Brattleboro Ski Hill Snowmaker Fund Reports On Developments

The Brattleboro Ski Hill Snowmaker Fund has reported on recent developments. they say:

As you read this, skiing and snowboarding may not be top of mind. We are blessed to beable to enjoy our amazing Vermont summers, which while fleeting - enable us to hike, swim,kayak and enjoy the truly Green Mountains.

While the ski hill board enjoys the same things, we are also hard at work preparing for nextyear. As you may know, last year we underwent significant capital improvements to build anew pumphouse. To all those who donated to the capital campaign, we can't thank youenough. Your generosity helped to allow us to do some amazing things at our little ski hill,including:

Ski earlier than expected (even with lackluster snow)…starting on Christmas Eve!
Ski 68days (or over 425skiing/riding hours)
Turn approximately 6,750,000gallons of water into glorious snow (for you mathnerds, that’s the product of 450hours of snowmaking with a pump delivering 250gallons per minute).

Contribute to some amazing events:

Thursday night ski lessons
The Brattleboro World Cup ski/snowboard race
Family Fun Day
Season Closing Pond Skim (did we mention snowmaking? Because without it, we’dhave no pond (or water) to skim!)
Enable us to help our friends and neighbors at Harris Hill Nordic to make snow ontheir junior ski jump

This year, we again ask for your support...despite the herculean efforts of our all-volunteercrew, our infrastructure and equipment continue to age. As you likely have witnessed werun three early 90's era Lenko Northwind fan guns (as a side note, although these guns areold - they are efficient in snowmaking terms...they are "water only"guns. These utilizesignificantly less energy than the more common water/compressed air guns you see atmany mountains). Unfortunately, our equipment is getting very old, tired and expensive to maintain. As of this writing, we are down to two operable units and need to make asignificant capital investment in additional equipment.
Our number one focus at the moment is to be able to provide the level of skiing andriding next season as we just did, but without a third (or ideally a fourth or fifth) gun,this won't be possible.

To be as fiscally responsible as possible, we are exclusively looking at the used snowmakermarket. By the time you read this, there is a good chance that our team has traveled to anumber of smaller hills in New England (largely Massachusetts and Connecticut) to scopeout used equipment. While certainly a fraction of the price of new, it is very common tohave the price of a single, operating fan gun be $8-10k. In a perfect world, we would have4-5fan guns available...this would allow for simultaneous operation to build a base of snowfaster and allow more consistent skiing and riding. It would also allow keeping a unit in"reserve capacity"should another unit have a mechanical issue.

While we have continued to maintain a low-cost opportunity for skiing and snowboardingfor the last 26years, it is the support from the community we serve that allows us the honorof doing this. If it is within your financial reach, we ask that you consider a targeteddonation to our Snowmaker Campaign. Every dollar raised will be used directly for theacquisition of quality, used snowmaking equipment.

If you would prefer to make a donation by mail, cash or checks payable to LMPSS, Inc. canbe sent to PO Box 1945, Brattleboro, VT 05302. Donors interested in matching donationsor who have other fundraising ideas can email us at [E-Mail ausgeblendet]. Donations canalso be made through Paypal on our website.

Our mission:

Brattleboro Ski Hill, operated by the volunteer Board of Directors for Living Memorial ParkSnow Sports, Inc., focuses on providing quality, affordable, and beautiful skiing andsnowboarding to our community's youth. Keeping children and teens busy with snow sportskeeps them motivated and active. Operating as a Non-Profit 501(c) (3) and only withvolunteers makes us unique to other areas like ours. We offer a Lift Ticket for only $5.00.

Thank You.
The Brattleboro Ski Hill Board (and Snowmakers!)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-brattleboro-ski-hill-snowmaker-fund