Why do you leave some snowmaking trails ungroomed? Why not make snow and then groom it right out so we have nice flat packed powder?
When we are trying to make enough snow to open a trail or add significant depth to a trail we make a tremendous amount of snow with the bulk landing in concentrated piles. Typically the snow used to open or rebuild a trail has more water content. (if we try to make pure dry powder, it does not stick together as well to provide a good foundation and powder tends to blow around or away!) Once the snow lands in a pile, any extra water content starts to drain with gravity. We try to let snowmaking trails sit and drain for a period of time ( if possible), to allow any excess water to drain, resulting in a drier and better final product. So, we want it to stick together initially, then dry out a bit…
