Big Burke announcement

VTKilarney · Jan 29, 2015

East side held best, but it was all good.

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Masskier · Jan 29, 2015

A lot more was groomed today. all packed powder and powder. still lines to be had in the woods. more snow tonight and tomorrow. NWS is calling for 3-7, This weekend will be cold, but worth it. it's the best conditions in a long time.

bdfreetuna · Jan 29, 2015

dmw said:
Is anyone braving said wind and cold at Burke this Saturday?

It's one of the options on the table.

ThinkSnow · Jan 30, 2015

Not sure if this has been asked previously, but what does the "Q" in "Q Burke" stand for, and when did it first appear?

deadheadskier · Jan 30, 2015

The Q is for the Quiros family that now owns it. You know because that's what you do when you buy a historic ski area. You name it after yourself.

BenedictGomez · Jan 30, 2015

Historic?

deadheadskier · Jan 30, 2015

They've been in business for 59 years. That's as long as most major ski resorts in the State. It's a couple of years longer than Killington and Sugarbush. Combine that and the history of Olympic skiers who trained there and I say yes, it's a historic ski area.

If the Quiros started their own ski resort from scratch, I wouldn't have much of an issue with calling it "Q" Mountain Resort. The fact that it's been Burke Mountain for 59 years is a little different though. When Les Otten bought Sunday River, he didn't change the name to "O" Sunday River Resort.

VTKilarney · Jan 30, 2015

Also throw in the fact that the town is named Burke.

thetrailboss · Jan 30, 2015

deadheadskier said:
They've been in business for 59 years. That's as long as most major ski resorts in the State. It's a couple of years longer than Killington and Sugarbush. Combine that and the history of Olympic skiers who trained there and I say yes, it's a historic ski area.

If the Quiros started their own ski resort from scratch, I wouldn't have much of an issue with calling it "Q" Mountain Resort. The fact that it's been Burke Mountain for 59 years is a little different though. When Les Otten bought Sunday River, he didn't change the name to "O" Sunday River Resort.

Spot on. Fwiw people have been skiing at Burke since the 1930's.

And Q could have done a Les Otten and named the company after himself but kept the brand name (LBO owned Sunday River)

Considering the changes that they've made and their tact with the locals, it would have been better not to attach their name to the place.

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trackbiker · Jan 30, 2015

VTKilarney said:
Also throw in the fact that the town is named Burke.

And the mountain itself. Although there is a rumor they tried to change that as well. :roll:

thetrailboss · Jan 30, 2015

trackbiker said:
And the mountain itself. Although there is a rumor they tried to change that as well. :roll:

Q Jr. Did look into it.

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from_the_NEK · Jan 30, 2015

Just a FYI. This thread is now over 1/4 million views.

BenedictGomez · Jan 30, 2015

thetrailboss said:
And Q could have done a Les Otten and named the company after himself but kept the brand name (LBO owned Sunday River)

Considering the changes that they've made and their tact with the locals, it would have been better not to attach their name to the place.

As I pointed out.....probably 47 pages ago.....long thread.......the fact that they didnt change the website I think speaks to the fact that the Q-folk are backing away from the naming decision.

Personally, I dont think it makes a hill-of-beans difference either way whether they go with the Q-name or the non Q-name, but if they were going to go through with it they would have done it soup-to-nuts and the first thing you'd change is the website address. Given they never made it skiqburke.com or qburkemountainresort.com tells me that they're probably going to ditch the Q.

deadheadskier · Jan 30, 2015

Disagree

I see / hear more "Q" all the time. Any radio skiing reports? It's called Q Burke. TV? Q Burke. Internet sites other than their own? Q Burke

http://www.onthesnow.com/vermont/skireport.html

Newspapers both print and online - Q Burke

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/other/skiconditions

MadMadWorld · Jan 30, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Disagree

I see / hear more "Q" all the time. Any radio skiing reports? It's called Q Burke. TV? Q Burke. Internet sites other than their own? Q Burke

http://www.onthesnow.com/vermont/skireport.html

Newspapers both print and online - Q Burke

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/other/skiconditions

The sign at the main entrance still says Burke. The mid mountain lodge says Burke and even has an old logo

deadheadskier · Jan 30, 2015

I hope I'm wrong and they back away from the Q, but it seems like every time someone opposes Arys ideas it just galvanizes him and he pushes forward harder.

VTKilarney · Jan 30, 2015

The "Q" is built into the logo, so you might have missed a few.

thetrailboss · Jan 30, 2015

deadheadskier said:
I hope I'm wrong and they back away from the Q, but it seems like every time someone opposes Arys ideas it just galvanizes him and he pushes forward harder.

This is what I've been hearing and seeing

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MEtoVTSkier · Feb 5, 2015

So, this weekend is the big meeting?

fbrissette · Feb 5, 2015

MEtoVTSkier said:
So, this weekend is the big meeting?

Too bad I did not take the Judge pass this year. I would definitely have attended the meeting, if only for it's expected entertainment value.

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