth | Season Total |
0 inches | 6 - 12 inches | 118 inches |
*OPERATING HOURS*
Operating Hours
Sunday 3/17: Closed
Snow Ridge News
Spring Wrap-UpMarch 7, 2024Hey folks! So I’m pretty sure it’s no secret that spring has made a VERY early appearance this season. We received over an inch of rain yesterday and this afternoon topped out around 50 degrees. With that said, WE AREN’T WAVING THE WHITE FLAG YET!
After about 7 hours of snow farming, I’m happy to report that we will be open this weekend! North Slope and Silversmith have near full coverage from top to bottom and I’m expecting some great spring conditions over there. South did not fair quite as well through the rain, but I was able to move enough snow around to get it covered about two-thirds of its width all the way down. FYI, there will be some thin and bare spots coming from the top of ridge runner to south. I expect some pretty decent skiing over there as well, however with the number of natural obstacles and the typical nature of spring snow, I wouldn’t recommend it for beginners or early intermediates. Bunny Bowl, however, has full coverage and will be open on both sides of the carpet as tubing has ended for the season.
Here is the schedule we plan to run with over the next couple weeks, obviously VERY weather/snowpack dependent:
Friday 3/8: 10am-9pm (final night ski of the season!)
Saturday 3/9: 9am-4pm (final early pass holder rides of the season at 8:30AM)
Sunday 3/10: 10am-4pm (delayed opening to assess damage from the expected rains Saturday evening)
Friday 3/15: 10am-4pm
Saturday 3/16: 10am-4pm (Pond Skim TBA)
Sunday 3/17: 10am-pm (Pond Skim rain date TBA and St. Patrick’s Day Celebration)
Weekend of 3/23: Season Ending Rail Jam TBA
The final night of beer league racing and final day race have been cancelled. However, we are going to have our end of league party this Sunday at 3pm (updated date!) in the Tavern with free food and drinks for all racers and live music from Rebecca Miner. Hope to see you all there!
So, moral of the story is that we’re doing everything we can to keep this season going! Come on out while you can and enjoy some soft spring turns with us!
Appreciate you all and we’ll see ya at the finish line of this whacky season!
Nick Mir
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Snow Ridge Scholarship 2024February 28, 2024Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 Snow Ridge Scholarship! Now in it’s second year, this program will be awarding two local students a kick start to their prospective careers. One scholarship will be awarded to a Snow Ridge employee who is a high school senior or college student, and the second will be awarded to a local high school senior who plans to enter the hospitality or outdoor recreation fields. The Fund relies on contributions from events such as the Snow Ridge Scholarship Golf Classic and our Free Ski Fundraising Day. Thanks to the continued success of these events, we’re thrilled to be offering two $2500 scholarships this year!
Applications are due no later than May 31, 2024. This year’s recipients will be announced at the Snow Ridge Scholarship Golf Classic at Woodgate Pines Golf Course on June 7th!
Visit the golf tournament event page on our website for more information on playing in or sponsoring this year’s tournament!
Applications can be downloaded here or picked up at the Snow Ridge Main Office. Good luck to all of the 2024 recipients!
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North Chair IncidentFebruary 27, 2024Hello folks! I wanted to put out a statement concerning the incident on North Chair this past Saturday that caused a deropement on tower 6. First and foremost, nobody was injured or even put in harms way during the incident. Only one lift operations employee had to be evacuated by ski patrol and that process went perfectly. A huge thank you to our patrollers for getting him down safely! We’ve been seeing and hearing a lot of speculation and doomsday rumors about what happened, so here’s a complete rundown to clarify everything that happened and why it happened.
During the August 7th tornado, trees fell on the haul rope of North Chair and shifted the concrete foundations of towers 5 and 6. We had an engineer examine the damage, and come up with a solution to realign the towers and recreate the soil conditions around the foundation as efficiently as possible. This process was done by excavating around the tower bases, slowly moving the foundation back into its original position, and re-compacting the soil as we filled in around the cement. We then had the towers surveyed to find that they were only 1.5″ and .75″ out of alignment with the center of the top and bottom bull wheels, a result well within the tolerance of the sheave adjustments. At this point, we were able to make the necessary repairs on top of the tower and achieve perfect alignment of the haul cable across the sheave wheels. The rest of the annual maintenance and testing was completed and the chair passed its inspection by the Department of Labor and full dynamic load test on the 16th of February. The lift was open to the public and ran beautifully for 4 days during president’s week.
On Saturday, February 24th, the lift operations crew started North Chair around 9am. They went through the normal opening process of testing safety circuits, backup auxiliary motor, lowering seats, etc. The top lift attendant road the lift to the top of the mountain without incident, and all seemed fine. While finishing their opening procedures, the lift stopped on its own and the safety circuit was lost. This is not an uncommon occurrence, there are several safety switches on a lift that can be accidentally tripped by a swinging chair, ice in the switch, even a bird perching on top of it. The crew checked all of the switches at the bottom of the hill, and found no issues. It was then assumed that the problem was uphill and the most likely culprit was a simple tripped switch. Under my direction, one of my lift supervisors switched the lift to bypass the safety circuit and ride it to the top to check all of the switches along the way and on top of the lift. A deropement was certainly not in anyone’s initial thoughts, as they are rare and the lift had been running perfectly since it was opened following its successful load test. After passing tower 4, my lift supervisor saw the deropement on the downhill side of tower 6 and radioed down to immediately shut off the lift, which it was. He was then successfully lowered to the ground by ski patrol and our investigation into the cause of the issue began. Upon arriving on the scene, I realized that the lift’s safety circuit worked exactly as designed, and the only reason for the chair pileup on tower 6 was my direction to run the lift on bypass to investigate the cause.
It only took seconds for me to spot the issue, which was another shift in the cement foundation. A one inch gap between the cement and the frozen ground showed that it had twisted in the ground, with the only explanation being a frost heave undoubtedly caused by rain and temperatures in the mid-40’s the two days prior, and temperatures abruptly dropping below zero the night before. I had inspected the sheaves of that tower very closely a number of times following the load test and prior to the 24th. There were no indications of any issues with the sheave alignment or their operation up to that point. Leaving a frost heave of the foundation to be the only reasonable explanation.
That following Monday, I walked through the entire incident with our Department of Labor inspector who oversees the inspection of our lifts. He agreed that this had to be the cause and I provided any and all documentation needed for them to complete their investigation. We now work to remove the affected chairs from the haul rope and will go back to the drawing board with our engineers and all other necessary parties to come up with a solution to get North Chair back in operation next season.
Again, I am incredibly thankful that no one was injured and the pictures that have been circulating make it look much worse than it was. We look forward to conquering this issues once and for all during the off-season and appreciate all the support and words of encouragement that we’ve received thus far.
Now, let’s all do yet another snow dance and cross our fingers for a colder, snowier March than the forecast is showing! See you out on the slopes!
Nick Mir
General Manager
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