Timberline snowmaking
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MitchSH
November 23, 2020
Member since 12/14/2018 🔗
57 posts
Timberline just announced on Facebook that they plan to be ready to make snow the first week of December. I can’t wait to ski there!
Vermont
November 24, 2020
Member since 12/26/2019 🔗
174 posts
Sweeeeeet! I liked that place the moment I called the resort they own in the midwest last winter and got some intel on that company , 
nickhaas212
November 24, 2020
Member since 11/13/2019 🔗
69 posts
Have they given any insight into the opening and closing dates? As a kid, I know they use to open around Thanksgiving and close in April which was a few weeks after CV.
jpetraiuolo
November 24, 2020
Member since 02/11/2020 🔗
54 posts

They are hoping for around Dec 10th for opening day.

snapdragon
December 3, 2020
Member since 01/27/2015 🔗
353 posts
They got 'em fired up...yew!
marzNC - DCSki Supporter 
December 3, 2020 (edited December 3, 2020)
Member since 12/10/2008 🔗
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The new Timberline website is so cool!  Here's what the Snow Conditions webpage looks like.  Can't wait until the trails are marked as Open.

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nickhaas212
December 4, 2020
Member since 11/13/2019 🔗
69 posts

I emailed Timberline to see when they were opening up and they hope to next weekend. As for CV they have delayed their opening to 12/19 due to weather. I am not sure how that could be the case aside from the rain that will then turn into snow this evening in the valley....Temps look to stay in the 30s with lows in the 10s and 20s for the next two weeks. They are also calling for several snow showers that could bring anywhere from 3"-8" total for the next two weeks starting on Monday.

This sounds like it is more along the lines of the state not being prepared to start the season. I could be wrong here, but it just seems a little odd. I think Timberline is also going to be the more reliable mountain out of the two in the upcoming seasons as well.

snapdragon
December 4, 2020
Member since 01/27/2015 🔗
353 posts
Looks to me like CVR did not take advantage of the excellent snowmaking opportunity...par for the course for this resort.
nickhaas212
December 4, 2020
Member since 11/13/2019 🔗
69 posts

Even during the season, they have missed good opportunities. 

snapdragon wrote:

Looks to me like CVR did not take advantage of the excellent snowmaking opportunity...par for the course for this resort.
jimboc
December 4, 2020
Member since 03/30/2004 🔗
260 posts

Web cam is up  -  timberlinemountain.com/snow-cams  

JohnL
December 4, 2020
Member since 01/6/2000 🔗
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snapdragon wrote:

Looks to me like CVR did not take advantage of the excellent snowmaking opportunity...par for the course for this resort.

 Where you hanging out this winter?

snapdragon
December 5, 2020
Member since 01/27/2015 🔗
353 posts
Tline in the morning to get the freshies before things get too tracked out and then over to CVR in the afternoon for the secret stashes...Yew!
snapdragon
December 5, 2020
Member since 01/27/2015 🔗
353 posts
Well I'll be pipple papped...CVR has turned up the snowmaking throttle...its a race to the top as to who will drop the ropes first...go boys...yew!
nickhaas212
December 6, 2020
Member since 11/13/2019 🔗
69 posts
Does anyone know where the new snowmaking has been installed at Timberline? Hopefully there is going to be proper coverage on the drop, and off the wall. I see some of the intermediate trails have new lines installed.
snapdragon
December 7, 2020
Member since 01/27/2015 🔗
353 posts

Tline...still making snow at 2:30 Monday morning

Wisp...still making snow at 2:30 Monday morning

Snowshoe...still making snow at 2:30 Monday morning

CVR...everything is turned off...really

nickhaas212
December 7, 2020
Member since 11/13/2019 🔗
69 posts


 CV is run by the state, I don't think they have the best operations. Still love the mountain though!

snapdragon wrote:

Tline...still making snow at 2:30 Monday morning

Wisp...still making snow at 2:30 Monday morning

Snowshoe...still making snow at 2:30 Monday morning

CVR...everything is turned off...really

chaga
December 7, 2020
Member since 11/24/2009 🔗
646 posts
I just wanna know where Snowsmith is and when can I get my beer?  Them Indiana boys get shit done
snapdragon
December 7, 2020
Member since 01/27/2015 🔗
353 posts
Hoosier best snowmakers in the Valley?
snowsmith - DCSki Supporter 
December 7, 2020
Member since 03/15/2004 🔗
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Sorry, internet service in Nepal is spotty. Working with the Dali Lhama to open a ski resort in the Himalayas. Do you take Nepalese Rupees?
Denis - DCSki Supporter 
December 8, 2020
Member since 07/12/2004 🔗
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snowsmith wrote:

Sorry, internet service in Nepal is spotty. Working with the Dali Lhama to open a ski resort in the Himalayas. Do you take Nepalese Rupees?

 I’m jealous.

JimK - DCSki Columnist
December 8, 2020 (edited December 8, 2020)
Member since 01/14/2004 🔗
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Dalai Lama at Ski Santa Fe:

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The photo came from this great story (with a fantastic final paragraph) of his visit to NM in 1991:  here.

snapdragon
December 10, 2020
Member since 01/27/2015 🔗
353 posts
Hoosier boys got what they made pushed out and getting ready for the weekend...so much for the oft heralded "the snow needs to cure" matra espoused from down the ridge...YewBoard.com!!!
Dafixison
December 10, 2020
Member since 01/30/2020 🔗
36 posts
Thanks for posting the article.  Very cool read.  Must have been a pretty surreal experience.
SCWVA
January 29, 2021 (edited January 29, 2021)
Member since 07/13/2004 🔗
1,052 posts

Snowsmith, I hope you enjoyed your trip to Nepal and your visit with the Dalai Lama. To avoid any negative Karma you should put your Big Boy Pants on 😜 and settle up with Chaga.  I'm sure if you called Stumptown at 304-259-5570 they would help you settle up.  

Just saying

chaga wrote:

I just wanna know where Snowsmith is and when can I get my beer?  Them Indiana boys get shit done
snowsmith - DCSki Supporter 
January 29, 2021
Member since 03/15/2004 🔗
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Oh, I will pay up SCWVA. After I get my Chapter 11 bankruptcy issues settled and I can afford food again, I will scrape together paper currency and loose coins from my sofa to honor my bet. Assuming I can get around Covid quarantine restrictions, I hope to get the gas money to meet the Chaga man at  Timberline to show that I am an honorable fellow. My new job as a honey dipper for Bobby's Potties and Septic Tanks should help me get back on a firm financial footing and get my Volkls out of hock from the pawn shop. Once I then get my 2 Covid vaccination shots, I can then buy an endless stream of cold ones for the Chaga man at Timbers Pub. 
SCWVA
January 30, 2021 (edited January 30, 2021)
Member since 07/13/2004 🔗
1,052 posts

Snowsmith,

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes. Your trip to Nepal must have been expensive. Did you have to sell your place at HV?  Home sales at the resort areas are skyrocketing, so you should get a pretty good price.  

You should head to WV, no travel restrictions and the state of WV leads the nation in vaccinations.  The Brigadier General in charge of the distribution is kicking butt and just needs more doses to distribute.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/01/28/west-virginia-vaccination-rollout-successful-newday-marquez-dnt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/

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