03-04-2015, 06:53 PM
Gypsy, The temperature is not the limiting factor in snow on the mountain. the lack of water is.
The fact is that there is no water source up on the summit (other than the water in lake Waiau...but I am guessing no one would think of using that for a snow making source), all of the water used at altitude must be trucked in (by a beastly 4WD water haulin' truck!) so most likely the sheer expense haul enough water to then be made into snow, added to the power to run the snow making equipment would make it really high stakes expense snow (plus it is tough for workers to be doing the work at the upper elevations...)
The fact is that there is no water source up on the summit (other than the water in lake Waiau...but I am guessing no one would think of using that for a snow making source), all of the water used at altitude must be trucked in (by a beastly 4WD water haulin' truck!) so most likely the sheer expense haul enough water to then be made into snow, added to the power to run the snow making equipment would make it really high stakes expense snow (plus it is tough for workers to be doing the work at the upper elevations...)