Alton Bay Winter Carnival/Ice Airport

upthesaukee · 01-24-2011, 07:25 PM

I have a feeling that the reports I have heard about there being ice, with snow over the top, then slush from the rain and then snow on top of the slush. They spent the better part of a day plowing the parking area, but wanted to get a larger truck to do the lead plowing on the runway.

I know that there was a problem with the boat ramp not frozen well due to the circulators by the swimming area.

Bottom line, the runway still is not plowed.

robmac · 01-24-2011, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the update,most important is Paul and crew are safe when they begin building the runway. Once again I want to thank them for all of their efforts and look forward to seeing them on the ice.

Iceguy · 01-24-2011, 09:56 PM

Well we made another attempt to plow the runway. No luck. just to much slush and water. it gets to heavy to push . You would think it would freeze up with the cold temps we have had. The snow layer on top is insulating it.Tomorrow we will try again we may try something different.At least the parking area and ramp are ok!We will keep trying.I hope we don't get to mutch more snow on wed.

trfour · 01-24-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceguy

Well we made another attempt to plow the runway. No luck. just to much slush and water. it gets to heavy to push . You would think it would freeze up with the cold temps we have had. The snow layer on top is insulating it.Tomorrow we will try again we may try something different.At least the parking area and ramp are ok!We will keep trying.I hope we don't get to mutch more snow on wed.

On the airport runway section, it was easy to see the problem that you were having...

The Cam has been inaccessible since.
The ice was doing so well that I started my snowdance, however, I will cut it back to let you catch up! By All Means, the airport runway comes first!!
Best of luck and to another Great Year there at the Alton bay Fly-In!

Thanks for your hard work, Iceguy!!

Terry
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Rattlesnake Gal · 01-26-2011, 09:51 AM

Alton friends of ours are looking for a bed to enter into the race. Does anyone have one they are looking to get rid of?
Thanks!
RG

nhd · 01-26-2011, 05:08 PM

Our camera is down due to computer issues. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.

Senter Cove Guy · 01-27-2011, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by nhd

Our camera is down due to computer issues. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.

The Wolfecam has been down for more than 6 months. Any hope of getting that one fixed as well?

01-24-2011, 07:25 PM	#1
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,616 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,483 Thanked 1,988 Times in 1,088 Posts	still not plowed I have a feeling that the reports I have heard about there being ice, with snow over the top, then slush from the rain and then snow on top of the slush. They spent the better part of a day plowing the parking area, but wanted to get a larger truck to do the lead plowing on the runway. I know that there was a problem with the boat ramp not frozen well due to the circulators by the swimming area. Bottom line, the runway still is not plowed. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

01-24-2011, 09:56 PM	#3
Iceguy Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Alton Bay, NH Posts: 28 Thanks: 1 Thanked 19 Times in 4 Posts	alton bay airport Well we made another attempt to plow the runway. No luck. just to much slush and water. it gets to heavy to push . You would think it would freeze up with the cold temps we have had. The snow layer on top is insulating it.Tomorrow we will try again we may try something different.At least the parking area and ramp are ok!We will keep trying.I hope we don't get to mutch more snow on wed.

01-26-2011, 09:51 AM	#5
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,455 Thanked 1,357 Times in 476 Posts	Looking for a Bed for the Race Alton friends of ours are looking for a bed to enter into the race. Does anyone have one they are looking to get rid of? Thanks! RG

01-26-2011, 05:08 PM	#6
nhd Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 39 Thanks: 18 Thanked 53 Times in 15 Posts	Camera at Spencer Hughes/Alton Our camera is down due to computer issues. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.

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01-24-2011, 08:26 PM	#2
robmac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashua,Meredith Posts: 950 Thanks: 213 Thanked 106 Times in 81 Posts	Thanks for the update,most important is Paul and crew are safe when they begin building the runway. Once again I want to thank them for all of their efforts and look forward to seeing them on the ice.

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