Big Burke announcement

[DoublePlanker]

That is awesome. How bad must you be for the loyal customers to be so upset as to print and deploy those? Wow. Epic bad.

 

[River19]

I think epic fail is about right to push people to that point......I think Jr might need a new bumper sticker.....lol

Oh, and where can I get like 10 of those?

 

[VTKilarney]

A friend of mine saw them in from of the urinals, but they have since been removed.

Today's conditions on the trails were unbelievable. Hero snow all day. The warmup didn't happen until very late in the day. The bumps were still firm, but this warm weather is going to help a lot. The staff insists that Sunday is definitely the last day - even with tons of snow left to spare.

 

[thetrailboss]

A friend of mine saw them in from of the urinals, but they have since been removed.

Today's conditions on the trails were unbelievable. Hero snow all day. The warmup didn't happen until very late in the day. The bumps were still firm, but this warm weather is going to help a lot. The staff insists that Sunday is definitely the last day - even with tons of snow left to spare.

Closing the first weekend of April, regardless of cover, is pretty much the norm for Burke. They run out of skiers before they run out of snow.

 

[VTKilarney]

Closing the first weekend of April, regardless of cover, is pretty much the norm for Burke. They run out of skiers before they run out of snow.

The only reason that I thought this year might be different is that it would set a precedent for people thinking about booking a spring hotel stay next year. But you are correct, there is no way they are breaking even right now.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Scary thing is even the Lyndon Outing Club still had enough snow to be open through today.
I'd be more disappointed with Burke closing if I actually had time to go skiing during the next two weekends.

 

[fbrissette]

Wow! This Q thing is turning into a real disaster.

 

[thetrailboss]

Wow! This Q thing is turning into a real disaster.

And yet they STILL don't get it.......

 

[yeggous]

I might go pay them a visit this weekend. Would giving them my business be sending the wrong message?


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[freeski]

X-Burke

 

[thetrailboss]

I might go pay them a visit this weekend. Would giving them my business be sending the wrong message?


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Enjoy it. Then support the local businesses in Lyndon and Burke. East Burke Sports has made some special Burke Mountain hoodies.


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[MEtoVTSkier]

Our forum member make those?

LOL! Coffee spewed everywhere... and that was my first thought too! Good job!

 

[VTKilarney]

Our forum member make those?

For the record, I don't think that it's cool to plaster the resort with these stickers. I would much rather that staff be doing something productive rather than removing stickers.

 

[VTKilarney]

I'm not sure what is going on with the night skiing application. On January 16th the State of Vermont sent a letter to Q Burke informing them that their permit application was incomplete. I don't see that anything has been filed with the state since that letter went out.

The letter is here:
https://anrweb.vt.gov/PubDocs/ANR/Planning/7C0206-15/Incomplete Letter.pdf

 

[from_the_NEK]

I think that the night skiing thing is on permanent hold/not happening according to a discussion I had at that pass holder meeting a couple months ago.
The plan made no sense. IMHO, it would only make sense if there were a couple of lighted intermediate runs offered off of a shortened Willoughby Quad or the Poma. BMA could even use it for nighttime slalom training.

 

[VTKilarney]

I think that the night skiing thing is on permanent hold/not happening according to a discussion I had at that pass holder meeting a couple months ago.
The plan made no sense. IMHO, it would only make sense if there were a couple of lighted intermediate runs offered off of a shortened Willoughby Quad or the Poma. BMA could even use it for nighttime slalom training.

That's a lot of money spent on engineering for something that isn't going to be pursued.

 

[VTKilarney]

Word on the street is that Ary has told LI and the St J Academy that the bill for use of the training slope is going to be quite a lot of $$$$ next season.


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[VTKilarney]

What a difference a day makes. Snow was soft today for sure.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Word on the street is that Ary has told LI and the St J Academy that the bill for use of the training slope is going to be quite a lot of $$$$ next season.

I wonder how much a small snowmaking system at LOC would cost?

 

[VTKilarney]

I wonder how much a small snowmaking system at LOC would cost?

Especially if the schools pooled their resources.

St J could always go to Cannon - and take all of the dorm students with season passes there as well.


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