Snow is being moved into the on the moguls and aerial slopes. The trucks come from some 250kms aways and bring snow to be used to prepare the aerial and moguls slopes. These courses will be used for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
because good snow isn't just frozen water. the same reason they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars per snow making machine, and not just mount a fire house on a tripod overlooking the crest of a hill.
A friend of mine who does trucking figures its at least $1000 per trip, 2 trips a day with 100 trucks on the road for a minimum of $200 000 per day for this. Then there is the helicopter use etc. Now this would be with reasonable rates and not the likely grossly inflated olympic buddy deal so you can probably figure double it.
No shit! It's really really sad that government claims no monies are available for [whatever, whenever], but to move fucking snow hundreds of miles? Pull the cash out of a fucking toque.
I make the snow at cypress and believe me if we had temps We would be making guys they don't put a 9 million dollar system in for it to sit around. As well none of you know what your talking about. You Can man snow at 5.1 c just need 0 percent humidity. But by all means if you think you can make snow up here before I could your partially retarted. Leave it for the pro's boys
I see convoy's of these tandem dump trucks all day going between manning park and cypress. Wonder what this is going to cost after all is said and done.
Nice peterbilt 389.
N756TA 11 months ago
because good snow isn't just frozen water. the same reason they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars per snow making machine, and not just mount a fire house on a tripod overlooking the crest of a hill.
augdog1230 2 years ago
A friend of mine who does trucking figures its at least $1000 per trip, 2 trips a day with 100 trucks on the road for a minimum of $200 000 per day for this. Then there is the helicopter use etc. Now this would be with reasonable rates and not the likely grossly inflated olympic buddy deal so you can probably figure double it.
Gromitdog1 2 years ago
No shit! It's really really sad that government claims no monies are available for [whatever, whenever], but to move fucking snow hundreds of miles? Pull the cash out of a fucking toque.
cochranexyz 2 years ago
I make the snow at cypress and believe me if we had temps We would be making guys they don't put a 9 million dollar system in for it to sit around. As well none of you know what your talking about. You Can man snow at 5.1 c just need 0 percent humidity. But by all means if you think you can make snow up here before I could your partially retarted. Leave it for the pro's boys
AndrewjPott 2 years ago
They should just move it over to Lake Placid, haha. Or heck, i'm sure Salt Lake City still has their courses around?
MSUBearNation 2 years ago
Winter Olympic = FAIL
P3RSIANpinoy 2 years ago
@jazu40 not cold enough
velisdiemr2 2 years ago
@jazu40 it has to be at least -4 c to make snow
forkliftpilot 2 years ago
I see convoy's of these tandem dump trucks all day going between manning park and cypress. Wonder what this is going to cost after all is said and done.
Gromitdog1 2 years ago