ECOSIGN MOUNTAIM RESORT PLANNERS Overview: Considered one of the most experienced mountain resort planning firms in the world, with a portfolio of over 450 projects across 47 countries - Expertise: Specializes in creating profitable, successful, and award-winning resorts. Their work includes designing competition venues for multiple Olympic Winter Games - Services: Provides comprehensive ski area design, including master planning and aerial lift system planning You can also contact the NSAA for vendor references. Keep in mind that the NSAA has a “vendor agnostic” policy. TUBING PARKS
Tubing parks (hills) have become increasingly popular as an adjunct to skiing and snowboarding. Tubing allows non- skiers/riders to participate in snow venue activities. Tubing is particularly popular as a nighttime activity. Lighting requirements are less technical, but remain critical for safety and comfort. Unless the tubing area is intended for multi-purpose evening applications, overall lighting levels can be as low as a 5 lux (~0.5 fc). Some operators are interested in multi-color or seasonal color lighting; red and green for Christmas or changing colors for special effects. Supplemental LED color fixtures are best suited for adding these features because they can easily and quickly be adjusted for different hues. However, it is important to avoid direct high-intensity colored LED enhancement due to potential blinding effects. Colored lighting is not good for lane illumination. Lighting plans depend mostly upon hill width. Typical tubing lanes are between 6 and 8 feet wide (1.8m – 2.5m). Multi-rider or “tandem” lanes might be 10 feet wide (~3m). Lane separations can range from 1 to 2 feet. A ten-lane hill would be approximately 100 feet wide, which can easily be illuminated using a wide-angle (spread) floodlight from one side. Up to 250-foot widths can be accommodated from a
single side. Mounting fixtures along a magic carpet or rope tow doubles the utility for illuminating the hill and its access. Pole separations can be approximately 150 feet (~46m) with at least 10 feet (~3m) of offset from the first lane to isolate poles from the course. Poles should be padded for safety. The illustration displays a 200-foot (~52m) area with 200-foot pole separations, side-on- side. Pole heights are 30 feet (~9m) above grade. This site selected 300-watt Snow-Bright™
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