I think they’re beautiful all lit up with the snowmakers going. It’s quite a sight Agreed. Many a time I'd be in the base hotel, looking up at the magnificent mountain at night out the window, watching as the SnowCats and SnowMakers did their thing in preparation for the next morning ... tiny little lights and puffs of powder way up there on the mountain doing their thing ... it really *is* a kinda beautiful sight :)
As a former Groomer I also have to agree. It's the best ski bum job you can get. Work 1/2 the night operating a finely-tuned, 1/4 million dollar machine, know where all the best powder stashes and freshly groomed corduroy are, get up early (or stay up) and poach the good stashes all morning before the pedestrians can find them, go back to bed until evening, then eat and repeat.
Oh, to be young again.....