Can't remember which station it was but the Winterplace radio ad was talking about how good their manmade snow was by saying it was powdery Colorado quality snow. Look, I'll grant that manmade snow has gotten much, much better over the years. Heck, in some cases (like for durability) it's superior to natural snow. However, it is not powdery, and it definitely not what I would consider "Colorado" quality.

BTW, I know this is a lame topic but with this weather we might as well discuss something.

Maybe Wintergreen is referring to the snow as it comes out of the blowers ... before it lands on the soggy icy base? The conditions are bad enough, without some weeny overcrowded, overpriced hump (hill is too strong a word) trying to con me. It just p-words me off!
I wonder if we can call them on the truth in advertising bit? How dare they take advantage of our suffering! As I recall the advert doesn't indicate how many runs they have open .. I expect that would be a very interesting number! I mean how much could they have open when even Snowshoe has almost all black and blue runs shut down and Seven Springs is in about the same shape.

BTW .. heard ad on WTOP about as many times per hour as the Melwood one! Me thinks Wintergreen is getting desperate?

Well, just looked at Wintergreen's web site and the trail report is amazing! Basically 1 long green, 1 short green and 1 short blue. For that they are charging the bargain weekend ticket of $36 instead of $50 ... what a deal!!!

http://www.wintergreenresort.com/ski/ski_report.asp

Wasn't the original poster referring to Winterplace, not Wintergreen?

Although i agree $36.00 to ski what is currently available at Wintergreen is pretty steep.

I was referring to Winterplace. I'd like to meet the clown who wrote the copy for that ad. He could talked about their great snowmaking system, but the powdery Colorado description was just too much.

On a similair topic I'd probably get ticked at Snowshoe for advertising a 1500 vertical drop.

Its true snow coming out of a gun is VA is the same as that coming out of the guns in CO. Come on! Everyone in VA know snow doesn't just fall from the sky.

actually, if you'd read-up on the snowmaking faq on this site you'd discover that it's entirely possible to make powder. It's just resorts opt not to because it's a waste of snow, energy, resources, and time. Seriously, if it's low humidity cold day and you make the snow mixture very dry (ie, a lot of cold air, almost no water) you will make powder.