Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Opening Day Postponed

With the temperatures above normal and low early-season snowfall, we have made the decision to postpone opening day from this Thursday. Ski patrol and mountain operations staff assessed the mountain early this morning and determined conditions to be below the standards set forth by management.

The most important thing to us is that we open with a safe, quality product. We all want to be out there making turns right now! But unfortunately that's not in the best interest.

We're watching a storm system moving into the area Wednesday night with possible snowfall through the weekend. As soon as conditions permit we will open, even within 24 hours of the decision!

Stay tuned...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

For as short a season as the p-hole runs for our money, I guess I'm not surprised they haven't put an effort into snowmaking to at least get a few runs open on time. Beware--the price of a pass at all five Vail resorts is not that far off and the season is much longer. It could be worth the drive...

Powderhorn Resort said...

Actually our snow guns have been in place with crews out nightly for well over a month. Snowmaking requires temperatures below 20 degrees. Unfortunately, we've had many nights of snowmaking lost to warm temps. So I can assure you there has been no laziness on our part. This is just the nature of things when your business relies on the weather.