I work weekends otherwise I totally would have gone, skied, bought some food and beer which I almost never do at resorts these days.
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Black Mountain, NH OPEN AGAIN more alive than ever
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xlr8r
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Loon this year went down to just the gondola for its last weekend, which imo was a really poor choice. It sucks lapping a gondola all day taking the skis off each run, it sucks riding in a gondola when its nice and warm out, and based on reports, the gondola's small capacity could not handle the crowds that showed up. If Loon ran North Peak in addition to the gondola, I would have visited Loon, instead I drove the extra hour to Killington that weekend. North Peak is a great spring pod, and having camp III makes for a great spring lodge with deck, the trouble is another lift has to be run to get to it. Loon also could just run Lincoln Express, keep south peak open, but shutdown the main mountain but I think the aspect of South Peak is not good for snow preservation.
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Skied, bought lunch, beer, tickets. They gave out a free t shirt, does that count as merch
Sure. The point is that you gave them business. That is ultimately what matters. I think that this year might have been more of a marketing thing to generate enthusiasm for the longterm.Skied, bought lunch, beer, tickets. They gave out a free t shirt, does that count as merch
Edd
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I worked all weekend but 90% chance I’d have gone just to support.
If I didn't have kids lacrosse games, I would have gone.
Ultimately, kids sports destroys spring skiing for us.
Ultimately, kids sports destroys spring skiing for us.
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My girlfriend and I went. I bought a ticket and she redeemed an Indy day. We bought food and drinks at the mtn, and she bought merch. We also stayed pretty cheap at the Whitney Inn the night prior. The Shovel Handle Pub is fantastic btw!
On a side note, I want to mention a classy move by Erik. When people started queuing for the double around 9:20ish for a 10am open, he made the call to start the lift a half hour early at 9:30.
And kudos to running the triple for foot traffic going to the Cabin. This allowed the double to avoid stopping/slowing a bunch for downloading like weekends prior and be strictly for ski traffic.