billski
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I've been thinking a lot about the Stowe development and how the customer base will be transformed. I can't help but think that the Mt. Mansfield Base Lodge won't become the ghetto for the less-affluent skiers. 1) Sink all your money into Real Estate, lodge, valet services over at Spruce. Madonna Mt. becomes instantly accessible. 2) Transfer lift gets you easy access to the weather-proof gondolas and gondi base lodge replete with classical music. It's not at all convenient access from the transfer lift to the Mansfield chairs (it's a HOOF). Discourages the Bogner-wearing crowd from even getting over there. (Sure you can ski from the gondi down, to the Mansfield base, but that hoof back up is very discouraging.)
MMBL is crowded, noisy and small (I love it!). No white table service here, no ski school(?) or day care, but a very cool bar! The HOOF uphill to the lifts will certainly eliminate all but the hardiest. Just as well. Keep the collegians, Winter Carnival, brown baggers, steep-seekers and Subaru crowd down in the ghetto.
I hope they never change the Mansfield base lodge!
Now that I've dropped the incendiary device, I will run and take cover ;-)
I've been thinking a lot about the Stowe development and how the customer base will be transformed. I can't help but think that the Mt. Mansfield Base Lodge won't become the ghetto for the less-affluent skiers. 1) Sink all your money into Real Estate, lodge, valet services over at Spruce. Madonna Mt. becomes instantly accessible. 2) Transfer lift gets you easy access to the weather-proof gondolas and gondi base lodge replete with classical music. It's not at all convenient access from the transfer lift to the Mansfield chairs (it's a HOOF). Discourages the Bogner-wearing crowd from even getting over there. (Sure you can ski from the gondi down, to the Mansfield base, but that hoof back up is very discouraging.)
MMBL is crowded, noisy and small (I love it!). No white table service here, no ski school(?) or day care, but a very cool bar! The HOOF uphill to the lifts will certainly eliminate all but the hardiest. Just as well. Keep the collegians, Winter Carnival, brown baggers, steep-seekers and Subaru crowd down in the ghetto.
I hope they never change the Mansfield base lodge!
Now that I've dropped the incendiary device, I will run and take cover ;-)
All that being said, Jay really gets all the snow and has a sick new Back country line off of big J.
