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OCTOBER 11 - 17, 2019
VOLUME 8 ISSUE 41
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TIMES The official Newspaper of the Village of Ellicottville, the Town of Ellicottville, Ellicottville Central Schools and the Towns of East Otto. Great Valley and Mansfield, NewYork
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Holiday Valley announces $3.3 million in upgrades Photo courtesy Holiday Valley Holiday Valley Resort is currently undergoing $3.3 million in upgrades for the 2019-20 winter season. The upgrades include 107 new HKD snow guns. Shown are some automated snow guns making snow early in a previous ski season.
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the guns can automatically and individually adjust to changes. The result is a greater quantity and better quality of snow made, using less energy. A new Pisten Bully 600 winch cat grooming machine has been added to the grooming crew’s fleet. The machine has a blade for moving large quantities of snow and a tiller to smooth out the surface like other groomers, but it also has a rotating arm with a winch cable that attaches to an anchor point at the top of the slope. This allows the winch cat to groom uphill on steeper terrain resulting in a smoother, more See Holiday Valley, page 11
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Mistletoe, Independence, Boomerang, Shamrock and Northwind runs. Now, with 351 automated snowguns and almost 800 total snowmaking guns, Holiday Valley has the largest and most powerful HKD automated snowmaking system on the East Coast. Automation has the advantage of quick startups and shutdowns, so even if favorable snowmaking temperatures exist for just a couple of hours, the system can make snow efficiently. In addition, the automated snowmaking system has weather stations that monitor temperature and humidity, so
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With the first snowfall of the year likely only a few weeks away, officials at Holiday Valley already had the white stuff in mind this summer as the resort worked to prepare the slopes for the upcoming ski season. Holiday Valley recently announced it is undergoing $3.3 million in upgrades for the 2019-20 winter season. Dennis Eshbaugh, president of Holiday Valley, said the skiers and riders of all ages and abilities will see improvements that will make their visit more enjoyable. “As an independent resort, we are very proud of what we have been able to accomplish in our 62-year history,” he said. “Together with this year’s
projects, we have reinvested over $135 million in the resort over the past 25 years.” This year’s improvements to the resort include expanded snowmaking, a new groomer, glade improvements, a new website and a redesigned cafeteria. “Holiday Valley has the most snowmaking guns available in Western New York,” said Jane Eshbaugh, director of marketing. “The new guns we are putting in this year are not automated, at this point, but will be part of the automated system in the future.” The resort’s powerful snowmaking system was expanded with 107 new HKD low energy Impulse snow guns. These were installed on the Bear Cub, Maple Leaf, Falcon, Champagne,
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