How Do You Tube In The Summer?
February 25, 2009How Summer Tubing Works
This is a question I am being asked frequently these days from both customers and employees. Summer tubing or dry tubing works almost the same as snow tubing.
A peice of sheeting is fastened to the slope. The edges of the sheeting are raised and the centers are slightly lower to help keep the tubes and their riders on track just like snow tubing. The tracks and or sheeting are made from low friction synthetic carpets, called Tubby tracks. The carpets or sheeting have the same slippery properties as snow. The tubes used on the slopes in the winter have an added shell lining attached to the underside to help them glide down the track. That is how Summer tubing works.
Europe Summer Skiing
In Europe Summer skiing is popular using the same technique. More and more North American ski and snow tube locations are using tubing to increase off season revenues. Ski Roundtop will have tubing as only one of several features offered in the Mountain Adventures Park.
When will the Summer work start and is there any work in between now and Summer for me. Can I be full time?
Hi Jason,
We do not have all the answers just yet and will be having a meeting on Friday to answer many of the questions that are being asked about staffing. We plan to open for the Summer in mid-May on weekends then go to 5 days a week in June. Stop in at the office and pick up an application. The employee deadline is March 14th.
You need to post a video of the OGO ball in action! This should help promotion.
The photo on this webpage appears to be the tubing hill at Massanutten resort.
I think you are right Jeff, it is Massanutten resort. At Ski Roundtop we have not built our Summer tubing yet so we used this photo because everyone was asking how to Summer tube. At this time we are clearing the snow off of the Winter tubing runs and will start the building process for Summer tubing and Ogo Ball as soon as the runs dry out a bit.