Keep Killington Open Longer

[thorski]

I get it now. Powdr closed K early to help reduce their carbon footprint. It's all part of their
enviromental vision

 

[neil]

So I guess all these dudes at Magic buying their shares are just waiting to get the inevitable backside sausage?

Someone better tell them quickly.

There's no lifetime passes involved in Magic shares AFAIK

 

[AdironRider]

So I guess all these dudes at Magic buying their shares are just waiting to get the inevitable backside sausage?

Someone better tell them quickly.

The Magic deal gets even worse. The original owner who wasnt up to snuff keeps close to a 50% stake, and don't you only get a discounted season pass unless you buy like 4 or 5 shares?

Magic is a cool little area, but Im not bailing out some owner...

 

[Nick]

How much bigger is POWDR than the American Skiing Company was?

 

[Nick]

I was on the WIkipedia page, did you know:

In 1980, Les Otten, the son of a German immigrant, purchased the Sunday River resort for $840,000 from the Sherburne Corporation. Sunday River included one double chair and a couple of surface lifts at the time. Sunday River slowly grew to become New England's second most popular resort in the 1990s.

Sounds like a deal to me!

 

[drjeff]

How much bigger is POWDR than the American Skiing Company was?

One key difference, is that Powdr ISN'T tying to self develop multi-hundred unit realestate properties at all of it's resorts simultaneously

 

[Black Phantom]

I get it now. Powdr closed K early to help reduce their carbon footprint. It's all part of their
enviromental vision

 

[threecy]

Sounds like a deal to me!

Not only did he get Sunday River from Sherburne Corp. for what today seems like a steal, but he was able to buy it with money loaned by the Sherburne Corp.

More about Les: Les Otten Biography - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com

 

[drjeff]

Not only did he get Sunday River from Sherburne Corp. for what today seems like a steal, but he was able to buy it with money loaned by the Sherburne Corp.

More about Les: Les Otten Biography - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com

There's no if's, and's or but's about it. Les will go down in the annals of ski history as a major figure. For some he will be viewed as a pioneering visionary, for others as someone who corporatized and argueably destroyed some of the "soul of skiing" but either way, he likely changed the ski industry more than any one in the late 20th century

 

[Black Phantom]

How much bigger is POWDR than the American Skiing Company was?

Private company that does not release financials. Heck, Killington does not release skier visits.

The CEO got his money the typical old fashioned way. Think Joe for Oil...

 

[skiadikt]

There's no if's, and's or but's about it. Les will go down in the annals of ski history as a major figure. For some he will be viewed as a pioneering visionary, for others as someone who corporatized and argueably destroyed some of the "soul of skiing" but either way, he likely changed the ski industry more than any one in the late 20th century

but having come from killington, the one thing he did do was maintain, if not understand the culture. the company did not go belly up from late season skiing but as you stated above from trying to self develop multi-hundred unit real estate properties at all of it's resorts simultaneously. losing the late season was a casualty of that.

 

[WJenness]

Is Calvin running POWDR these days?

-w

 

[Black Phantom]

Is Calvin running POWDR these days?

-w

This is beautiful.:beer:

 

[mlkrgr]

Heads up to those who got in on K's facebook 2 for 1 deal: the coupons are valid for all of next season too since they say they are valid until the end of the 2011-12 season. This was confirmed by K on Facebook.

 

[Black Phantom]

Heads up to those who got in on K's facebook 2 for 1 deal: the coupons are valid for all of next season too since they say they are valid until the end of the 2011-12 season. This was confirmed by K on Facebook.

Poor bastard that made that typo will be or already is out the door quicker than they can shut down the Bear lifts.

 

[TheBEast]

Heads up to those who got in on K's facebook 2 for 1 deal: the coupons are valid for all of next season too since they say they are valid until the end of the 2011-12 season. This was confirmed by K on Facebook.

Looks like they're gone. Link isn't on my page any more. 8-(

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

Well maybe everyone who enjoys Killington and wants them to stay open should take their money and go some where else if I don't like a company then I don't shop their,you could all invest in Magic and then they be able to put on more better conditions or buy your own hill in a snow belt and run it how you want

Scotty, I am usually the last person to complain about grammah (not the best wordsmith), but man your posts are nearly impossible to read at times....at the very least tough to read without laughing.

LET THE FLOGGING AND CRITIQUE OF UVSHTSTRM (The Grammer Dink) BEGIN

 

[mondeo]

LET THE FLOGGING AND CRITIQUE OF UVSHTSTRM (The Grammer Dink) BEGIN

LOUD NOISES!

 

[2knees]

Scotty, I am usually the last person to complain about grammah (not the best wordsmith), but man your posts are nearly impossible to read at times....at the very least tough to read without laughing.

LET THE FLOGGING AND CRITIQUE OF UVSHTSTRM (The Grammer Dink) BEGIN

I thought he was an alias from TGR for the longest time.

 

[2knees]

I guess the extra coin to stay open longer went towards a brand new shiny multi level restaurant/conference hall on the peak.

I'm guessing most of the k die hards would've taken a longer season/more bear needles over this.



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