JayC
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Thanks for the pics. I enjoyed them. I always thought those snow machines were pretty cool.
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The silver cats are nice. Lots of power and they can climb almost anything. Have fun riding along. I had only been in a cat with someone once before I got the job out here, and I knew that operating one of these things was something I wanted to do.
That's cool that your sister is out here. I'm impressed with the ski school out here; there are instructors with little kids all over the place out here. I grew up in Maine, and this is not only my first winter out west, but it was the first time I had ever skied out west. Now I'm thinking about this not being my only winter out here..
That's cool that your sister is out here. I'm impressed with the ski school out here; there are instructors with little kids all over the place out here. I grew up in Maine, and this is not only my first winter out west, but it was the first time I had ever skied out west. Now I'm thinking about this not being my only winter out here..
PineRidge
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Great looking pictures, thanks for sharing them with us. Lots of high tech stuff there.
dbelisle
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Great pics, I really enjoyed them. I don't ski but love to snow mobile, The local clubs have Tuckers, Piston Bullies, Bombies, and track trucks, they aren't as impressive as your machines.
Dave in NH
Dave in NH
TMcD_in_MI
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( These cats have 330 hp turbo diesels (275 in the small blue cats) and can operate on slopes up to 100%. )</font>
The tractors are amazing. Thanks for the pictures. I had no idea.
Sorry to show my ignorance, but what is a 100% slope? Is that the same as 90 degrees - in other words vertical? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Tom
The tractors are amazing. Thanks for the pictures. I had no idea.
Sorry to show my ignorance, but what is a 100% slope? Is that the same as 90 degrees - in other words vertical? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Tom
ScottAR
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45 degrees... also measured as a 1 to 1 slope... Rise = Run... HTH
Very cool pictures. I've been trying to make time in my schedule, basically move things around so I can do the grooming at our local mountains but haven't gotten around to it. I've always wanted to try it, see what it's like. Looks like a lot of fun. Our resorts mostly if not only use Bombardiers. Yellow guys.
Here's what ours look like up at the resorts. Not sure how the models go on these machines, this is like brand new.
Blake
WA
Here's what ours look like up at the resorts. Not sure how the models go on these machines, this is like brand new.
Blake
WA
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TMcD_in_MI
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( 45 degrees... also measured as a 1 to 1 slope... Rise = Run... HTH )</font>
Thanks Scott. I get it. Rise over run, expressed as a percentage. I've done a fair amount of math, but never worked with percent slope before. So you could have a 200% or 300% slope. 90 degrees would be an infinite percent slope. Kind of a weird system, in a way.
Tom
Thanks Scott. I get it. Rise over run, expressed as a percentage. I've done a fair amount of math, but never worked with percent slope before. So you could have a 200% or 300% slope. 90 degrees would be an infinite percent slope. Kind of a weird system, in a way.
Tom
Yeah, I always wanted to run a groomer, but never thought I would have the time. Then I decided to take some time off from the "real world" and here I am. I am glad I did.
That is a BR350 with a winch. It is a new model, an update to the BR2000 (the silver cat in my pictures). It has a 350 hp Cat diesel and has lots of power and a great sound. We have four of them, two with a winch and two without. I've only got 15 min running one, not enough to get to learn the machine.
Winch cats are amazing. You can take full advantage of the cat's operating limits, climbing up and down really steep slopes. It is quite the sight to see a winch cat pushing a full blade of snow (with snow spilling over the top) up a slope you might have trouble walking up.
As for the color of the cats, I think Bombis are mostly yellow, but for the price you pay, you can get several different color choices. Vail decided on blue.
That is a BR350 with a winch. It is a new model, an update to the BR2000 (the silver cat in my pictures). It has a 350 hp Cat diesel and has lots of power and a great sound. We have four of them, two with a winch and two without. I've only got 15 min running one, not enough to get to learn the machine.
Winch cats are amazing. You can take full advantage of the cat's operating limits, climbing up and down really steep slopes. It is quite the sight to see a winch cat pushing a full blade of snow (with snow spilling over the top) up a slope you might have trouble walking up.
As for the color of the cats, I think Bombis are mostly yellow, but for the price you pay, you can get several different color choices. Vail decided on blue.
Rowski
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I'm like you... trees and steeps. Back 10+ years ago we were skiing where all the glades are cut now. Of course back then it was illegal (loss of trail pass) for tree skiing. I have not been on a pair of downhill skiis in 12 years. Snow plowing keeps me way to busy. I'm trying some backcountry waxless base skiis, lets me get out when I want and can.
Snow has been very poor this year. In the valley maybe 6" of base and in the hills 18" to 24". The big storm in the Northeast missed us. We got maybe 2" last night. We had our record year in '00 - 01' were we got 571" of snowfall.
I been hearing the news that the Western mts have been getting dumped with snow, like 10ft in a week or something like that.
Here are some maps of Seasonal Snow Fall and Snow Depth. As you can see we had a lot of thawing. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Snow has been very poor this year. In the valley maybe 6" of base and in the hills 18" to 24". The big storm in the Northeast missed us. We got maybe 2" last night. We had our record year in '00 - 01' were we got 571" of snowfall.
I been hearing the news that the Western mts have been getting dumped with snow, like 10ft in a week or something like that.
Here are some maps of Seasonal Snow Fall and Snow Depth. As you can see we had a lot of thawing. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
