Friday, August 18, 2023

Lower Wrangler Snowmaking Tower

Early this summer I did a post on the four new snowmaking tower guns we have purchased.  We have three of them installed. This particular tower is on the left side of Lower Wrangler just below the bottom of North Fork. There is not a snowmaking pipeline on Wrangler so the snowmakers will pull water and power from the shelters on Lower High Noon to make it work.

The snow gun will be used for "shots" both up and down the trail from the tower. This tower, coupled with the existed tower at the top of Lower Wrangler, gives pretty good snowmaking coverage on the trail despite not having a pipeline on the trail. While this may slightly speed up the opening of Lower Wrangler, it will really improve our overall ability to make snow there. Getting this terrain open for beginner skiers in the early season is a major November priority for us.