Wentworth opening on the 21st

i guess its either the 21 or 22nd now they keep pushin it back its makin me anxious and mad lol..anyone know if they will ahve a rail or anythin up??
 
the date is now the 23 but i dont think we can put a whole lot of weight in that being as its bee pushed back what 2-3 times already
 
wentworth oh wentworth.......temps are looking good the next couple of days, no excuses why it can't be 23rd....
 
yeah hopefully, i was so excited to go on tuesday..then it changed to wednesday or thursday...now friday JEEEZ...urrh its gonna be open for one day then closed for 2 or 3 for christmas and what not dammit wentworth DAMMit lol
 
OK, now Im reaaaly pissed. After christmas? WTF? The weather has been cold for the last 3 weeks! Why cant they open? Jesus... Every other hill around here is open!
 
rumour has it they did have a problem with their gun's something about the lines, i have no idea if this is true or not but its what ive heard.
 
Every other hill is open, poley even has the park open with jumps and all ... And they never update their site, and its a crappy site (in the pamphlet thing that they gave out at the ski swap it said that they made a new website, but they didnt)
 
I heard another rumour (maybe here??) that the new resevoir isn't holding water.. built wrong apparently.
 
thats is trueit was not built riht so watter is going out as fast as it comes in. its not good

but i have heard from one of the pro patrolers that it may open this weekend after new years
 
yeah i heard that they didnt line the bottom and it was eroding and going into the other resevoirs water supply which caused the snow guns to make brown snow
 
dont know about that but the theory they were working on is that f they scrape he irt down to bed rock it would hold water if they just lined the sides, but the bed rock is all cracked and shit so it doesnt wor like they wanted
 
Does anybody know what company designed this? Or if any engineering/earth science company had any input on this reservoir?

I know these problems are all RUMOURS but these are design factors which should have been thought out and adapted as the project went ahead...just speaking from experience with similar projects...
 
oh! Snowmaking is in progress I guess..

But by the looks of it on their webcams, there is only one gun running... weird
 
Are they ever going to open? Fuck

On their website:

With the impending wet & warm weather forecast, our opening day remains tentative.

Please check back for updates.
 
boys wentworth is having serious problems, they have not intensions of screwing around customers...just hang tight i guess....it reaally does suck
 
this is a shitty situation, check out the pictures from last season, they had a full park the first of january...
 
It now says on their website that they are opening friday with half of the sissy and rosebowl.

Hmmm
 
It doesnt look like theres much snow ...

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Ah! Finaly some news from a reliable source:

Opening Date Delay Update

I wanted to bring our season pass holders, supporters and chomping at the bit skiers and snowboarders up to speed on our season to date.

First of all, it has been an unusually mild start to the season. We’ve only had a handful of really good snowmaking nights when the temperature got below -10. Plus we had a torrential downpour late December that wiped out our precious little natural snow. Wentworth is the Maritimes largest ski area and has the most terrain to cover in order to get open. This is not an excuse, just a fact. That being said, we’ve had other challenges to contend with.

As you may have heard, we had mechanical problems with our main snowmaking pump. We immediately switched to our smaller, less powerful back up snowmaking system and have been making snow whenever weather permitted. The seasonal nature of a ski area presents many challenges for mechanical and electrical systems and despite our extensive maintenance programs, we are sometimes plagued with bad luck.

Our smaller snowmaking pump has less water pressure, therefore, it does not work as well at higher elevations and we can not run as many guns. That’s why you may not have seen any snowmaking on the webcam recently. The guns have been blasting away on the Sissy the last few days.

The good news: The main snowmaking pump will be up and running today, bringing us back to full capacity. You’ll see a real difference in snowmaking now that we’ll be running all our guns.

We know all too well that snowmaking is the life blood of any ski area, particularly with our mild climate. This is why we made a major investment in a 20 million gallon reservoir at the top of the mountain. Once completed, it will provide us with plenty of water at significantly higher pressures. This will allow us to run a greater number of high efficiency snow guns from the top of the mountain to the bottom.

I want to thank everyone for staying positive and showing their support. We certainly appreciate it. It’s been challenging and frustrating for all of us, believe me! A real show of support was New Years Eve. Even though we weren’t open for skiing, the evening was a huge success with about 150 people ringing in 2006!!

Here’s to good skiing, good snowmaking and good times at Ski Wentworth in 2006.
 
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