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Balsams Wilderness
- Thread starter billski
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Sad to see that it is still closed.
drjeff
Well-known member
Need to get some EB-5 investment cash going there! The Balsams was such a great place the few times my family held a family reunion there!
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Edd
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In-ter-est-ing. I'm bummed I never made a point to go while it was open.
steamboat1
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Shame to see it go. I've had several enjoyable day's there with my parents, brother & his family, my wife & daughter. A great family ski area. The mountain has some decent natural terrain & what they groomed was groomed to perfection. Overall a great experience & they actually got real snow to.
Well in all honesty that is misleading. They sold some of the old chairs IIRC. The lifts are fine...and relatively new.
snowmonster
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It's sad to see this play out. I don't have much confidence in what is going on up there. For my part, I am glad that I was able to experience the Balsams in all its skiing and dining glory. If you weren't able to experience the Balsams, this is what you missed:
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showth...y-12-and-13-2011?highlight=balsams+wilderness
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showth...y-12-and-13-2011?highlight=balsams+wilderness
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"Northern Pass Flyover Video: Your Views at Risk
...AMC is conducting a new visual impact analysis of the half-mile range along the full Northern Pass corridor and we provide the following video series depicting the visual impact of proposed transmission towers along the 186-mile route."
Video: http://www.outdoors.org/conservatio...pass&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oct19video
...AMC is conducting a new visual impact analysis of the half-mile range along the full Northern Pass corridor and we provide the following video series depicting the visual impact of proposed transmission towers along the 186-mile route."
Video: http://www.outdoors.org/conservatio...pass&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oct19video
Um, OK. Not sure what this has to do with Balsam's. Northern Pass is a controversial idea for NH generally. That's a pretty bad film because it really doesn't show the real impact. I was expecting them to photoshop in the actual towers and show a profile shot. FWIW most of the line runs along an existing power ROW just with higher towers. And I thought that HQ had agreed to bury some of the line.
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billski
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I inquired today. Here's the party line:
"The hotel is expected to reopen sometime late in 2014. The ski area will reopen once the hotel renovations are complete."
"The hotel is expected to reopen sometime late in 2014. The ski area will reopen once the hotel renovations are complete."
Well are they actually doing any renovation work? I'd think that they'd want to get back into business ASAP.
billski
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Let's go up on the weekend and check it out. I'll drive!
dlague
Active member
The company I work for provides power to the and they are using zero power relatively speaking! I can't say more without getting trouble!
I don't like the sound of that. Mr. Tillotson probably doesn't like it either....he's probably rolling in his grave.
snowmonster
New member
Would hate to see the Balsams NELSAPed but that seems to be the body language coming from Dixville Notch.
I would think that someone would step in and take it over before that.
xwhaler
Active member
Is the fate of the ski mtn not tied directly to the resort though? I can't see a scenario where the mtn would be financially viable on it's own prior to the re-opening of the hotel.
Interesting that the former mtn manager of the Balsams is now running Whaleback---sort of an ironic twist.
I wonder if that could happen. I was just assuming that it would be tied with the hotel and that someone would save both. But then again look at Big Squaw...community steps in and runs the ski area on a lease arrangement. It would be great if they could do that here especially since it is so far north and the communities rely on it.
As to the manager, he needed a job I imagine.
And I am kicking myself for not going up there when I could have....for free on my Burke pass!
billski
Active member
From what I've heard, everyone has new jobs - they can't afford to sit around waiting for a comeback. Agree, the ski area is only viable with lodging nearby. The only way to know if there is any construction is to go poke around. Electric might not be a good measure if they are working in portions of the building at a time. It's more probable they open a small subset of the operation. Now, I'd take a condo timeshare there. I think...
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