Poster: A snowHead
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I my part of the world (North Coast of Ireland) we aren't blessed with alot of snow or big mountains, however last year we had over 40 days of snow on the ground. (3 miles from the sea/ 30m above sea level).
With forecasts of a colder winter, I am ready for it this time. If we get significant snow (30cm+) followed by a cold snap, I plan to doze snow into a "piste" of maybe 60cm of compacted snow.
Piste bashing will be carried out by a "Power Harrow" or heavy roller.
I have wanted to do this for years, but apart from last year, the last decent snow we had was in Dec/ Jan 1995/1996 when we had 8 inches and lows of -13.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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geepee,
If it were to get cold enough for the land to carry tractors and trailers, I would harvest snow of anywhere I could and concentrate the effort on 1 field of maybe 300m length. Dump as much snow as I could on the piste and pack it in.
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i love this plan and think you should video a time lapse of it in the making. Or start a thread on here dedicated to its creation.
What about a winch with a drag lift on a piece of rope?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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johnboy, sounds like a plan to me, what are you going to do to the piste base before the snow hits, for example short grass
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johnboy, Alternatively, in case the Snow Gods aren't watching you could always scout out a downhill lake and wait for it to freeze over.
(An old joke , I know)
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build a snow park
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livetoski,
Grazing it down with cattle, and will put sheep on it in November.
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johnboy,
If only I still lived at home. My mate has a farm in Comber and I would have happily filled a couple of silage trailers and hauled ass up the road to help the cause. With my skis of course
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Currently down to 6 deg (Sea level) with heavy showers on the Northern Breeze. A drop of a few degrees and we could have a dusting on the Sperrins tonight!
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