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Okemo Closing Early Due to Lack of Crowds
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gmcunni
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shhh, okemo sucks.
drjeff
Well-known member
Mount Snow also has the parks at Carinthia, and reguardless of season and/or pitch, they attract PLENTY of day ticket buyers, especially in the "shoulder seasons" when most other resorts either don't have a park or have greatly limited parks! I fully expect that the "biggest" lines at Mount Snow all weekend will be over at Carinthia.
Savemeasammy
New member
Nice ripping 2knees!
gmcunni
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certainly the case when i was there on Tuesday.
St. Bear
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gmcunni
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i read it the same way. there will be lots of snow and NOT lots of skiers.
Smellytele
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They only have one trail?
There are a few hard core skiers and riders that live between Maryland/Virginia and Albany, NY that chase the snow melt going North. I have met a few in the springtime over the years on chairlifts that litterally just keep going further North each weekend until they run out of snow. This year the Catskills got a lot of March snow, which means those hard core will be delayed having to go north until after this weekend at least. Then again I don't see hard core going to Okemo.
ss20
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They have some interesting glades on the South/Glades Peak area. I just uploaded 2 video's yesterday that were shot on that side. See youtube link below in my sig.
abc
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I resemble that remark! (well, except the "hard core" part) I do in quite a few years past chased the snow melt north, all the way to Jay on their closing day a couple years!
Instead of counting how many days I ski each season, I started to (half-heartedly) keep track of how many mountains I "close" each season! I've hit 3-5 in a few years now. I'll see how many I do this season: starting with closing Platty Saturday and Hunter Sunday this weekend!
That's true. Somehow Okemo doesn't appeal.
I think they play the "family" card real heavy. Well, families aren't the type that continues to ski into April. Kids tend to have spring activities scheduled in so the whole "family" stays away from the ski hills pass Easter.
bobbutts
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I was at Sunapee on Saturday and it was as empty as I've ever seen it out of dozens of visits, and this was my first weekend day there ever. First row parking and all chairs running with many empty all day. Decent weather, soft snow, all major trails open. Seeded bumps softened up nicely. North Peak would be a good spring pod if it had a faster lift.
I wonder if they'll bother to extend next time there's good cover late season, I suspect they were losing money even on the weekend.
I wonder if they'll bother to extend next time there's good cover late season, I suspect they were losing money even on the weekend.
Conrad
Member
I wish more mountain's would go down to weekend only operation in the spring so that they can economically stay open longer. If a ski area only open on weekends is not getting enough skiers, then I can understand closing. But I do not think that is usually the case, especially including season passholders.
I think it is interesting that nobody seems to be picking up on the marketing/PR snafu that led to the story in the first place. I think it was not good form to announce an opening and then renege it (and blame the skiers and riders for not showing up as the reason). Perhaps they should have taken a harder look at the situation before making a decision and doing a "worst-case" estimate to see what their losses would have been rather than just full steam ahead and then a quick retreat.
Seems like it would have been easier just to not put out another PR
spiderpig
Member
I too wish Okemo would have considered closing Monday-Thursday to stay open for that last weekend, but it just doesn't seem like something in their playbook. The whole snafu makes me wonder if it played a part in their VP of Marketing vacancy: http://www.okemo.com/employment/employment_listings.asp
Now THAT is interesting. The whole thing looked dumb; blaming your customers as a scapegoat for your own stupidity adds insult to injury.
spiderpig
Member
To add to that, the chatter seems to be that it was not his choice to leave. I would presume mud season is the best time to clean house.
drjeff
Well-known member
Totally! Much better to get the new marketing team in before next season's marketing plan is devised than have the new marketing guy deal with a marketing plan already set by the old team!
That's actually 2 big resorts in Southern/ Central VT looking for a marketing director as Mount Snow's marketing director the last 2 seasons took a job as marketing director at Park City Mountain Resort and he started out there the 1st week of April
spiderpig
Member
Yes, I saw that at Mount Snow, as well. I am perusing the pages in hopes for a position for myself. Okemo's has a second big opening in director of retail snowsports.
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