Berkshire East - 2/20/05 (Was: Jiminy Peak Gathering (2/19) Roll Call)

[Greg]

The Jiminy Peak Gathering is set for Saturday, February 19. Please reply to this thread if you are definitely planning to attend. We need to try to get as close to 20 people as possible to get the group rate.

A few open items that can be discussed in this thread include

1. Skiing ability. Are we going to want to try to group people with similar skiing abilities to ski together?
2. Meeting place/time. There is a pine tree in the middle of Jiminy's "mini-village" right at the top of the stairs. There are benches in this area and it's a good place to meet. The lifts begin turning at 8:30 AM on Saturdays. Is an 8 AM meet time reasonable?
3. Group rate lift tickets. We need twenty people to qualify for the group rate ($35). Once I have a handle on how many people plan to go, I'll get in touch with my contact at the mountain to figure out the procedure here. If you plan to bring others with you, please indicate the total in your party.
4. Anything else?

I will definitely be going on the 19th.

[bvibert]

I'll be there.

[Charlie Schuessler]

See you there...
By the way, when do you want the $$$?

[Greg]

Originally Posted by Charlie Schuessler

By the way, when do you want the $$$?

We'll work all that out once I have a handle on how many are coming.

[bvibert]

We only have 3 so far? Where's everyone else that voted in the polls??

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

We only have 3 so far? Where's everyone else that voted in the polls??

One other member PM'd me and indicated he'll know if he's going on Monday. Eight people voted in the date poll so I hope we can get at least that many, and if anyone wants to bring family/friends that's fine as it will get us closer to twenty.

For the Bostonions, Jiminy is only about 2 1/2 hours (mostly Mass Pike). Also, how about our New York brethren? You're partly the reason we selected a second more Southerly event...

[GadgetRick]

My wife and I will be attending. We are coming up Friday night and staying until Sunday. Not sure I'll need a group ticket, however, as I may either get a ticket with a room or be comped as a patroller.

Thanks.

[Greg]

Well, it looks like it's me, bvibert, GadgetRick (and wife) so far. I'm on a comp ticket and it looks like GadgetRick may be all set so we only need one ticket for bvibert. So much for the group rate... Is anyone else going to try to make it? There was a lot of enthusiasm here initially...

[riverc0il]

i am going to try to make it but i don't want to prepay for a ticket. i'd rather pay a little extra than be locked in and risk not being able to make it if a bad storm rolls through or something else comes up. additionally, if the north country gets a dump i can't guarantee i won't bail in search of powder at my favorite haunts.

[Greg]

Originally Posted by riverc0il

i am going to try to make it but i don't want to prepay for a ticket. i'd rather pay a little extra than be locked in and risk not being able to make it if a bad storm rolls through or something else comes up. additionally, if the north country gets a dump i can't guarantee i won't bail in search of powder at my favorite haunts.

Awesome! We may not be in a position to prepay for group rate tickets anyway. In any event, it would be great to finally meet you Steve, as you've been an AZ supporter since Day 1!