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    What is the best green run in the East?

    What about skied Hudson Highway at Saddleback? A fine balance of beginner friendly and not tooooo tedious for others. I hope to get there this season. michael
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    Saddleback

    I LOVE Saddleback and I am glad they finally have a new owner. I do not see a path to lifts swinging this season. It was crickets up there last week.
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    Saddleback

    I take a long term view. If ANYONE comes in and has the capital to replace the lower lift and otherwise improves the skiing product that improves the long term prospects. Don't like this week's buyer? standby and enjoy the product they put out while they put it out. Then be ready to rinse...
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    Fat Lady Thread 2017

    From the webcam it looks like they groomed and pushed snow into the corner?
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    Fat Lady Thread 2017

    The number of skiers dwindles FAR faster than the terrain at this time of year.
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    Big Burke announcement

    Burke skied extremely well this weekend- anything with snowmaking was great and parts of the East side were in play. East bowl was open and very skiiable both days, Powerderhorn, Sasquatch and Wilderness all were incredible on Saturday (mind you, incredible for April 15th). Now, was it a good...
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    Stenger and Quiros Ousted from Management of Jay Peak and Burke

    Really good for Burke in the near term: -- pay off Lyndonville Electric --pay back ataxes --$3 million to BMA, with $1 million for the poma replacemtn and associated snowmaking et al
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    Stenger and Quiros Ousted from Management of Jay Peak and Burke

    $140mil will go a long way towards cleaning up the creditors- that should make the prospect of a sale more possible. I hope they don't rush that. The receiver has been a better steward of Jay and Burke than we have seen for a long, long time.
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    Ski Cars

    sledhaulingmaniac NEEDS this ride.
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    Ski Etiquette questions

    I wish it did- people ski past "race in progress" and "course closed" signs w/o a look. They do stop at roped off trails, but as I said above, that is a hard choice.
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    Ski Etiquette questions

    Two points w/r/t using a race course that seems to be un attended-- 1) herein lies the rub w/r/t trail closures etc. Resorts and race hill managers are caught between leaving terrain available when a race venue doesn't need the full trail & trying to be safe w/r/t the interactions between the...
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    blow torch

    Next Saturday at Jay-- May I recommend a good hand tune?
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    Jay Peak bombshell

    Steve- you are GREAT to respond. Thanks
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    Jay Peak bombshell

    PDW set records all across New England. You can bitch all you want, but there is not a ski area in the region that did not need this weekend's shot in the arm. After last year's hemorrhaging of $ there is a steep hill to climb. As for the sale of Jay Peak &/or Burke, the word on the street is...
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    Big Burke announcement

    Ohe man, can't figure out how to play hookey again this week. Jealous.
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    Big Burke announcement

    Skiing Sunday was good to excellent after the woods have been cut up by some hearty souls. It improved as the snow came in in the afternoon. Skiing yesterday was flat out FABULOUS. What a difference a year makes. Snow making has been incredible. The staff has been fantastic & the vibe has...
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    Where to go the day after Christmas?

    first day out for season? why not somewhere south like Mt Snow- unless we get new, you are looking for lots of snowmaking firepower and good grooming. Game changes if some locations get enough new to soften what happened Sunday. It rained everywhere. Also, I agree that boxing day is...
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    Big Burke announcement

    Webcam Does anyone know the powers that be?? How do we get them to turn the webcam around so that instead of seeing an incredibly static view of the hotel we can see the view up the mountain? Seems like a small thing, but if a webcam is supposed to generate some buzz and interest, it should...
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    Big Burke announcement

    Seems sensible but who has the $300k to $400k needed to bring the building into some form of code compliance and serviceability? No doubt BMA would love to have a place to host their weekend program and race days but that buidling is a money pit.....
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    Big Burke announcement

    3 lodges and 3 bars- I LOVE the Bear's Den but it does not seem viable given that there is another pub 400 yards away that needs to be profitable.
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