Big Burke announcement

[VTKilarney]

I don't really blame them as far as Facebook is concerned. What happened was a tragedy, but I don't think that Facebook is the place to address it. A short press release expressing sympathy to the family for the accident would have been appropriate. I have seen other ski areas do that in the past. The press release can be easily structured in a way that avoids liability down the road.

 

[from_the_NEK]

I don't really blame them as far as Facebook is concerned. What happened was a tragedy, but I don't think that Facebook is the place to address it. A short press release expressing sympathy to the family for the accident would have been appropriate. I have seen other ski areas do that in the past. The press release can be easily structured in a way that avoids liability down the road.

Agreed. Facebook is not the place. A static press release, that people can't comment on, would be a better approach.

 

[River19]

Agreed. Facebook is not the place. A static press release, that people can't comment on, would be a better approach.

I don't disagree that FB may not be the place for the statement per se, but I WOULD expect a period of no "Shred with us" BS as well.....

Maybe I expect a little more class from organizations

 

[medfordmike]

Hello folks I am looking for some advice. I was considering going to Burke on Friday. Every place took it on the chin yesterday but after reading some of the posts on this thread I am concerned that the mountain will not be able to recover well enough by Friday to make the day trip worth it. I am coming up from the Boston area so I am thinking I should set my sights on Cannon or hit my home hill to get some more use out of my pass. I don't expect miracles from their mountain ops folks but the lift count had crept up to a reasonable number pre storm. Some places can recover better than others but I have my doubts about Burke based on a number of posts. I have never been to Burke and it was on my to do list this year along with Bolton but my timing never aligns with what little good conditions either have had this tough season.

Thanks for any advice you folks can provide.

 

[VTKilarney]

Burke is a great mountain when they have sufficient natural snow. But it suffers when they have to rely on man-made snow. Right now they have 15 trails open, many of which are located at the beginner pod.

Burke isn't going to recover by making snow. They just can't make enough of it. But they recovered much better than I expected after the last rain event. My suspicion is that they recovered because they have very low skier traffic. The groomers were able to do their thing without the trails getting skied off an hour after the fact.

Bottom line: I think that the conditions will be skiable, but the terrain will be very limited.

 

[thetrailboss]

As to the comment about the death, Facebook would not be an appropriate outlet, especially for Q. I say that because he has open created hostility with his customers (many who post on FB) and this would give them reason to comment/make a bad scene.

A few of the bigger, more savvy resorts who have good marketing departments (Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Killington, etc.) would probably issue a standard vanilla press release that just states the bare minimal facts as to the name of the person, time of the incident, and that there is an investigation pending.

 

[thetrailboss]

Hello folks I am looking for some advice. I was considering going to Burke on Friday. Every place took it on the chin yesterday but after reading some of the posts on this thread I am concerned that the mountain will not be able to recover well enough by Friday to make the day trip worth it. I am coming up from the Boston area so I am thinking I should set my sights on Cannon or hit my home hill to get some more use out of my pass. I don't expect miracles from their mountain ops folks but the lift count had crept up to a reasonable number pre storm. Some places can recover better than others but I have my doubts about Burke based on a number of posts. I have never been to Burke and it was on my to do list this year along with Bolton but my timing never aligns with what little good conditions either have had this tough season.

Thanks for any advice you folks can provide.

Certainly try Burke when the snow is good. The terrain is great when there is snow. No crowds.

Hope that things improve by next week when I am in the area.

 

[River19]

As to the comment about the death, Facebook would not be an appropriate outlet, especially for Q. I say that because he has open created hostility with his customers (many who post on FB) and this would give them reason to comment/make a bad scene.

A few of the bigger, more savvy resorts who have good marketing departments (Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Killington, etc.) would probably issue a standard vanilla press release that just states the bare minimal facts as to the name of the person, time of the incident, and that there is an investigation pending.

I agree, as I said above, I think I was more put off at the "business as usual.....come shred with us" stuff than I was the lack of mention of it on FB. It just seemed in poor taste. But not surprising I guess given who we are dealing with.

 

[thetrailboss]

I agree, as I said above, I think I was more put off at the "business as usual.....come shred with us" stuff than I was the lack of mention of it on FB. It just seemed in poor taste. But not surprising I guess given who we are dealing with.

Agreed. You made me go to their FB page and the comment about "shred that dust on crust" was ridiculous to say the least.

FB can be a cheap and effective marketing tool. Compare what Q has done to what they have done at Tenney.

 

[medfordmike]

Thanks thetrailboss and VTKilarney I guess Burke will remain on my to do list a bit longer.

 

[MadMadWorld]

As to the comment about the death, Facebook would not be an appropriate outlet, especially for Q. I say that because he has open created hostility with his customers (many who post on FB) and this would give them reason to comment/make a bad scene.

A few of the bigger, more savvy resorts who have good marketing departments (Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Killington, etc.) would probably issue a standard vanilla press release that just states the bare minimal facts as to the name of the person, time of the incident, and that there is an investigation pending.

I think he gets scrutinized because he is such an asshat. I don't recall Win ever doing anything like that after a death but that's because no one doubts whether his heart is in the right place. It's sad that we even have to ask that question about this schmuck

 

[thetrailboss]

I think he gets scrutinized because he is such an asshat. I don't recall Win ever doing anything like that after a death but that's because no one doubts whether his heart is in the right place. It's sad that we even have to ask that question about this schmuck

Absolutely.

 

[Viv Buckley]

Hello folks I am looking for some advice. I was considering going to Burke on Friday. Every place took it on the chin yesterday but after reading some of the posts on this thread I am concerned that the mountain will not be able to recover well enough by Friday to make the day trip worth it. I am coming up from the Boston area so I am thinking I should set my sights on Cannon or hit my home hill to get some more use out of my pass. I don't expect miracles from their mountain ops folks but the lift count had crept up to a reasonable number pre storm. Some places can recover better than others but I have my doubts about Burke based on a number of posts. I have never been to Burke and it was on my to do list this year along with Bolton but my timing never aligns with what little good conditions either have had this tough season.

Thanks for any advice you folks can provide.

I would definitely recommend visiting Burke when conditions are good (not now). It is a super fun mountain with a great vibe and not crowded. They did a great job getting coverage for last weekend but definitely suffered a blow with the rain. Folks were having fun on Monday, the groomers were great and as others have said we are enjoying what we've got. BUT I would not recommend a day trip from Boston Friday if you have other options and are still having fun at your home mountain. I just drove by Cannon yesterday and it looked good, was thinking of going there myself tomorrow. The positive would be that because Burke is not crowded there is still good snow at the end of the day, especially if you are comfortable skiing the edges.

 

[xwhaler]

Looks like Burke is making snow this AM on Upper/Lower Warren's Way. Good for QBurke for continuing to make snow this late into February.
Hopefully they can capture some Quebec school vaca week traffic. I see they are running some promos on their site for them.

 

[Viv Buckley]

Not surprised, actually. Funny thing is that they couldn't make snow way back when it was cold in December because they didn't have water. So maybe they've still got some "budget" left? The training hill (Warren's Way) does need it, though. Still a few races to run.

 

[VTKilarney]

Nice to see that they are making snow. I wasn't sure if they would. Their man-made bases are not deep at all, so I am glad to see them doing what they can do.

The water issues only affected snowmaking for a day or two. So I doubt that they had much of an impact on the overall snowmaking budget.

In order to attract Quebec residents, they really need to get the hotel open. There isn't that much French being spoken on the hill during Quebec vacation week - especially compared to Jay Peak. Hopefully the hotel will rectify that problem.

 

[from_the_NEK]

I got to check out the hotel today. It is really nice in there. The day lodge section is going to be sweet. Driving around the looping driveway makes you feel like you really are on the side of a mountain.
Once the hotel finally opens, take a look around the coffee shop. :grin:

 

[thetrailboss]

I got to check out the hotel today. It is really nice in there. The day lodge section is going to be sweet. Driving around the looping driveway makes you feel like you really are on the side of a mountain.
Once the hotel finally opens, take a look around the coffee shop. :grin:

So........is it going to open soon or not?

 

[oldtimer]

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I got to check out the hotel today. It is really nice in there. The day lodge section is going to be sweet. Driving around the looping driveway makes you feel like you really are on the side of a mountain.
Once the hotel finally opens, take a look around the coffee shop. :grin:

 

[fbrissette]

Nice shameless plug. I bought a pair of your framed prints from Fine Art America a couple of week's ago for the wife's b'day. HUGE (did I say HUGE) success. thanks (btw- they are easy to work with and did a good job both with the printing and fulfilling the order)

Did you get a special AZ discount ?