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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Another Beautiful Day at Wintergreen

Afternoon Update

Big News for Acorn Lift!

The new motor for the Acorn lift will arrive around midnight tonight! The crew is on alert to get started as soon as it arrives. It’s not as simple as just dropping the new motor in place, there are lots of pieces to the puzzle that need to be addressed. We have a few specialists coming in to help with adjustments and alignments. Then on to safety checks and inspection. So if the stars are aligned the lift may be open for skiers and snowboarders on Thursday morning. That makes us smile.

Morning Report

Acorn Lift Update:

For those who missed last evening's report, the good news is we have a solution in sight for the repair of the Acorn lift. It will take some work to get it back up and running but we anticipate having the motor installed, tested and ready to run by Thursday. Know that we are working round the clock to accomplish the repair and will move mountains to accomplish it. 

Yesterday during the day snowmakers concentrated their efforts on A-side and they did what they do best – make snow, and tons of it. Last night they moved to Central and Highlands for heavy snowmaking and hope to open Devils Elbow and The Gap for the weekend. It’s perfect weather for making tons of snow

Today we will open with 15 trails. It’s going to be a fabulous day on the slopes, mostly sunny, a bit warmer than yesterday, great conditions with a fresh coat of snow from overnight snowmaking. 

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