24 Hour Event 2008

Wachusett Mountain

24 Hour Event 2008

Feb 29 - Mar 1

Top Of A when the lights were out

so the 24 hour event at wachusett was a while ago, but i have been pretty busy. i was only able to take 1 picture. nothing special, but it explains the night. for the most part it was a quiet night for me. for the mountain... it was REALLY BUSY!!!! the mountain was packed all night, and there were lift lines all night, until the mountain had to close at 7:00 because of lift problems.



the beginning of the night was quiet, only a couple of accadents. the first major problem the mountain had was at about 11:00. all the lights on the mountain shut off. it took a little while to get them back on, but the bottom of connifer connection (8) had half the lights off all night. it was kind of wierd, but the lack of lights did not cause any big problems.



at about 6:00, the summit lift (B) stopped completely. we did not know what happened, and neither did the lifty at the top. she called over and asked if we saw a flash before the lift stopped. i thought i did and was right. they unloaded the lift on the diesel, and started to figure out the problem. they blew the transformer that made the lift go. so they shut all the power off to the entire mountain at 6:45, so we swept and closed the moutnain. while waiting for them to figure out the problem, i fixed the ramp at the summit, and learned how to operate the lift. it was fun.



the patrollers that were there and working were john Frost, Jeff Morris, Me, and i want to say dave? oh yeah and bill brooks >.< that guy messed up some stuff, causing us some trouble. tucker was also there, but he wore a normal coat and carried a radio. he got to play all night, but saved us when we needed a back board on ralphs (1). over all it was a long night, but it was kind of cool to see the sunrise from the top of the mountain in the winter.