Putting into operation a new system for artificial snow worth 218 million dinars, yesterday opened the Kopaoniku winter season. Symbolically, promotional race was opened by the Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic, who had that opportunity to ski among the first ones across Karaman greben.
          Dinkic stressed that he is very satisfied because "our winter beauty finally has a system for artificial snow, that way we will not depend on the weather conditions."
          "The system for artificial snow works on three tracks - Karaman greden 1 and 2 and Pancic vrh" he said and pointed out that the next year the whole Kopaonik should be covered by the system for artificial snow.
          Time needed for covering ski tracks with snow in Kopaonik is 72 hours; in the function will be old system, which will be combined with the new one. New artificial snow-making system has 47 pillar devices for the production of artificial snow, three mobile cannons, ten combined coal-pits on the new bar and 40 port places on the route of the old system. Fixed posts are in the network system in which is five kilometers underground installation that pulls out the water from the artificial reservoir "Mali Karaman”.
          Until March 2009, at the Kopaoniku should be finished building a new four seat lift Gobelji, which will be able to transport 2,400 skiers per hour.

Source:  Blic