Big Burke announcement

[fbrissette]

Back to the Kingdom Trails mess it looks like an agreement has been reached.


http://skiburke.com/assets/Uploads/Articles/KT-Release.pdf

Glad to see common sense has prevailed.

 

[Big Wave Dave]

anyone know what the status is regarding the grant money that was allocated to plannin/building a bike path from E. Burke up to Darling Hill?

recall reading about it in the Cal record a few months back. Would be a great addition to the town and really link up some major resources.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Some big equipment in the Mid-Burke lot today.

http://skiburke.com/webcam

 

[deadheadskier]

more dirt piles to!!!!!

 

[thetrailboss]

more dirt piles to!!!!!

Yeah exactly

 

[dlague]

more dirt piles to!!!!!

Maybe to make a more constant grade between Sherburne Express and Mid-Burke Express! Not really - would be nice if they could find a solution for that! Maybe the solution will be the new hotel with a new bar! Then I would not need the lower mountain since I would not need to go to Tamarack.


i typed with my i thumbs using AlpineZone

 

[VTKilarney]

Big rumor flying around about Burke management. No confirmation yet.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Maybe the solution will be the new hotel with a new bar! Then I would not need the lower mountain since I would not need to go to Tamarack.

What's wrong with the Bear Den?

 

[deadheadskier]

Big rumor flying around about Burke management. No confirmation yet.

so, then why bring it up?

What's the point?

 

[VTKilarney]

The point is to let people know that lots of people here in the NEK are talking about a shakeup in management at Burke. I thought that was newsworthy in and of itself. Did I violate a forum rule by mentioning this?

I assumed that it was okay since you, a moderator, once started a thread entitled: "Rumor: Ragged to purchase Ascutney's Highspeed Quad." We all know how accurate that turned out to be.

I didn't believe that there is a double standard. I was obviously wrong. My apologies.

 

[VTKilarney]

I am attending this event today:
http://www.ncic.org/who-we-are/Upcoming-Events/event-details.aspx?id=24

Hopefully Stenger will give some news about the construction at Burke for me to pass along.

 

[dlague]

What's wrong with the Bear Den?

Nothing if I want to have a drink! But the food there is well - ok and minimal. Trust me I like the old school lodge - at least the Bear Den side. The other side where Kingdom Cafe is smells like a locker room on race days! I have lots of good memories at Bear Den including my Graduation Party while attending LSC and doing shots with the weather people including Jim Cantore who graduated from LSC the same year.

 

[VTKilarney]

Stenger just finished his presentation. He said some interesting things. I'll post a summary later tonight.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Nothing if I want to have a drink! But the food there is well - ok and minimal.

Well that does make sense. In your post above you specifically said "bar" which led me to the question about the Bear Den

 

[deadheadskier]

The point is to let people know that lots of people here in the NEK are talking about a shakeup in management at Burke. I thought that was newsworthy in and of itself. Did I violate a forum rule by mentioning this?

I assumed that it was okay since you, a moderator, once started a thread entitled: "Rumor: Ragged to purchase Ascutney's Highspeed Quad." We all know how accurate that turned out to be.

I didn't believe that there is a double standard. I was obviously wrong. My apologies.

Settle down Francis. I wasn't implying you did anything "wrong"

I just felt you were withholding what the rumor is. Such as, "Rumor around town is that there will be a new operations manager next season" or something along those lines. Saying there's a rumor there will be a "shake up in management", doesn't really tell the reader much. That's all I was saying.

 

[steamboat1]

so, then why bring it up?

What's the point?

 

[VTKilarney]

I didn't mention specifics since people here tend to pounce if it is not officially announced. If you want specifics, the rumor is that Ary Jr. Is moving on. Keep in mind, this is just a rumor at this point, but there is a lot of chatter going on. Who knows...

 

[deadheadskier]

I didn't mention specifics since people here tend to pounce if it is not officially announced. If you want specifics, the rumor is that Ary Jr. Is moving on. Keep in mind, this is just a rumor at this point, but there is a lot of chatter going on. Who knows...

boom, there you go. true or not, that has meat to it.

 

[VTKilarney]

I didn't want to stir things up if it was wrong. I've gone on record saying that he did improve as the season went on. It was hard for him to recover from his earlier transgressions, though.

 

[deadheadskier]

And steamboat, I'm guessing you've read that book about 47 times and still haven't figured it out, but thanks for sharing your summer reading.