I believe alot of revenue comes from hotel stays and dining. Snowbird owns everything on the resort so every dollar spent there benefits them which is why bet they love the crowds.
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I believe alot of revenue comes from hotel stays and dining. Snowbird owns everything on the resort so every dollar spent there benefits them which is why bet they love the crowds.
Smellytele
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My whole family can ski a season for that price - then just Mtn bike on free trails.
urungus
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Hmm where is your family getting free lift-serviced mountain biking ? Otherwise not really a valid comparison. You could ski for free too if you “earn your turns”. Also the Beast pass includes unlimited golf.
Smellytele
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no lift service Mtn biking but I don't find that fun anyway. half the fun is making it up the hill. How many people actually do lift serve Mtn biking. the times I have tried it there seemed to be no more than 50 people doing it.
jimmywilson69
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I think Killington is rather busy with their Bike Park in the summer.
The 365 pass is geared towards people who are already using Killington year round (i.e. people who live or have 2nd homes there)
The 365 pass is geared towards people who are already using Killington year round (i.e. people who live or have 2nd homes there)
abc
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You haven't been to Killington or Mt Snow in the summer then.
ss20
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Yeah K and Berkshire East have exploded. K is running 3 high-speed lifts on the weekends to service riders.
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Mount Snow MTB is a lot quieter than in it's heyday. Still a decent crowd though.
drjeff
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I am curious to see how Vail may choose to operate the Mount Bike scene at Mount Snow going forward. It will likely give some perspective as to how close to "normal" they plan on operating the resort as a whole year round vs scaling back on some things
jimmywilson69
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Besides whistler, does Vail run a MTB operation anywhere else?
Smellytele
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Only been to loon and SR. SR doesn’t even have it any more. Loon had stopped for a few years as well.
abc
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Mount Snow?
jimmywilson69
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right... Technically they didn't run that last year. Or did they?
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I'd not hold it against anyone for not operating a leisure activity in 2020 especially in VT
ss20
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Okemo tried for a couple years and crashed and burned...I don't think it even lasted three years.
Seems like you have to go full-out with the MTB and summer activities or it's not worth it. But K is absolutely hopping in the summer now compared to 15 years ago. The GM talks about it pretty often, one of his crowing achievements (even though Nyberg was there for the beginning of it iirc).
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Stratton just started lift served again recently (amex lift). I assume they didn't run it in 2020. Will be interesting to see if they give it a go again.
A good percentage of the Southern places I was just at appear to have lift served. Some fun looking stuff at Bryce...
A good percentage of the Southern places I was just at appear to have lift served. Some fun looking stuff at Bryce...
NYDB
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^If you like to downhill MTB alot the beast 365 pass is a good deal. Otherwise not so much.
I mean it comes with a ikon base pass. Even if you rarely use it in the summer it's still got a pretty good winter value. And K has a lot more than mtb going on in the summer.
skimagic
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Okemo has been actually building the bike park the last few years, and just put the new Trail off the top in for last season but covid canceled the season
sull1102
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Loon has been building their new park out for a few years with Highland doing the work for them I believe. For now it's been running off of the Seven Brothers Triple, but part of the plan with the Kanc8 is to move the park over there and connect it back over to the Octagon base from the sounds of the Flight Path 2030 stuff. Highland MTB park has grown year after year and is a gem of a park with a great reputation.
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