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Snowfall helps snowmaking efforts at ski resorts |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:40 |
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Photo courtesy of Winter Park Resort
By JANICE KURBJUN, SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
Monday was Loveland Ski Area's first powder day of the season since they opened Friday, and though the skies will clear this week, there's a chance the wet October so far may mean a higher than average snow year to come.
“It was a great way to follow up an opening weekend with 6 inches of fresh snow,” Loveland spokesman John Sellers said, adding that the weekend was warm and felt like spring skiing.
The ski area only has one trail open, but the freshly fallen natural stuff should help open more terrain before the week is out, Sellers said. Not that natural snow has helped snowmaking, but it should cool the ground and create a natural base to which snowmakers can add.
“When it's snowing, there can be too much moisture in the air,” Sellers said. “But it helps because it hits the ground, cools it and lays a base of snow snowmakers can make snow on.”
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