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Ski Areas that do not make snow

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807.
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The title pretty much says it all, my local hill doesnt have any snow making equipment at all and really has no intentions to put it in anytime soon. It doesnt open till after christmas which of course sucks and honestly its the only ski hill these days that I can think of that doesnt make any snow at all. I was just wondering if anyone else knows of any hills out there that do not have any snowmaking at all. 

Sparknotes: Do you know of any hills out there that dont have any snowmaking?

Dec 3 2012 12:09PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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i dont think my hill fired the guns up once this year to get the hill going but im not sure.
Dec 3 2012 12:13PM
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doGelyst
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Ski Gabber forum is now....

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Dec 3 2012 12:13PM
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Blurst
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Where are you from OP?
Dec 3 2012 12:23PM
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807.
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Dryden, its in north western ontario, really close to manitoba.
Dec 3 2012 12:26PM
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speedin
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Mt. Bohemia in the u.p of Michigan doesn't make any snow. They rely soley on snowfall. The place usually doesn't upen till mid- end of december, or jan depending on snow conditions. But its the only real "mountain" in the midwest, has the best terrain, and is the one of the only places where you can ski pow in the midwest, they don't groom any of their runs, and only have two lifts (one of which is broken now). It is by far the biggest ski area in the midwest by far.
I own a season pass there, its the only place i ski in the midwest besides granite peak in wisconsin, and Marquette mountain for terrain parks.
The rest of the midwest blows like the wind.


Dec 3 2012 12:27PM
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Blurst
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Crazy there is no snow making. How did you guys survive last winter?
Dec 3 2012 12:27PM
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HolySchimmel
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not in the US, but as far as I know the "Zugspitze" resort doesn't have any man made snow either. It has a glacier though...
Dec 3 2012 1:09PM
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Conradicle
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big white only uses snow guns for there park
Dec 3 2012 1:10PM
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Jombob
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Sunshine Village doesn't use snow making
Dec 3 2012 1:22PM
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SMori
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They do for the base and ski out but other than that they don't
Dec 3 2012 1:27PM
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Jombob
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Very occasionally at the end of the ski out but still one of the most environmentally friendly ski resorts in Canada (although ski resorts are pretty terrible in general).
Dec 3 2012 1:33PM
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K-Thomas
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Powder Mountain doesn't aside from that one lift right by the lodge that they use for night skiing.
Dec 3 2012 1:36PM
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shredsticks
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Mad River Glen.
At least for the most part they have like 2 guns just to patch things together at the base. pretty hardcore.
Dec 3 2012 1:38PM
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mammspowskrHMD
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Alta only has about 8-10% snowmaking capabilities
Dec 3 2012 3:07PM
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gotti
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This. But its the best place to be on an east coast powder day.
Dec 3 2012 3:09PM
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schism
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Whitewater in BC has zero snow making, Pretty sure that the majority of ski hills in the kootenays have zero or very minimal snow making.

Pretty sure Mt. Seymour has zero as well
Dec 3 2012 3:11PM
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807.
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It was shit, the hill was open from late January till late February. I still don't understand for being a tiny Midwest ski hill how there's no snowmaking at all haha
Dec 3 2012 5:34PM
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.skiwi.
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Im pretty sure none of the club fields in nz use snowmaking, theres about ten of them
Dec 3 2012 5:37PM
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SkiBum.
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There are quite a few areas that only make snow around base areas and lifts.
Dec 3 2012 5:47PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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Bristol Mountain
Dec 3 2012 7:28PM
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kamron_708
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Are you stupid?
Dec 3 2012 7:30PM
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gusestomp
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SNO MOUNTAIN PA. WORST FUCKING MOUNTAIN ON THE EAST COAST
Dec 3 2012 7:33PM
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roddy116
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baker, and hood fershur
Dec 3 2012 8:23PM
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ankhou
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Revelstoke didn't have any until last year. We have a couple of guns now covering lower mountain, but that's it.
Dec 3 2012 8:44PM
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KillaSteeze
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Mount Washington in bc doesn't have any and that's because we don't need then
Dec 3 2012 9:23PM
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Drail
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Mount Seymour in Vancouver didn't have snowmaking last time I checked.

Red Mountain, Whitewater, Revelstoke (ok, they have like two guns, but they're not really used much and just at the base), Sunshine (maybe they have a gun or two as well for the base area?), There's probably more like Mt. Washington, Shames... does Powder King have any snowmaking? I doubt it.
Dec 3 2012 9:27PM
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807.
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The interesting thing about my hill is we really, really need them. yet no effort has been made to get them...
Dec 3 2012 9:30PM
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Pancake_Fucker
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Are you sure Revelstoke has any snowmaking?
Dec 3 2012 9:31PM
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Ehh...
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My hill doesn't

Boise Idaho: Bogus Basin.

Reasoning? Not quite sure, but mostly due to the fact that they are not for profit organization. They lease the land out from the forest services in the winter.


Result: opening after christmas every/ shitty skiing come early and late season. And they always start late and end early.
Dec 3 2012 9:32PM
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BigDog
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If my local hill did not make snow, their would be no ski season.
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Dec 3 2012 9:37PM
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Drail
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yeah, it's got a gun or two. I think they use it at the base for the tube park and shit.
Dec 3 2012 9:37PM
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crab_pretzel
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i dont know how the hill could do that. my local hill got about 0"-4" all last winter, but theyre really good about snow making so they still had a pretty average season
Dec 3 2012 9:41PM
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Ac31stuff
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why bohemias the shit it was an inteligent post

Dec 3 2012 9:41PM
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_Garagely_
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Plenty of smaller hills in Montana don't. Showdown, Maverick, Turner, and Bear Paw Ski Bowl all don't have snowmaking.
Dec 3 2012 9:47PM
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BigSteve69
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mount hood, oregon
Dec 4 2012 2:12AM
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Dr.Dickless
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Beaver Mountain Utah

they open, in the contrived words of the owner "when there is snow"
Dec 4 2012 2:49AM
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807.
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lol thats exactly what our manager says, they never set a date
Dec 4 2012 10:17AM
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NEIL-YOUNG
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fuck yeah thats my home mountain. marge and ted are the best!
Dec 4 2012 10:25AM
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SkiBum.
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You know Mt. Hood, Oregon is not a ski area....
Dec 4 2012 10:28AM
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FUUUCK
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I would be very surprised if powder king has snowmaking.
Dec 4 2012 10:57AM
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bquick222
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Monarch Mountain Colorado
Dec 4 2012 12:02PM
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