Any body know anything about Hunter???

[deadheadskier]

One of the reasons killington expanded off season activities was to retain ther winter help year round. in todays labor market this is key to keeping management busty with supporting cash flow. Could be one of the reasons Wilcat and Attatash hase problems retaing help.

It's a sound business decision to maintain a significant amount of year round employees to maintain a high quality and consistent business. The places that do so tend to have a better prime season product.

This is not something shareholders care about though. Hence it is not something that Vail cares about.

 

[Newpylong]

Not true, look at Mt Snow and Okemo, they've got plenty of things going on.

Okay, so they kept the off-season activities going at the two cash cows.

 

[catskillman]

So - confirmed - the gutters are no longer inside the base lodge....and the ceiling tiles have been painted in an attempt / disguise the fact that gross leaking that at times landed in your soup, or on you.

Octoberfest was decently crowded. Most likely only due to the good weather as there was no German band ....food...and listening to the chicken dance by the DJ.

The schedule on line listed steing holding at X time, which it wasn't ...had a dog race instead... They just cant get it together.

Also - nothing done in Hugh Peaks - confirmed that the mold has been baking in there all summer. not checked after the heavy rain earlier in the summer....and they have not even dusted or vacuumed...

VailFail

 

[180]

almost 3000 sky ride tickets sold on Saturday

 

[catskillman]

at $20 presale - more on site....the line was crazy and people had to wait in time to take the lift down also, as they were only loading every other chair.....

 

[kendo]

Annapurna snowmaking update on facebook . . .

Our team has been actively tackling Annapurna this summer and fall, and we’re hopeful of the progress we've made. We won't know for sure until we get static cold temps to test the system there. We'll share more updates once we know!

 

[jimmywilson69]

Well that's an interesting update!

 

[doublediamond]

You don't need static cold temps to test if the system isn't Swiss cheese

 

[skiur]

Why can't they pressurize the system without cold temps?

 

[kendo]

I'm not an expert but I'd start with:

Air... check
Water... check
Leaks... nope

Good to go!

Now can they find 2 attendants to run Z daily?!

 

[Newpylong]

Weird, it's better to test the system when it's warm so you can actually fix the issues easier. Sounds like they're not interested in spending the money to charge the system until they're ready to run.

 

[doublediamond]

Or is it in a way a type of corporate doublespeak?

”oH sHuCkS iTs StIlL nOt WoRkInG tOo BaD sO sAd.”

 

[JimG.]

Or is it in a way a type of corporate doublespeak?

”oH sHuCkS iTs StIlL nOt WoRkInG tOo BaD sO sAd.”

This.

 

[180]

ill second that BS response!