Snowmakers are dropping a snowstorm on Dave's Dream...

Snowmaking crews have been giving us 110% once again this week. Lastnight was a great night for snowmaking on the Beginner Hill. This morning crews moved all the snow guns to Dave's Dream. Right now, there is an army of snow guns delivering a snowstorm... Fed-Ex and the snow is even landing where they want it to.

Dave's is a long loop and they still have terrain to cover towards chairtop and chair bottom and will likely be shutting down snowmaking later today is preperation for the upcoming storm. Snowstorms generally bring rising temps and high humidity, not good for snowmaking, but until then our crews will continue to bury Dave's Dream. Let's see how tonights storm impacts us! ALL SNOW PLEASE! - SB

Let it snow...

Just got word about an Environment Canada Snowfall Warning. I'll post the bulletin below. We're hoping for much lower wind speeds for this storm. This could mean the difference between covering trails with a good blanket of snow or having white windblown slopes. Here's hoping for lots of snow and light winds. - SB

Fredericton and Southern York County
3:49 PM AST Tuesday 08 December 2009
Snowfall warning for
Fredericton and Southern York County issued

15 to 30 centimetres of snowfall expected Wednesday.

This is a warning that significant snowfall is expected or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

An intense low pressure system will track across New Brunswick Wednesday night bringing heavy snow..Blowing snow and high winds across the province. Snow is expected to begin late day Wednesday over western regions of the province and in the evening over eastern regions. Sustained winds between 40 and 60 km/h with gusts up to 80 km/h are expected therefore reduced visibilities in blowing snow will be a concern. Snow is expected to change over to rain overnight over southern portions of the province.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?nb12

Snowmaking is going full force...

Our team of Snowmakers has been going full force dropping a snowstorm on the mountain since Sunday night at 8pm. Last night was an awesome night for snowmaking and tonight is looking even better. Seems to be a weather event in the forecast for Wednesday late evening into the overnight. Here hoping the precipitation is 100% snow here at the mountain. The forecasted low for overnight tonight is -14C Click here for the Environment Canada Forecast and add 1325ft of elevation to the forecast! - SB

Roast Beef & Rails III...

The Crabbe Mountain Glacier.

A huge thanks to every skier and snowboarder that participated at our annual Roast Beef & Rails III. Skiers and snowboarder from PEI, NS, Maine and all over New Brunswick made the trek to Crabbe for the day. I'm still full from the Roast Beef. - SB

Roast Beef & Rails III tomorrow 10a-4p...

Our terrain park crew is at the mountain having a little pre set-up session. Gotta have fun!

Our man-made snow piles seem to have held their own yesterday. We'll be spreading out some snow and plunking rails in shortly. Roast Beef & Rails III tomorrow at Crabbe. 10a-4p. $5, no lift, includes roast beef. Mmm. -SB

Crazy 8's...

Our new rental shop ski binding calibrator arrived this week.

We had a flooring crew in all day and night yesterday installing new stair treads in the Main Lodge.

More new rubber flooring in the cafeteria.

Needless to say our Snowmaking Crews are back to their Crazy 8's Tournament. Mild and wet here at the mountain today. It's a little colder than in Fredericton up here at the moment. YFC is showing +4C and at mid-mountain we're reading +2C. Let's hope for a short spike in temperature today. - SB

ROAST BEEF AND RAILS UPDATE

Pre-opening day rail jam. We just ordered 75 pounds of roast beef for Roast Beef & Rails this Saturday, 10am-4pm. $5 rail pass, rails plunked in the snow on the Beginner Hill. No fancy pants here, no lifts, just rails and roast beef! Roast Beef & Rails is a go for this Saturday! - SB

Thank you Snowmakers...

Snowmaking has just shutdown. THANK YOU SNOWMAKERS for 34hrs of consecutive snowmaking!!! - SB

The rental shop looks like a shipping/receiving depot for rental gear...

The Crabbe Mountain Rental Shop around 3pm today.

Snowmaking continues here at the mountain. We're planning to make snow into this evening and overnight tonight... after that it's up to the weather.. Thursday is still looking like a tropical storm. If the forecast stays the way it is, we'll be shutting down snowmaking sometime tomorrow. But right now, 6:15pm, i can hear the sound of snow guns! It's a pretty sweet sound. - SB

Snowmaking continues...

1:07pm. At the mountain office having lunch... snowmaking guns are still going. Still -4C in the shade. Snowguns are out in the sun, so the temperature is higher but it's great to see it stay cold through the day. Thursday is still looking tropical. Snow dances please! - SB