Ascutney Mountain Sold!

[catsup948]

My last memory of Ascutney was in 2008. Warren Miller show gave us three possible Saturday appreciation days and we picked a day with a foot of fresh the night before!
Xwhaler was there with me I think! Awesome day.

 

[thetrailboss]

I regret not skiing there at least once.....

 

[skiNEwhere]

I regret not skiing there at least once.....

The HSQ really did them in. They only had 2 trails at the top, one of which was a double black.

It was very slick by 11. They had to start running the lift at nearly half speed, so they essentially had a multi million dollar lift that was in essence a fixed grip quad.

They were going to add another trail at the summit but went under before that happened

It was enjoyable but nothing really stuck out, you didn't miss a ton

 

[thetrailboss]

The HSQ really did them in. They only had 2 trails at the top, one of which was a double black.

It was very slick by 11. They had to start running the lift at nearly half speed, so they essentially had a multi million dollar lift that was in essence a fixed grip quad.

They were going to add another trail at the summit but went under before that happened

It was enjoyable but nothing really stuck out, you didn't miss a ton

The HSQ was run at half-speed because they did not have enough money to install the sensors/safety equipment to run it full speed!

 

[skiNEwhere]

The HSQ was run at half-speed because they did not have enough money to install the sensors/safety equipment to run it full speed!

That's only half the story. One of my roommates in college worked there and told me that. They were probably too embarrassed to admit that they installed a HSQ with a lone blue to serve it

 

[xwhaler]

My last memory of Ascutney was in 2008. Warren Miller show gave us three possible Saturday appreciation days and we picked a day with a foot of fresh the night before!
Xwhaler was there with me I think! Awesome day.

Awesome day. It was actually a Sunday but only I remember those small details haha. Some cool terrain there

 

[snoseek]

I assume they're keeping the chair to run lift serviced mountain biking.

Trails are already in place and going in at a rapid rate, not profitable like skiing but brings people into town. Trail system gaining popularity fast, closer than KT to many and better variety/tech.

 

[thetrailboss]

I assume they're keeping the chair to run lift serviced mountain biking.

Trails are already in place and going in at a rapid rate, not profitable like skiing but brings people into town. Trail system gaining popularity fast, closer than KT to many and better variety/tech.

Bummer that they lost the summit triple.


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[snoseek]

Bummer that they lost the summit triple.


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No doubt, may it serve crotched well. For actual biking purposes I think it would be much too steep up there anyhow however.

I don't see them pulling any business at all skiing off that double. Plus its REALLY old and beat up.

 

[thetrailboss]

No doubt, may it serve crotched well. For actual biking purposes I think it would be much too steep up there anyhow however.

I don't see them pulling any business at all skiing off that double. Plus its REALLY old and beat up.

The HSQ is at Crotched; the triple is at Pat's Peak now.

I thought that the double looked really old and rough.

 

[steamboat1]

Never skied there with the quad but skied there several times before. I thought it was a pretty good mountain. You did have to pick your days though. Low base elevation & not in the snow belt.

 

[Newpylong]

http://www.vnews.com/home/13787887-95/west-windsor-may-buy-resort

 

[billski]

Wow. $600 K is short money for 470 acres! How did they get such a price?

 

[Tin]

The quad from there has been rough for Crotched, always stopping and I have been there 4-5 days and it has never started. It has still been great for the mountain though. Hopefully the triples don't cause issues for Pats.

 

[Quietman]

The quad from there has been rough for Crotched, always stopping and I have been there 4-5 days and it has never started. It has still been great for the mountain though. Hopefully the triples don't cause issues for Pats.

Crotched did some electronic repairs on the Rocket in early March that seems to have solved a lot of the stopping issues. I experienced no mechanical stops when I was there the last 3 weekends in March.

 

[hammer]

The quad from there has been rough for Crotched, always stopping and I have been there 4-5 days and it has never started. It has still been great for the mountain though. Hopefully the triples don't cause issues for Pats.

Yup...nice when it's running but the lines can get long when it's down. Didn't it have issues when it was at Ascutney?

 

[Tin]

Crotched did some electronic repairs on the Rocket in early March that seems to have solved a lot of the stopping issues. I experienced no mechanical stops when I was there the last 3 weekends in March.

Good news. The two best snow days last year the thing was down. Looking forward to some West Ledge action again this year.

 

[VTKilarney]

Wow. $600 K is short money for 470 acres! How did they get such a price?

The land isn't really good for much. Good luck trying to do anything commercially viable with it thanks to Vermont's environmental regulations. Even logging it would have been extremely difficult. But the state will gladly tax a private owner who owns the land - they just won't let them use the land.

 

[deadheadskier]

I agree. Might make a good sheep farm, but that's about it.

 

[HowieT2]

I haven't been there, but I hear the mtn biking is good. Perhaps someone can make something of that.