When the leak was discovered on the access road just up the hill from the Wheeler Brook Apartments, snowmaking operations were immediately shutdown, Sugarbush and town repair crews were mobilized and a 20-foot section of the access road was closed. Sugarbush contracted with Kingsbury Construction and G. W. Tatro to assist with the project, and the town of Warren contributed essential resources during the repair/reconstruction process.
Such leaks are not uncommon during the initial start-up of a ski area's snowmaking systems, according to Sugarbush officials.
"The start-up time is when the pipes are under the most pressure and sometimes a pipe will crack," said resort president Win Smith. "Thankfully such incidents are infrequent. If there was an upside to last Friday's repair, it's how well our teams and the town of Warren responded and worked together.
"This repair could have taken a lot longer than it did had the town (of Warren) not been so generous in lending a dump truck and personnel to the effort. They also allowed us to use their fill site which was a huge time saver," continued Smith.
The pipe was repaired by Saturday evening and snowmaking operations restarted on Sunday. The Sugarbush Access Road reopened Sunday morning.
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