Boyne Snowmaking: Making Winter When Mother Nature Fails
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Sure, Mother Nature can make beautiful stuff.
She'll wow you when you wake up to a lovely few inches of glittering flakes as rare and precious as diamonds. But Mother Nature is an unpredictable and sometimes temperamental creature. She'll tease you and taunt you with a mid-October four inches of surprise powder that will urge you to trade your shorts and t-shirts for snow scrapers and ice melt. And then she'll follow up with a November that feels a little more like a June, leaving you sweating in your preemptively-donned snowsuit.
But, when Mother Nature fails to provide, it is mankind that steps in.
Man, coupled with machine, tames and harnesses Mother Nature's processes to create winter. He utilizes the same raw ingredients as Mother Nature--water, air, and energy--to produce a winter that he can rely on. After years of growing frustration with Mother Nature's untimeliness, a tool was invented to control what no man previously could.
Invented in 1950, the snow cannon could blast a mid-February sized supply of man-made snow. Soon after, Boyne Mountain began experimenting with the snowmaking process, even patenting their own Boyne Snowmaker which was six times more energy-efficient than most systems. While other snow guns could make snow at 28°F degrees, Boyne could make snow at 30°F.
Like mathematicians correcting a difficult equation, the Boyne Mountain Snowmaking Crew has perfected the process of snowmaking over many years to reach more complex, precise and efficient capacities. Boyne recently unveiled a new and improved snow gun called the Boyne Low-E Fan, which makes better snow, is easier and less expensive to use, and makes more snow faster with little water wasted in the process. The crew starts the process with a reservoir of water which is then forced through a pipeline up the mountain. The water is allotted to a series of valves and pipes to the areas where snow is needed.
Next, the Boyne Mountain crew adds air. In the old days, Boyne added air to their snow guns with a huge, military-grade compressor, affectionately known as "Big Bertha," that could be heard all over Boyne City. However, today the Boyne Low-E Fan Guns take air from twin screw style compressors which save energy and completes the perfect formula at a much quieter level. Now that the process is complete, the Boyne Mountain Snowmaking Crew steps back to let the magic happen. Heavy duty snow flies through the air and falls to the ground, piling up on those dainty little flakes that Mother Nature left.
While Mother Nature can gift us with unique, magical flecks that float down from the sky, she does not always supply enough to feed the hunger for hefty loads of snow that winter-lovers require. It is then that the Boyne Mountain crew steps in heroically to rescue the season. Thank you, Boyne Mountain Snowmaking Crew!
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FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> When Bohemia meets Boyne, something magical happens. ✨ Shredding the last snow of the season with our favorite powder hounds. 🤝 #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> 🏔️❄️ VICTOR'S LAST STAND! 🏂⛷️
THE END IS HERE! Victor's magnificent glacier is taking its final bow this weekend, May 17-18 from 9am-1pm. After an incredible extended season, this is absolutely your LAST CHANCE to make skiing history before it all melts away!
Hit the Halfway House between final runs, then help us go out with a BANG at Saturday's BOHO BASH celebration. Morning powder turns, afternoon festival vibes - the perfect sendoff to an unforgettable season! Thank you to our monumental crew for keeping the season alive. 💙 #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan🏔️❄️ VICTOR'S LAST STAND! 🏂⛷️
THE END IS HERE! Victor's magnificent glacier is taking its final bow this weekend, May 17-18 from 9am-1pm. After an incredible extended season, this is absolutely your LAST CHANCE to make skiing history before it all melts away!
Hit the Halfway House between final runs, then help us go out with a BANG at Saturday's BOHO BASH celebration. Morning powder turns, afternoon festival vibes - the perfect sendoff to an unforgettable season! Thank you to our monumental crew for keeping the season alive. 💙
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> WEEKLY GLACIER CHECK: Victor's still showing up for work when everyone else called in for summer! Our glacier meter confirms - spring turns are ON for this weekend's Boho Bash. 💥🏂
Saturday's lineup:
⛷️ Morning Slush Rush: Boho passholders ski FREE at Boyne Mountain from 9am-1pm
🌊 Afternoon Splash Bash: Pool takeover at Clock Tower Lodge (2-4pm) for ALL Boho and Boyne Michigan passholders
🍕 Beats & Eats: DJ dropping tracks on Stein's patio + FREE PIZZA (Thanks, Lonie!)
🏄♂️ BONUS: First 100 Boho passholders score FREE Avalanche Bay day passes for their 20th birthday weekend!
Sunday:
🏂 Still riding 9am-1pm #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> Swimsuits? Boring. We're rocking ski boots in May. 🎿🤝
Victor Glacier is still delivering the goods when other mountains are just memories. #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> 🏔️ GLACIER UPDATE: Victor's still showing off! 💪
We've lost a couple feet but there's plenty of snow left for amazing spring turns this weekend.
⏰ Open Saturday & Sunday: 9am-1pm
➡️ Skier's right: Four park features
⬅️ Skier's left: The Wiggle
🌸 In honor of Mother's Day, we're offering FREE skiing for all moms on Sunday (redeemable at the ticket window).
☀️ Weather's looking perfect for those spring turns and halfway house hangouts.#boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> Two pups, one mission: ensure Victor is in tip-top shape for you.
Bruce and Sprocket take their mountain responsibilities very seriously (in between snow zoomies). 🐾❄️ #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> Pushing past impossible. Weekend turns await on the Victor Glacier. 🏂⛷️ #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> Two sports, one day, zero regrets. The Hemlock Open: where we transition from snow spray to divot clay with nothing but a quick wardrobe change and unwavering determination. ⛷️🏌️
Congratulations to all the two-terrain champions who proved versatility is the ultimate sporting superpower. #boynemountain #snowphotos #golfphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> May-be we're crazy, but when Victor Glacier is still 10 feet deep, we call it seizing the moment. 🙌 Park features on Skier's right for the airtime addicts, Wiggle intact for the flow seekers.🏂 May riding at Boyne Mountain: because we can. 😎
Slope hours: Saturday & Sunday 9am-1pm #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> When others fold, Boyne holds! Thanks Mount Bohemia for the shoutout - your 314 inches of natural snow is truly impressive! 🏅
Our snowmaking team has worked magic to keep Victor and Ramshead open into May. Spring skiing isn't always pretty, but the diehards know - any day on snow beats a day off snow. Weekends only until the snow waves the white flag! 💙🏂 #boynemountain #mountbohemia #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> Spring riding is ON at Boyne Mountain. ☀️❄️
239 acres, 5 lifts spinning, and a freshly rebuilt park this weekend. Let's go! 🏂 #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
FROM Boyne Mountain Resort >> While you dream about tomorrow's hits, we're out perfecting them. 😴🏂 #boynemountain #snowphotos #boynemountainsnow #SkiMichigan
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Snowmaking at Boyne Highlands - Photos - 2018
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