Recent content by Keelhauled

Yea but we're not in summer yet, it's the shoulder season, and not the one with pretty trees either. It's not like they can just move up the start of biking, and vacation season hasn't started yet, so the revenue is from skiing or nothing. If skier traffic is underperforming their projections...

I don't know where the difference came from, but compared to last year, similarly back-loaded in terms of snow, the people never showed up this year even when the snow finally did (and they sure didn't show up in the first half either). I absolutely believe that Killington/Powdr are deciding to...

Yea, I was going to say, I was driving through eastern NY today and it looks the same as VT, just with billboards.

Having a high base area is sort of a problem when it comes to water. There's only so much flow to begin with in the brook below timberline, and in extended cold stretches it can lock up so much they can't draw from it at all.

You just have to know how to interpret them. For example, if you read something like "looks like the chance for some wet snow overnight that could briefly transition to light rain, leading to soft conditions great for carving tomorrow," what they are really trying to say is "it's gonna fuckin...

I still do not have power in central VT, their estimate is tomorrow afternoon for restoration. Lot of down trees and branches, I had to cut one up that was blocking a state highway this morning. The only saving grace is it was warm enough today that most of the snow came off, so hopefully it...

I just feel bad for whoever rented the place today. Oof.

Yea I know that's true now, my opinion is that MRG is harbinger of what will become more universal in the near future. It doesn't matter how much pipe you have if you don't get the temperature to utilize it cost effectively. MRG used to have reliable snow by Christmas, but no more. We all used...

With the changing of the weather I don't think this is likely, and not just because of Vail. IMO if you're not a destination resort, Christmas week is going to be a poor time to commit money to, it has become too early to count on being able to make snow earlier in the month to prepare and not...

I would actually not assume that, unfortunately.

You guys are totally right, we all should definitely make less snow because the winters are so reliably cold and snowy these days that there's no possible chance of a thaw washing away any of the natural base.

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go past" - Douglas Adams Magic Mountain.

Yes, that is how it works all the time for road maintenance and repairs. Are you under the impression it ordinarily takes an Act 250 permit put down hardpack? When a culvert failed on 89 in Richmond last year they had crews starting work two days after the sinkhole appeared. It took a while to...

It was a flood, not nuclear warfare...we don't have food or gas shortages or such. No particular reason for people to stay away as long as they realize there will probably still be road closures here and there through the end of the week.

The federal government paid almost 90% of the repair costs after Irene. The state would never have been able to rebuild so effectively without the promise of federal disaster aid. Neither public road crews nor private contractors work for free and pride doesn't pay any bills. FEMA was then, and...