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22NOV10....Snowtubing is on for the 2010-11 season!!! We're planning to operate Saturdays 9 am-9 pm, Sundays 9 am - 6 pm, and Fridays 6-9 pm with extended hours over Christmas and Presidents' vacation weeks. We'll start making snow very soon and hope to be open by Dec 18th.......Stay tuned for info about skiing. We still have several things to get done in order to run the chairlift. We're hoping to have the chairlift ready for daytime/natural snow skiing by Christmas...We want to thank everyone who came out to our job fair last weekend. You can still apply if you're interested. We'll be making calls to get our initial crew together after Thanksgiving. 

29OCT10....Happy Halloween. The 2010-11 season is drawing near. All of the slopes have been mowed, we have tested our snowguns, and new floodlights for the tubing park are on their way. Work on our new snowtubing lift has been completed. Once we clear state and insurance inspections, we will make an announcement on our snowtubing schedule for this winter. We are also hoping to have the chairlift running for daytime/natural snow skiing this season, but will probably not know for certain until Thanksgiving. As soon as we have information to pass along it will be posted here.

February 2010 Update

Hopefully everyone is having a good winter. While we couldn't get everything done in time to open for this season, we did make a sizable dent in the long (very long) Eaton Mt. to-do list. Immediate project on our plate include finishing off the install of our new snowtubing lift, getting lights and snowmaking installed on the snowtubing slope, conducting a dynamic load test on the chairlift, and having the snack bar cleaned up and certified.

Here is a list from our annual progress report of things that we did get accomplished in 2009.

  • All trails including chairlift line mowed and/or hand cut
  • Damaged culverts in driveway replaced
  • Additional gravel added to driveway, major potholes fixed
  • Lighting added to parking area
  • Maintenance garage completed: siding, doors, roof, paint, and lighting
  • Complete removal of one junk mobile home
  • 500+ tires removed from the hill
  • Selective removal of trees at base area to make slopes visible from road
  • New terrain roughed in by Badger and Lower Fawn
  • Dilapidated back restrooms on lodge demolished
  • New highway signs made, ready for install
  • Two sides of lodge painted
  • Two sides of ski shop painted
  • Lodge ceiling professionally sheetrocked
  • Repaired extensive water damage in lodge bathrooms
  • Lodge roof drainage reconfigured to prevent freezing
  • Lodge furnace and oil tank repairs/upgrades
  • Lodge enclosed porch: painted, new carpet, new furniture
  • Two large windows added to lodge facing chairlift
  • Purchased snowgroomer with tri-flex tiller, much better condition than existing equipment
  • Purchased 50+ late model snowboards with step-in bindings and 100+ pr boots for rental shop
  • Purchased Bombardier rubber tracked utility vehicle with plow
  • Purchased yard/plow truck
  • Purchased 50 snowtubes with tow straps
  • Annual independent NDT inspection of chairlift grips and chair frames
  • Annual independent inspection of chairlift cable
  • Welded reinforcement/wear pads to all chair frames
  • Replaced 12 worn chairlift sheave liners
  • Replaced chairlift bullwheel liners
  • Painted chairlift top shack, added window for better visibility down lift line
  • Began painting of lift towers- over half completed
  • Survey/profile of chairlift and new handle tow by professional surveyor
  • Dynamic load test procedure for chairlift designed and written by professional engineer
  • Existing dump truck restored to running condition
  • 500 ft handle tow for snowtubing purchased, concrete work completed, lift put in place
  • Electrical work for tube lift and tube slope snowmaking & lights initiated- 600+ ft of buried 4-0 five conductor cable put in place.
  • Existing buildings relocated for use as snowtubing park shacks
  • Mobile home furnace replaced
  • New electcal service to ski shop, garage, and mobile home
  • Picnic tables painted
  • Old motocross course graded out

 


 
 

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