Big Burke announcement

[Boardguy]

Hey maybe I have not hit it when it is really busy or it is my perception of busy. I was up there for a Motorcycle thing in late August years ago and that weekend it was busy for sure. Other than that I have stopped in on my way north in mid June, once in July and Labor Day and was just surprised that there were not more people around. One Columbus Day weekend stop was somewhat cowded. My visits to Lincoln in the later fall and spring have been similar, lack of crowd wise, but in my mind that is to be expected for that time of year. Many stores empty of customers and resturants closed etc. I know they have the train rides and Pinzgaur tours etc. so there must be more people around to utilize then, I just have not seen it during my stops. The Conway area on the other hand is always insane with crowds when I have been there. Again perhaps it is just my timing.

 

[machski]

Well, Conway is way more than a ski resort town, especially in the summer. So yeah, Loon not as busy. But compared to many other pure ski resort town/areas, Lincoln stays quite busy. Loon has built up a good variety of summer attractions and events and Lincoln is central to that side of the whites. My guess is it gets even busier there as south Peak development is really kicking into high gear again.

 

[Cannonball]

Lincoln is much, much busier in the summer than the winter. It's no contest. Right now is the slow time of year.

 

[ablb]

At the Tamarack tonight for the new menu and its limited but quite good. Service was excellent for a change. A nice change. Word from staff is that Ary is no longer involved in the day to day operations.

 

[ablb]

No the building to left of Tiki driveway. The Foggy Goggle.

 

[thetrailboss]

At the Tamarack tonight for the new menu and its limited but quite good. Service was excellent for a change. A nice change. Word from staff is that Ary is no longer involved in the day to day operations.

A good start hopefully


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[VTKilarney]

At the Tamarack tonight for the new menu and its limited but quite good. Service was excellent for a change. A nice change. Word from staff is that Ary is no longer involved in the day to day operations.

Good dining experience and Ary gone? Coincidence?


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[River19]

No the building to left of Tiki driveway. The Foggy Goggle.

Interesting. Great name. I guess it is better than "The Clammy Chamois".......

 

[deadheadskier]

Great name, but somewhat unoriginal. I know of at leather two others; Sunday River and Seven Springs both have restaurants with that name.

 

[River19]

Great name, but somewhat unoriginal. I know of at leather two others; Sunday River and Seven Springs both have restaurants with that name.

Well, that settles it.....name should be changed to "The Stiff Pole".....carry on.....

 

[thetrailboss]

Great name, but somewhat unoriginal. I know of at leather two others; Sunday River and Seven Springs both have restaurants with that name.

+1


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[VTKilarney]

Q Burke is definitely trying to repair its image with the locals. This Thursday they are having a grand-reopening at the Tamarack that they have labeled "Community Night". I'm not at all sure what makes it a "community" night other than the name, but it at least shows that they are making an effort to repair the damage that Q Jr created.

 

[River19]

Q Burke is definitely trying to repair its image with the locals. This Thursday they are having a grand-reopening at the Tamarack that they have labeled "Community Night". I'm not at all sure what makes it a "community" night other than the name, but it at least shows that they are making an effort to repair the damage that Q Jr created.

I think the apparent removal of Jr. from Day to Day Ops and these types of olive branches etc. might have been what our "friend" we spoke with was hinting at regarding "good things are going to be happening very soon up there".

If all signs say they are trying and have finally made the cathartic move they needed to make then I think the skeptics like myself should give them a cautious chance. I can possibly buy a beer from them and see what they have going on. But I'm not jumping into the deep end right yet.....

If they continue to reach out and mend fences then in 2 years they could be in a very good place potentially.

 

[thetrailboss]

I think the apparent removal of Jr. from Day to Day Ops and these types of olive branches etc. might have been what our "friend" we spoke with was hinting at regarding "good things are going to be happening very soon up there".

If all signs say they are trying and have finally made the cathartic move they needed to make then I think the skeptics like myself should give them a cautious chance. I can possibly buy a beer from them and see what they have going on. But I'm not jumping into the deep end right yet.....

If they continue to reach out and mend fences then in 2 years they could be in a very good place potentially.

Agree. Boy I sure hope that the Ary Era is over. He did a lot of damage that was completely unnecessary and made no benefit for the mountain. I hope that this is the beginning of a period of healing.

 

[from_the_NEK]

I hope that this is the beginning of a period of healing.

 

[thetrailboss]

Too funny.

 

[River19]

It is interesting, the more I think about it.....how long did Ary take to really eff things up? 1.5-2 years give or take? I usually figure that it takes twice as long to make it most of the way back in situations like this. But I think, as we have said all along, most people really want the mountain to succeed and understand change (ie. hotel etc.) was necessary to avoid the definition of insanity, so hopefully if they play their cards right, by this time next year we can say mostly positive things about what is happening on the mountain.

 

[VTKilarney]

He messed things up as soon as he told Kingdom Trails to pound sand. From that point on he was fighting a losing battle.


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[thetrailboss]

It is interesting, the more I think about it.....how long did Ary take to really eff things up? 1.5-2 years give or take? I usually figure that it takes twice as long to make it most of the way back in situations like this. But I think, as we have said all along, most people really want the mountain to succeed and understand change (ie. hotel etc.) was necessary to avoid the definition of insanity, so hopefully if they play their cards right, by this time next year we can say mostly positive things about what is happening on the mountain.

Completely agree.

 

[VTKilarney]

Posted to Facebook:

Walk the talk. SMI was onsite today to begin marking installation points for the polecat and super polecat snow making guns on the training hill. Our snowmaking team has a preliminary schedule developing with construction beginning in the next two weeks. We'll continue to keep you posted as things progress but exciting stuff for sure!