25-03-2025
Pump House Burns to Ground at New York Ski Area
Disaster of the 1983 Talking Heads variety struck at Holiday Mountain in New York over the winds took a utility pole down onto the ski area's snowmaking pump house, which held three large transformers. The impact of the utility pole caused the transformers to spark and ultimately start a fire in the pump house. Luckily, the Rock Hill Fire Department and New York State Electric and Gas company shut the active power lines off quickly so firefighters could get to the building and put the fire out, but not before it caused extensive building to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly with the three transformers, the pump house was also home to all of the new snowmaking controls and pumps the ski area has installed over the last two years and a generator, which caught on fire as well. Thankfully, no one was injured in the or click below to watch the video from Holiday Mountain.
Holiday Mountain posted a video of the fire and firefighting efforts to social media. The posted noted that despite the damage, they were thankful it happened in March and not December, which would have had significant impact on snowmaking efforts and the ski season. "Thank you @rockhillfd and @ for limiting our damage and saving the day! Just another growing-pain hiccup, rebuilding plans are in the works, calls to the controls manufacturers to get things moving since in 9 months it'll be go-time to pump out snow once again!" said the post. The resort is already planning to rebuild so that snowmaking equipment will be ready ahead of next season. Holiday Mountain celebrated the end of its season last weekend with a St. Patrick's Day party. Rock Hill Fire Department also helped out at the event's pond skim by pulling skiers who didn't make it across the pond out of the icy water.
