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I always wonder who rides the gondola.

Well - not North American, World Cup, Suntanner - they are fine except for being closed for racing and bump training.

For the last few years, Stratton has only made snow and groomed the lookers left of the Supertrail while letting the lookers right side get some bumps. If there is enough natural base, they will groom the lookers right of the Supertrail.

Are they actually going to turn them on this season?

US oil imports and exports are pretty complicated. "In 2022, OPEC countries imported about 15% of their petroleum and 16% of their crude oil from the United States." In the US, 12% of imported crude oil is from OPEC. Most of the crude oil imported into the US comes from Canada and Mexico. "The...

Here is an interesting article suggesting that hybrids might be better for the environment at the moment rather than full electric vehicles. The hybrids need less of the minerals that are needed for batteries while still offering battery power for the bulk of the miles driven. "Right now...

The investment in this scenario is more than $50k. There was no accounting for the FHA Origination Fees of 2%-6% depending on the state, mortgage insurance premiums of 1.75% up front plus .5% yearly, property taxes, and homeowners insurance. Also, maintaining a house for only $20k over 8 years...

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The reference was a primary residence. The stock market is a better investment than a primary residence. Rental property/commercial RE are completely different.

Except for a few short time frames, the stock market has always outperformed the homeowners' real estate market. "Or, consider the 47 years between 1975 and 2022. A $100 investment in the average home (as tracked by the Home Price Index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency [FHFA]) in the...

I am not sure why you think The Balsams' loans will be guaranteed by the State of NH. Coos County is issuing the loans and has created a special assessment district to repay the loans. Coos County is not guaranteeing the loans. "The bonds are structured so the county is not responsible for...

Most of the trade guys in my neighborhood send their kids to college. They all have done well financially but the problem with the trades is the physical/accident prone work. The 2 plumbers are in the worst shape. They both run a couple of crews and do estimates and run their business, but they...

Classic insanity from ORDA. Why spend $3.5million for a FGQ that does what you think you need when you can drop $16.5million on the stupidist high maintenance lift ever?? Who decided this useless lift needed a midstation???

East coast weekend rentals have been around since skiing became popular in the 1950s. The East is big weekend warrior territory and not 7 day rental territory. In ski resort areas, STRs are an absolute must for the local economy. If short term rentals were eliminated across the East, many...

Tenney ownership is going to immediately prove the old saying about making money in the ski business. Tenney cost - $6.3 million New Lodge cost $30 million New Value........... $4 million after bankruptcy sale due to spending $30 million on a lodge at a barely...

Blixseth and the professional crooks at Credit Suisse cooked up a $375million loan with the YC as collateral for the loan. Blixseth immediately took $209 million from the loan into his own name which he had no right to do. Then he transfered the Yellowstone Club and the bad loan into his wife's...

Maybe the Berry Family is advising them. Tenney ownership clearly has not read the Saddleback Case Study on What Not To Do when buying a ski area.

The only Stratton boundry line that serves near 2000 vertical feet is on the Kidderbrook side from the top. The green Mike's Way/Meadows/Lower Wanderer side serves up around 1750 vertical feet. ;) Also, you are correct. Other than the flat spot past the bridge on Lower Wanderer, it is a great...

Hunter's Kaatskill Flyer 6 on the main face is listed at 1477 vertical feet. This is hardly a significantly higher number. That said, the terrain at Hunter is much better for advanced skiers when Hunter decides to open it. As mentioned, Windham's terrain is mostly blue. At one point Windham was...

How about we stop pretending that this was some crowded summer mecca for regular people. It was a fancy, gated, mountain hotel of the era were rich people from the cities spent the summer in the mountains before air conditioning existed. Between WW1 until Tillotson bought it in 1954 there were...