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Wentworth opening on the 21st

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mk2
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what caused them to push the opening back a day?
Dec 17 2005 10:40AM
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Whitehead
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my guess would be rain + warm weather
Dec 17 2005 11:47AM
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_christian*_
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theyre snowmaking wasnt working properly for a while. THere was hardly anyrain there
Dec 17 2005 3:57PM
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JT_skier
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i guess its either the 21 or 22nd now they keep pushin it back its makin me anxious and mad lol..anyone know if they will ahve a rail or anythin up??
Dec 20 2005 8:46AM
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bigbluedude
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the date is now the 23 but i dont think we can put a whole lot of weight in that being as its bee pushed back what 2-3 times already
Dec 20 2005 10:50AM
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east
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wentworth oh wentworth.......temps are looking good the next couple of days, no excuses why it can't be 23rd....
Dec 20 2005 1:30PM
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JT_skier
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yeah hopefully, i was so excited to go on tuesday..then it changed to wednesday or thursday...now friday JEEEZ...urrh its gonna be open for one day then closed for 2 or 3 for christmas and what not dammit wentworth DAMMit lol
Dec 21 2005 10:21AM
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hobbes
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you know what that means,you all have to ski at martock!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dec 21 2005 5:17PM
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bigbluedude
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and wentworth lets us down again by pushing the opening date back to an obscure date of "after christmas"
Dec 22 2005 2:26PM
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LeBlanc
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OK, now Im reaaaly pissed. After christmas? WTF? The weather has been cold for the last 3 weeks! Why cant they open? Jesus... Every other hill around here is open!
Dec 22 2005 2:52PM
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Badfish2
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my bet is on snowmaking failing again
Dec 22 2005 3:23PM
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mk2
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so wentworth's supposedly not going to open for a week or more
Dec 26 2005 9:19PM
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bigbluedude
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whereed you here that
Dec 27 2005 8:58AM
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bigbluedude
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the snow phone is saying hopefuly the end of the week but im not getting my hopes up too much
Dec 27 2005 9:05AM
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east
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forecast is not hopefull for the rest of this week at all......hard to make snow @ +4
Dec 27 2005 9:33AM
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Whitehead
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rumour has it they did have a problem with their gun's something about the lines, i have no idea if this is true or not but its what ive heard.
Dec 27 2005 2:25PM
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LeBlanc
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Are they even going to open ever?
I want my season pass money back!
Dec 27 2005 2:41PM
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LeBlanc
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Every other hill is open, poley even has the park open with jumps and all ... And they never update their site, and its a crappy site (in the pamphlet thing that they gave out at the ski swap it said that they made a new website, but they didnt)
Dec 27 2005 2:43PM
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Badfish2
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I heard another rumour (maybe here??) that the new resevoir isn't holding water.. built wrong apparently.
Dec 29 2005 10:15AM
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bigbluedude
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thats is trueit was not built riht so watter is going out as fast as it comes in. its not good
but i have heard from one of the pro patrolers that it may open this weekend after new years
Dec 29 2005 1:33PM
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LeBlanc
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Well dont they still have the old reservoir that is functional?
Dec 29 2005 1:53PM
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east
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^oui
Dec 29 2005 3:30PM
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mk2
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yeah i heard that they didnt line the bottom and it was eroding and going into the other resevoirs water supply which caused the snow guns to make brown snow
Dec 29 2005 6:38PM
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hobbes
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i just put this here so it was the 4500th post
Dec 29 2005 7:28PM
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mk2
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^nope this one is
Dec 29 2005 7:46PM
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bigbluedude
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dont know about that but the theory they were working on is that f they scrape he irt down to bed rock it would hold water if they just lined the sides, but the bed rock is all cracked and shit so it doesnt wor like they wanted
Dec 30 2005 11:46AM
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bigbluedude
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good god i need to learn to type
Dec 30 2005 11:47AM
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east
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Does anybody know what company designed this? Or if any engineering/earth science company had any input on this reservoir?

I know these problems are all RUMOURS but these are design factors which should have been thought out and adapted as the project went ahead...just speaking from experience with similar projects...
Dec 30 2005 12:01PM
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LeBlanc
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is the snowmaking running again yet?
Dec 30 2005 3:02PM
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LeBlanc
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oh! Snowmaking is in progress I guess..
But by the looks of it on their webcams, there is only one gun running... weird
Jan 1 2006 2:41PM
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east
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lots more than 1 on the go.....
Jan 1 2006 5:48PM
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LeBlanc
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what trails are they making snow on?
Jan 2 2006 2:35PM
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bigbluedude
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just rosebowl for starters once they get hat open they will work on other stuff
Jan 2 2006 11:30PM
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LeBlanc
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Are they ever going to open? Fuck

On their website:
With the impending wet & warm weather forecast, our opening day remains tentative.
Please check back for updates.
Jan 3 2006 9:55PM
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jjjibs
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boys wentworth is having serious problems, they have not intensions of screwing around customers...just hang tight i guess....it reaally does suck
Jan 4 2006 6:52AM
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mk2
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why did they flaten out the mounds if they where expecting warm weather?
Jan 4 2006 12:32PM
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LeBlanc
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^ Whats "Flatening out the mounds" ?
Jan 4 2006 3:15PM
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mr_hero
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this is a shitty situation, check out the pictures from last season, they had a full park the first of january...
Jan 4 2006 3:37PM
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bigbluedude
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they are opening friday and i think is for true since they are sarting the wing nights. and it took long enough
Jan 4 2006 8:37PM
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mk2
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the mounds of snow made by the snow guns
Jan 5 2006 7:06AM
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mr_hero
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omg dude.. its cause they plan on opening why else would they do it.
Jan 5 2006 8:51AM
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LeBlanc
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It now says on their website that they are opening friday with half of the sissy and rosebowl.

Hmmm
Jan 5 2006 9:34AM
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LeBlanc
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It doesnt look like theres much snow ...

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Jan 5 2006 9:38AM
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LeBlanc
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Ah! Finaly some news from a reliable source:

Opening Date Delay Update
I wanted to bring our season pass holders, supporters and chomping at the bit skiers and snowboarders up to speed on our season to date.



First of all, it has been an unusually mild start to the season. We’ve only had a handful of really good snowmaking nights when the temperature got below -10. Plus we had a torrential downpour late December that wiped out our precious little natural snow. Wentworth is the Maritimes largest ski area and has the most terrain to cover in order to get open. This is not an excuse, just a fact. That being said, we’ve had other challenges to contend with.



As you may have heard, we had mechanical problems with our main snowmaking pump. We immediately switched to our smaller, less powerful back up snowmaking system and have been making snow whenever weather permitted. The seasonal nature of a ski area presents many challenges for mechanical and electrical systems and despite our extensive maintenance programs, we are sometimes plagued with bad luck.

Our smaller snowmaking pump has less water pressure, therefore, it does not work as well at higher elevations and we can not run as many guns. That’s why you may not have seen any snowmaking on the webcam recently. The guns have been blasting away on the Sissy the last few days.


The good news: The main snowmaking pump will be up and running today, bringing us back to full capacity. You’ll see a real difference in snowmaking now that we’ll be running all our guns.



We know all too well that snowmaking is the life blood of any ski area, particularly with our mild climate. This is why we made a major investment in a 20 million gallon reservoir at the top of the mountain. Once completed, it will provide us with plenty of water at significantly higher pressures. This will allow us to run a greater number of high efficiency snow guns from the top of the mountain to the bottom.


I want to thank everyone for staying positive and showing their support. We certainly appreciate it. It’s been challenging and frustrating for all of us, believe me! A real show of support was New Years Eve. Even though we weren’t open for skiing, the evening was a huge success with about 150 people ringing in 2006!!

Here’s to good skiing, good snowmaking and good times at Ski Wentworth in 2006.
Jan 5 2006 5:59PM
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andreashart
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yeawh the pistures on the website look good too
Jan 5 2006 6:27PM
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