Is the alpental becon park running?

We did some practice at the alpy beacon park this past sunday. Thought it wasn't running at first, so we were just putting one beacon in a plastic bag, burying it then making the other find it. But while we were doing that we picked up signals for at least 2 other beacons a 100 or so yards up the hill from the control box.

I'm pretty sure the beacons in the beacon field system are not emitting a signal until you activate the system and select a difficulty level from the control box. Last I saw, that box had an "out of service" sign on it. Would really like to see this fixed and made available.

Funding the Alpental Beacon Park and its operation during snow season is a high priority of the Pettigrew Foundation ( www.pettigrewfoundation.com/ ) but some of the electronics have failed and are due in a few weeks. That's the news I have heard.

Any update on an ETA for when the beacon park will be up and running again?

Just checked. Control box isn't there. Slope is compacted?


Hopefully soon?

Should be working now

I took the Vert Fest terrain selection class last Sunday with Stimbuck and Gib (awesome guys!). I asked Stimbuck about this and he said that they were waiting on a failed electrical part to show up from Europe, and that it should be arriving very soon for the electrician to install. He said he'd post a notice on TAY when it was up and running - hopefully soon if not already by now.