from_the_NEK
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Upper Dipper, Big Dipper, Dipper Doodle, Wilderness, Powderhorn. Carriage Road, and Deer Run are all reported as open. :-o
Bring the rock skis.
I wonder if patrol has any bamboo left? ;-)
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Upper Dipper, Big Dipper, Dipper Doodle, Wilderness, Powderhorn. Carriage Road, and Deer Run are all reported as open. :-o
Bring the rock skis.
I wonder if patrol has any bamboo left? ;-)
So who do you think told them to open them? I know that Patrol is fairly liberal, but maybe not this liberal. Just saw this:
from_the_NEK
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While not deep, the snow we do have is rather hard and dense. It may have set up enough to be skiable as long as the trail isn't too steep and/or rocky. I can't imagine all pitches of the Dippers are open. I would assume you would have to bypass sections via Deer Run.
VTKilarney
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I was there yesterday and I can tell you that it was VERY ambitious to drop the ropes on these trails.
Just got the Blast Email. This line made me laugh...
When I was last there they had sold little to no Q logowear. I am willing to bet that he will still have most of it after this latest "sale". It's not the price that is the issue.
When I was last there they had sold little to no Q logowear. I am willing to bet that he will still have most of it after this latest "sale". It's not the price that is the issue.
You're right. It isn't the price.
And to top it off, there is no traffic going through the base lodge anyways......there hasn't been traffic through the base lodge since the bike park closed. So even if 1 in 100 wanted to buy a Q logo item, it takes forever to get 100 people through there when there is no reason to be there other than to initially buy your lift ticket......which once you buy the last thing you do is hang around where there is no lift running.
VTKilarney
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Maybe they are trying to get rid of t-shirts that say: "Q Burke Hotel - Open Since December, 2015."
The Bear sells; Q does not.
Be sure to get these beauties from EBS if you still can.....
I personally enjoy (some) of my REAL Burke gear
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VTKilarney
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Q Burke just posted this as a response to a comment on their Facebook page:
As for the hotel we're gearing up for an early February date; beds arrived Tuesday and we have daily loads of equipment arriving to get ready to host our guests.
And yet the website is taking reservations for the last week of January. How hard is it to refrain from selling rooms on dates that you know you won't be open?
As for the hotel we're gearing up for an early February date; beds arrived Tuesday and we have daily loads of equipment arriving to get ready to host our guests.
And yet the website is taking reservations for the last week of January. How hard is it to refrain from selling rooms on dates that you know you won't be open?
You expeQt too much of this Qrew.
And you just confirmed that they will now blow two out of three crucial holiday periods for the Hotel. The last one will probably have a lackluster week because people just won't come now because they can't get their act together.
Too bad those locals won't come up and eat at the Tamarack, drink at the Bear Den, buy merchandise, take lessons, buy food in the cafeteria, etc. Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Burke was featured on WCAX tonight:
http://www.wcax.com/category/166239/video-landing-page?clipId=12120849&autostart=true
Pretty sad reminder about the local skiers (both here in Utah and there in VT) killed in an avalanche last season.
http://www.wcax.com/category/166239/video-landing-page?clipId=12120849&autostart=true
Pretty sad reminder about the local skiers (both here in Utah and there in VT) killed in an avalanche last season.
Just as I speculated yesterday, none of those furnishings were in the hotel yet..........
"Early February" just like their announcement "Early this Week"......which still technically hasn't been announced unless a FB comment as a response is an "announcement".
If they aren't up and running the week of 2/7 they are kinds screwed. The last real remaining holiday is the following weekend with President's Day and V-Day wrapped into one weekend getaway package. Not exactly the weekend you want for your "first" weekend with a new staff running a $55M hotel.......
Speaking of staff.........where are they getting these people? Are they trained?
With the nimble mind and customer service attitude that Jr has displayed so far, how hard can it be to open up a little old hotel?
True, you only need 3 people right? Q, a front desk clerk and a janitor/room service...right? That is about how his "staffing" model fits into the hotel.
VTKilarney
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Who knows if they are really going to open in early February. I've heard reports to the contrary, but then again the hotel sure looks close to being done.
For the life of me, I don't understand why they have continuously taken reservations for dates that they knew they would not be open. That seems so boneheaded.
For the life of me, I don't understand why they have continuously taken reservations for dates that they knew they would not be open. That seems so boneheaded.
ahhhh duhhh- they are BONEHEADED and it starts at the top. They are stuck. Open in February only to hemorrhage money until maybe June? (if they are lucky and do good marketing for the summer season).
Mothball till June? the state and investors are now really screaming about a ponzi scheme?
if they really have beds coming that is a good sign. Meanwhile, there IS water in the pool- what more could you need?
Mothball till June? the state and investors are now really screaming about a ponzi scheme?
if they really have beds coming that is a good sign. Meanwhile, there IS water in the pool- what more could you need?
from_the_NEK
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