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Butternut's got a nice Massachusetts skiing monopoly forming. I know Otis and Blandford are behind the times...but Butternut is a ski area that did everything right. I haven't been there in several seasons, but the place was always mobbed. 3 Quads, 100% snowmaking, excellent grooming, and a cheap season pass...that's all the people in this region need for them to be customers for life...and it shows. Now with Otis and Blandford do they make a season pass with all three? A Locals pass is something this area desperately needs. No mountain teams up with another...they all fight for customers on their own. Otis and Blandford are no more than "stepping-stone" hills before customers go off to bigger places, a three-mountain pass would certainly delay that transition before they move on the bigger hills, imo.
Financially troubled Ski Blandford has been saved, as the ownership of Ski Butternut has completed its purchase of the Western Massachusetts ski area....Stating that it "does not have the money to continue operations," the Springfield Ski Club told members that if the area was not sold, it would be closed. On July 18, 2017, the membership approved a prospective sale to the ownership of nearby Ski Butternut. On July 25, 2017, Ski Butternut owner Jeffrey Murdock formed Blandford Properties LLC to acquire the ski area.
On September 1, 2017, Blandford Properties LLC acquired the ski area deed from the Springfield Ski Club for $269,000. Subsequently, hundreds of thousands of dollars of mortgages were discharged.
Butternut's got a nice Massachusetts skiing monopoly forming. I know Otis and Blandford are behind the times...but Butternut is a ski area that did everything right. I haven't been there in several seasons, but the place was always mobbed. 3 Quads, 100% snowmaking, excellent grooming, and a cheap season pass...that's all the people in this region need for them to be customers for life...and it shows. Now with Otis and Blandford do they make a season pass with all three? A Locals pass is something this area desperately needs. No mountain teams up with another...they all fight for customers on their own. Otis and Blandford are no more than "stepping-stone" hills before customers go off to bigger places, a three-mountain pass would certainly delay that transition before they move on the bigger hills, imo.