Big Burke announcement

[steamboat1]

The shape of the terrain in the East Bowl would not be good for a surface lift.

I guess you never rode the old summit poma at Pico. That went up some gnarly terrain. So did the old T-bar on little Pico for that matter.

 

[thetrailboss]

I guess you never rode the old summit poma at Pico. That went up some gnarly terrain. So did the old T-bar on little Pico for that matter.

+ 1. Those are some really gnarly liftlines.

 

[Masskier]

Ummmmm Masskier, did you sell some property to QBurke? Google Earth overlay of night skiing proposal.

No, But I'm thinking of setting up a toll booth. lol

 

[from_the_NEK]

I guess you never rode the old summit poma at Pico. That went up some gnarly terrain. So did the old T-bar on little Pico for that matter.

I'm not talking about steepness but rather a bowl shape. The "bowl" shape of east bowl funnels the ski lines of terrain to the middle of the bowl. Having a surface lift go up through there means there would be a lot of issues with downhill traffic forced to cross the lift line. I'd rather be able to easily ski across under an elevated chair rather than pick my way between poma or t-bar riders. Plus you get a gnarly lift line to ski with a lift!

 

[from_the_NEK]

No, But I'm thinking of setting up a toll booth. lol

And you wouldn't even have to get up from the couch! :lol:

 

[deadheadskier]

If any of you Burkies are around on Saturday, I'll be there. Probably not rolling in until 10ish.

 

[whiskey jack]

No not personal just the facts. You spread more rumors about Burke than anybody else. it,s a waste of time responding to your sh!t. So you know someone who knows someone who knows me. PLEASE. Is this really necessary? It's not in me to go around bad mouthing anyone nor spread untrue rumors. Does that mean that I agree with all of the decisions that are being made by current management. Of course not. I just choose to respond in a more positive effective way.
Do you really want me to list all of garbage that you said that is untrue? And by the way, last weekend we had our winter board meetings at the academy. And no one appreciated your comment about BMA. Not even your brothers. And speaking for all of the hard working men and women at Burke. Please buy next year season pass some place else.

Excellent

 

[whiskey jack]

Any sign of snow making on Little Dipper? I recall there being a line of brand new guns on skiers' left?

I think they made snow on lower dipper with those guns already.

 

[xwhaler]

An East Bowl lift is sort of akin to the rumors of a False Peak lift at Saddleback that would make access to Casablanca/Muleskinner easier.
You would still deal with the run out at some point and it would put a lot more ppl in the woods which is no good.

 

[oldtimer]

Snow on Little Dipper

They had not as of Monday and it appears they have not this week- unless they did it w/o reporting. Nor has it been groomed all week in the reports. Thus the question.

I think they made snow on lower dipper with those guns already.

 

[VTKilarney]

I see that Q Burke has been looking for an IT Manager for quite a while. You would think that it would be a good position for a college graduate who wants to ski. I hope they get someone soon because I've noticed a lot of issues with their website. It usually involves conflicting information. A couple of examples:
1) Remember all of the people that were pissed off that the Mid Burke Cafe was closed on MLK day? The website says that it is open on "weekends and holidays". But then the specific hours are given just for weekends.
2) I kept searching the trail map to find the location of The Gap trail. For the life of me I couldn't find it. It is listed as a black diamond trail, and I clicked on every black diamond I could find - repeatedly. I finally went to a different website and pulled up an older trail map to find it. I went back to Burke's website and realized that while it's listed as a black diamond, on the trail map it is now blue.
3) The mountain statistics change repeatedly depending on which page you are looking at.

These aren't a big deal, but there are enough of them at this point that it makes sense to get things cleaned up.

 

[deadheadskier]

Those are marketing functions. Most IT managers focus on networks; work PCs, Point of Sale systems, company email, etc.

 

[from_the_NEK]

I see that Q Burke has been looking for an IT Manager for quite a while. You would think that it would be a good position for a college graduate who wants to ski. I hope they get someone soon because I've noticed a lot of issues with their website. It usually involves conflicting information. A couple of examples:
1) Remember all of the people that were pissed off that the Mid Burke Cafe was closed on MLK day? The website says that it is open on "weekends and holidays". But then the specific hours are given just for weekends.
2) I kept searching the trail map to find the location of The Gap trail. For the life of me I couldn't find it. It is listed as a black diamond trail, and I clicked on every black diamond I could find - repeatedly. I finally went to a different website and pulled up an older trail map to find it. I went back to Burke's website and realized that while it's listed as a black diamond, on the trail map it is now blue.
3) The mountain statistics change repeatedly depending on which page you are looking at.

These aren't a big deal, but there are enough of them at this point that it makes sense to get things cleaned up.

1. Burke doesn't treat MLK day as a holiday and doesn't charge holiday rates for the weekend/MLKday.
From the website:
"Holiday Periods include December 26th, 2014 through January 3rd, 2015 and February 14th - 22nd, 2015."

2. Just an FYI that The Gap used to be a black diamond when it was a terrain park with huge jumps on it. That discrepancy should be cleaned up but it is hardly a major problem in my opinion.

And an IT manager isn't responsible for webpage content. AN IT manager would be responsible for maintaining and/or improving network infrastructure and reliability. There is likely a contracted website company that would have to be told to fix problems on the webpage.
Theoretically, an IT manager may have a webpage team (or person) under them that has the capability to modify the content on the webpage but it all depends on how the page is constructed in the first place.

<edit> What DHS said >

 

[Cannonball]

I see that Q Burke has been looking for an IT Manager for quite a while. You would think that it would be a good position for a college graduate who wants to ski. I hope they get someone soon because I've noticed a lot of issues with their website. It usually involves conflicting information. A couple of examples:
1) Remember all of the people that were pissed off that the Mid Burke Cafe was closed on MLK day? The website says that it is open on "weekends and holidays". But then the specific hours are given just for weekends.
2) I kept searching the trail map to find the location of The Gap trail. For the life of me I couldn't find it. It is listed as a black diamond trail, and I clicked on every black diamond I could find - repeatedly. I finally went to a different website and pulled up an older trail map to find it. I went back to Burke's website and realized that while it's listed as a black diamond, on the trail map it is now blue.
3) The mountain statistics change repeatedly depending on which page you are looking at.

These aren't a big deal, but there are enough of them at this point that it makes sense to get things cleaned up.

You're thinking webmaster not IT manager.

 

[VTKilarney]

Those are marketing functions. Most IT managers focus on networks; work PCs, Point of Sale systems, company email, etc.

My bad.

 

[VTKilarney]

The Gap used to be a black diamond when it was a terrain park with huge jumps on it.

I figured that out when I found it on an old trail map. The old trail map had it as a "snowboard park".

 

[deadheadskier]

Skiing is pretty darn good at Burke today. Plenty of coverage, haven't experienced any real boiler plate, just a little scratchy in places. 100% open.
Only one who could really complain is the ownership as per usual it's really quiet. Maybe day trippers stayed South where it's snowing.

 

[faQ]

Skiing is pretty darn good at Burke today. Plenty of coverage, haven't experienced any real boiler plate, just a little scratchy in places. 100% open.
Only one who could really complain is the ownership as per usual it's really quiet. Maybe day trippers stayed South where it's snowing.

That's funny, I couldn't believe how busy it was. Relativity.

 

[deadheadskier]

Oh I'm not complaining one bit. However I had a couple solo rides up the mid Burke around 2. That's not a healthy business at a ski area on a mid-winter Saturday on a nice day like today.

 

[VTKilarney]

The MBX was busier in the morning than in the PM. There is a big race tomorrow which should help. I don't have much of a frame of comparison, but I thought that it pretty busy by Burke standards.

I found that things got noticeably more slick later in the afternoon on the more popular trails. Nothing that couldn't be dealt with.

I spent today really exploring the mountain and figuring out how to get to the trails that I never seemed to be able to get to. It was time well spent.