Snowmaking

The name of the game is SNOW! Plenty of SNOW and enough SNOW in the right places! At the right time! To succeed a ski area must deal successfully with nature. Snowmaking balances out Momma Natures dramatic swings in moods. Machine-made snow can give ski area an earlier start, a longer season, and the best guarantee of continuous operation. It is the only sure way to have a profitable, thriving area of winter activity. Pats Peak relies heavily on its huge snowmaking system. We make snow whenever we can from early November through early March, even if it's a good year for natural snow, so as to ensure the best possible conditions all season long, which usually starts in mid December through the end of March.

Aggressive, large-scale snowmaking allows us to offer good conditions early in the season, rapidly opening new runs and lifts such that by the Christmas holiday period we usually have most of the mountain open with a good solid base and few or no bare spots.

Every summer the committed ownership of Pats Peak reinvests large amounts of time and money into improving what was already one of the largest snowmaking systems in the state. Each year we purchase more pumps, compressors, tower guns, and fan guns. Pats Peak was one of the firsts in the state to make snow and has NEVER rested on its laurels regarding this important process. We are always on the leading edge to make our system the best in the state.

If you have some questions about making snow just e-mail the snow guru at Pats Peak: kris@patspeak.com.

Some of our industry partners who help make our skiing some of the best in the state:
	www.snowgun.com
	www.snowmakers.com
	www.ratnik.com

Some Pats Peak Snowmaking Facts (and Trivia):

• Snowmaking pipe: 15+ miles.
• Water capacity: 30+ gallons per minute per acre.
• Air Capacity: 12,000+ cfm (counting all fan guns with onboard compressors).
• Snowmaking capacity: 10 tons of snow per minute.
• We can cover close to one acre (about the size of a football field) with one foot of snow in one hour.
• Avg. hydrant spacing 85 feet
• Snowguns 300+
• On-mountain system by the numbers:
• Miles of hose: 3
• Hydrant stations: 300
• Total Horsepower: 3,000+