Mid-Atlantic The Neverending Timberline, WV: Info, Weather, and Stoke

[JohnL]

@JohnL you get fifty bonus points and a free entry in the torchlight parade for the literary reference. Godot has arrived.
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Jimmy, I think I may be the friend @Jim Kenney wants to help bus tables and clean up. I could be working then ...

 

[fishnski]

86 at my beach camp in NC today..ive been watching Snow Showers drift across the Valley from the CV Midstation cam since early afternoon...not sticking but it will tonite...7.5 hour drive apart...2 different worlds....

 

[pipestem]

Wait... does a word rhyme with itself?

shelf, elf, guelf....

 

[Jim Kenney]

Jimmy, I think I may be the friend @Jim Kenney wants to help bus tables and clean up. I could be working then ...

Now hiring.

 

[The Colonel]

Who is going to educate the Perfects on how to throw a Snowy Luau?

“Snowy Luau” is a must! A very unique happening, especially here in the Mid-Atlantic. Completely different than the standard ski area party!! They need to find out what it was like a few years back when all sub events were up and running. I mean, who doesn’t want to see JimK on stage convorting will hula dancers! Hopefully TL regulars have info on the window painter, the Hawaiian Music and Dance troop, etc. Many of us have pictures and videos we can share!! Or maybe the Perfects’ would prefer a different “Perfect” party event! Anybody know how to send “Snowy Luau” details and memories to Chip Perfect?

 

[Cameron]

Sounds like they need to bring the snowy luau to PNS. Their spring carnival has gotten pretty stale.

 

[crgildart]

Everybody gets lei'd

 

[JohnL]

Turns out I wasn’t the friend @Jim Kenney was talking about, but trust me, even in my most wanker moments, I’m a bit more popular than his friend.

@dbostedo , @Philpug - funkiness with iOS and quoted replies. Need to hit gear icon first, otherwise reply menu disabled. Several posts now.

 

[dbostedo]

Need to hit gear icon first, otherwise reply menu disabled. Several posts now.

@JohnL - for me (on iOS, Android, or my PC), it remembers what state I left it in... if I hit the gear icon, it seems to remember. So when I go to another thread, it's in the same state. I just tried it, and it seems to function as I'd expect. Maybe it's a cookie problem? (i.e. it's not remembering how you left it?)

 

[James]

Turns out I wasn’t the friend @Jim Kenney was talking about...

We’ll move along...

 

[JohnL]

We’ll move along...

Otay, need to adjust my meds to understand that one.

 

[teebrews]

Well at least Perfect has a good head's up on the fact that there will not be a 2020-2021 ski season. It would be much worse if they were further along in the process.

 

[The Colonel]

Well at least Perfect has a good head's up on the fact that there will not be a 2020-2021 ski season. It would be much worse if they were further along in the process.

What are you talking about. Where did you find this information?

 

[RickH]

Kwillg6 - from DCSki -The construction is ongoing. Dopplemeyer is on site getting the foundations for the lift bases put together with re-bar. The parking lots are full with construction equipment and materials. This place will ROCK this season and although I don’t want to hassle a lot of folks, I hope they have a great season. Timberline Mountain will be the mountain to ski in 20/21.

 

[The Colonel]

Kwillg6 - from DCSki -The construction is ongoing. Dopplemeyer is on site getting the foundations for the lift bases put together with re-bar. The parking lots are full with construction equipment and materials. This place will ROCK this season and although I don’t want to hassle a lot of folks, I hope they have a great season. Timberline Mountain will be the mountain to ski in 20/21.

Thanks for the positive ground truth observation, Kwillg6. Sure wish the Perfects would post more pictures. Have you heard anything about the snowmaking plans? That to me is the long pole in the tent if the want to have everything open early season!!! Stay safe and take care, The Colonel

 

[RickH]

Colonel as part of the snow making, I'd argue water source? Right now they are limited. Perfect's either need to dig a large pond somewhere?? Or, tap directly into the Blackweater river, which I don't see the Govt. allowing. though the pond at Woods End is sourced from Blackwater.

 

[fishnski]

winter decided to show up mid April in the land of canaan and most of the country...Denver area just beat 1909 as the snowiest winter ever in modern day recording

 

[Low End]

Colonel as part of the snow making, I'd argue water source? Right now they are limited. Perfect's either need to dig a large pond somewhere?? Or, tap directly into the Blackweater river, which I don't see the Govt. allowing. though the pond at Woods End is sourced from Blackwater.

Water withdrawal points on creeks and rivers are commonplace in West Virginia in the Oil and Gas Industry. They are always dependent on a minimal flow in the watershed to happen but ski season is the time of year that water levels would more than likely be sufficient.

 

[jimmy]

The former owners have/had a pump station in the Blackwater already. I think the lack of water was possibly due to a lack of money.

 

[The Colonel]

Thanks for the positive ground truth observation, Kwillg6. Sure wish the Perfects would post more pictures. Have you heard anything about the snowmaking plans? That to me is the long pole in the tent if the want to have everything open early season!!! Stay safe and take care, The Colonel

Regardless of where the new TLM gets water for making snow (they could build a large huge water tank like at Wintergreen) the key to efficient snowmaking is modernizing or replacing the system that previously existed at TL with pipes and automatic fan guns covering all the slopes, no more dragging hoses and guns from one trail to the next, etc!