{"id":40,"date":"2019-03-05T17:35:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/?p=40"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:28:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:28:41","slug":"march-its-aliiiiiiiive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/2019\/03\/05\/march-its-aliiiiiiiive\/","title":{"rendered":"March: It&#8217;s aliiiiiiiive!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The snow pile is alive and gigantic! Since last summer, the COC has built infrastructure to support snow making down in the pit including a water pipeline, and the installation of three snow guns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/snowfanguns-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"47\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/?attachment_id=47\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/snowfanguns-1.png 974w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/snowfanguns-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/snowfanguns-1-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><figcaption>Fan guns beginning to create snow<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190211_111617-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"49\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/?attachment_id=49\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190211_111617-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190211_111617-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190211_111617-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The piles after fan guns have been creating snow for a while! <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past week or so, the Craftsbury Outdoors Center has pumped water down to airless snow guns to create snow. Snow falls into three large piles and then is broken up, pushed around, and shaped by Excavators and their Piston Bulley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/Excavator-snow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43\" width=\"546\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/Excavator-snow.png 974w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/Excavator-snow-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/Excavator-snow-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><figcaption>The breaking and reshaping of the snow pile. Photo credit: Paul Bierman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/excavator2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/excavator2.png 974w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/excavator2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/excavator2-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><figcaption>Excavator closeup. Photo credit: Paul Bierman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, a 9300 cubic meter pile sits in a large pit. That\u2019s\n45 times larger than our piles last year! We\u2019re now going to let the pile\ncompact before covering it sometime in spring with wood chips. The denser it\nis, the more challenging it is to melt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190303_142949-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190303_142949-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190303_142949-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/snowstor\/files\/2019\/11\/20190303_142949-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>I sit atop the snow pile, for scale, after scanning it. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The snow pile is alive and gigantic! Since last summer, the COC has built infrastructure to support snow making down in the pit including a water pipeline, and the installation of three snow guns. Over the past week or so, the Craftsbury Outdoors Center has pumped water down to airless snow guns to create snow. 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