Orientation of the Pipe
Halfpipes should face South. This is the ideal as it is warm for the competitors
and the viewing public and it offers the best light for photographers. It
is however, an orientation that requires more work and maintenance as the
walls receive even sunlight and tend to melt faster.
The North orientation offers more durability and less maintenance, but it
will be a cold and inhospitable place where few will want to ride and where
the walls remain hard and icy.
The East and West scenarios for pipe orientation have limited potential because
one wall remains in the sun and the other shadows. This forces maintenance
on one wall that is consistently getting soft and mushy, while the other
wall remains icy. These orientations are to be avoided if possible.
Other significant orientation problems include depressions in the slope,
the nearness of trees that cause shadows, icy spots, and areas that are windblown
or windswept that cause the pipe to be unbearably cold and icy.
Foundation # 4:
Work/Expense
of Halfpipe Construction
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