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FroMan1136
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So here it is a beautiful day, so I decided to take a quick drive to Wolf Ridge to see how they are doing being blessed with this early snowfall. What I found is below. It was 35 degrees at the base and around 33 at the top at around 12:30pm. And of course they were making no snow I could find.





This is the beautiful day view from my office that lead me on my journey.



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This was the beautiful drive up the interstate! Notice the fast moving white lines!



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Anticipation grows.



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The connector called "Wolf Ridge" and some cabins taken from the lodge at the top.



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Of course Wolf's main focus, more cabins.



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View from the Wolf Ridge connector to the top of view finder. (Notice no snow making.)



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View looking down into upper and lower streak. (once again no snowmaking although it looks like they made an effort at some point.) +1



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Looking down Powder Hill. No Snowmaking.



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Shameless self shot of me on Viewfinder. Notice I have not been arrested yet.



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Looking down into the terrain park standing on the tunnel. No snowmaking yet.



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Picture of the new breakaway village and lower boardwalk.



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I think this looks like a new sign. It may have been up last year, but; I was out of the season early due to injury and did not make it to Wolf.



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At the lower lodge looking up. Very little snow making if any except.....



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for this pile!



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View of the slopes from the lodge. Whatever they were burning sure smelled wierd. And I did not get arrested.



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Looks like Wolf has potential. Just needs some expertise running the show.



This week was too good to miss out on snow making. Good time to build a base.
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@OhDrinkBoy 152957 wrote:Looks like Wolf has potential. Just needs some expertise running the show.



This week was too good to miss out on snow making. Good time to build a base.



There was lots of staff their. They were all inside the lodge though.:rolleyes:
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FroMan1136;152953 wrote:
Whatever they were burning sure smelled wierd.



I was so expecting to see a couple of people in Carhart coveralls standing next to the maintenance building and not a picture of the lodge chimney when I read that.
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@teledave 152964 wrote:I was so expecting to see a couple of people in Carhart coveralls standing next to the maintenance building and not a picture of the lodge chimney when I read that.



They were all in the lodge, there was a pungent smell, and when I looked for smoke this is all i could find. I wasnt about to bust into the lodge and get jumped. Carharts are rough.:D
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Man, this is such a shame. I really like that place, yet I did not go once last year. I hope they get things rolling in a hurry, as I would really like to head up there again this season.
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Excellent work Froman, covert operations to the Wolf are few and far between.



I need to ski the Wolf (never have before), just so I can get the full experience of the place.
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Definitely could be something great. Lots of great terrain and some good ideas, I wish they would make it happen. Maybe they still will.



As for the covert ops I do what I can, however; I think the picture of myself and the date stamps are kind of a give away to my guilt.
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daddygrace
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Hey thanks Fro... I appreciate you doing that for us!!!!!
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They have some great terrain. Just can't manage the snow. I know that it beating a dead horse but it is the damn truth. Wolf Sucks
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