Learned to ski at Black and the little adjacent rope tow
Learned to ski at Black and the little adjacent rope tow
They could probably raise some scratch from a GoFundMe. Ppl love little places, myself included, and are willing to throw coin around.
Not sure a one-time infusion of cash was going to do it. Like I said above, hardly anybody skis there and without regular cash flow, you can't run a ski area.
In many ways, I dislike what Magic has become but the good ol days of about 20 mags being the only ones on the hill on a Saturday just wasn't a sustainable model.
Jeff with a G is a marketing guru and he managed to get the word out and put the "vibe" into words and now he has to limit ticket sales on most weekends with fresh snow (and holidaze). I'll take it because it beats having to hike for all my turns....
On the Friday Night Lights debacle: my recollection is that folks wouldn't pay the modest uphill fee and then wouldn't spend any money on beers and food afterward (tailgating in the lot). I can understand why they shut it down.
Lets see how this works...
https://vtdigger.org/2023/10/13/stat...ugglers-notch/
chicanes? sounds sporty... the tracker gonna love rallyin' that shit at speed.
fact.
They got the really, really smart engineers on that one.
Book your lodging early.Quote:
Originally Posted by S_jenks
https://www.wcax.com/2023/10/13/hote...solar-eclipse/
Black Mountain didn't have enough pitch to pull good skiers away from Cranmore/Wildcat/Attitash. Probably could make it with a fast lift. Beginners like those and hate fixies.
Don't sleep on Whaleback as far as small resorts go if you've never pulled off the highway to hit it seriously packs a punch for 700 ft of vert.
don’t forget, it’s 4 pass day…
Got a couple…Quote:
Originally Posted by m2711c
Got screwed.
Looks like BMONH will open this year after all. Stuart Winchester just reported this.
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That’s Raycist
Why they shuttin down the black mountain
We need reparations
correctomundoQuote:
Originally Posted by MyNameIsAugustWest
https://skiology.com/black-mountain-...ews-newsletter
Skiology as a source? Cringe..Quote:
Originally Posted by Gepeto
https://open.substack.com/pub/skiing...to-remain-open
Haven’t skied there in 30+ years but this still makes me happy. It was a throwback in the late 80s and guessing it hasn’t changed much.Quote:
Originally Posted by MyNameIsAugustWest
meh, guess I'm outta the loopQuote:
Originally Posted by vt_ski
I wonder if Entabeni wanted to show some support for independent areas after forcing some of their other area partners to drop participation in other pass products.Quote:
Originally Posted by MyNameIsAugustWest
Yeah, I was trashing them pretty hard in the Indy Pass thread. They restored some faith.
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Definitely needed some good press. Supposedly Andy Shepard who was the organizing force behind Black Mountain of Maine’s growth and Saddleback’s rebirth is involved. He won’t have Maine Winter Sports or distressed areas in Maine to draw upon.
I hope to ski there this year, will be indy-ing around the upstate Jan/Feb
12 paks of cat rides at big moose now on sale for $250.
https://2023-sponsorship-opportuniti...33IRCtybzSgaYg
That’s pretty cool. With the reopened ski runs going to be fun. I am definitely going back for a few days touring this Winter. Was my home mountain as a child. Even Greg Stump would have told you the best freestylers were at Squaw.
it snowed. that's cool.
:yourock:
https://www.killington.com/the-mount.../superstar-cam
looks like someone is making it snow right now…