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    drjeff reacted to slatham's post in the thread The NEW Magic Mountain with Like Like.
    Yeah that was a nice sight. And correct, new HKD fan gun arrived Tuesday. Nice big shiny orange beast. They are locked and loaded and...
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    drjeff reacted to crystalmountainskier's post in the thread Ragged gets a new GM with Like Like.
    Could be right. Ski areas generally go for around 10x earnings. I could see Ragged only making $640,000 a year. New England ski areas...
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    drjeff reacted to machski's post in the thread Ragged gets a new GM with Like Like.
    Also, and this is more likely the case, the new owners bought for such an apparently low amount because they took on whatever debt load...
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    drjeff replied to the thread Ragged gets a new GM.
    I have also heard that lately a common price point is some where between 5 to 10x EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation...
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    drjeff reacted to jimmywilson69's post in the thread Now Available on Sierra..... with Like Like.
    I don't think the mammut is a staff jacket as much as a "branded" jacket. Maybe I'm wrong. The Ski patrol things is just wrong
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    drjeff reacted to Blurski's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    Just finished a decent size blasting project in VT, we blasted & moved to an onsite location 10,000cy of rock, spent $800k of direct...
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    drjeff reacted to BenedictGomez's post in the thread The Warren Miller SNO-CIETY movie with Like Like.
    TL/DR: I was pleasantly surprised as it exceeded not only my very low expectations, but it would have exceeded expectations even had I...
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    drjeff replied to the thread Ragged gets a new GM.
    That $6.4 million dollar amount listed seems low if thats for the entire ski area and the surrounding land its on, doesn't it?
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    drjeff replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Not quite sure of what the actual ratio is, but I think there's a bit of Sugarbush wanting to solve their snowmaking water storage...
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    drjeff replied to the thread Cannon Lover's Thread.
    BW put the Gondola in, as I recall, primarily for food and beverage revenue potential, year round, in that snazzy new lodge they built...
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    drjeff replied to the thread Stowe Thread.
    That's how I read that press release
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    drjeff reacted to rtjcbrown's post in the thread The "Sugarbush Thread" with Like Like.
    Would the next problem be that they drain the reservoir too quickly, and run out of water?
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    drjeff replied to the thread The "Sugarbush Thread".
    Guessing that until SB is able to have a much greater water storage capacity for snowmaking purposes, that all that a big increase in...
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    Deploying the 40 some odd Spectrums on new L. Maple and Chute feed. Pipe strung for Sugarbush in middle pic.
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    drjeff replied to the thread Cannon Lover's Thread.
    100% agree Heck photos of the tram near the summit of Cannon in both Fall foliage and ski seasons have been a staple of the State of NH...
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