Funny, the percentage of skiers to boarders is approx. 80 to 20 before 8pm, and 20 to 80 after 10pm.
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Crotched Mountain lighting issue
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Funny, the percentage of skiers to boarders is approx. 80 to 20 before 8pm, and 20 to 80 after 10pm.
The planning board hearing was postponed, to allow more towns to be able to have their input included.
Crotched Lighting Issue
Crotched Lighting Issue
The midnight madness is a selling point for Crotched. Granted not many of us do it, but we all know about it and that Crotched has night skiing. So the advertising/promo is working.
And as said, it's a mainly a selling point for the younger crowd and the park crowd. I think it's a good thing. They only do the midnight madness what, once or twice a week at most for a few months a year? Is it that bad?
And as said, it's a mainly a selling point for the younger crowd and the park crowd. I think it's a good thing. They only do the midnight madness what, once or twice a week at most for a few months a year? Is it that bad?
Crotched does midnight madness two days per week for two months per year. We are not talking about a lot of time.
I am one of the adults who shows up on a regular basis if I am at home for the weekend. I spend most weekend in North Conway, but this is a great alternative -- especially given that they are on my Wildcat / Attitash pass. You can go skiing after work on Friday and still get a full 8 hour day!
Crowds definitely drop off after midnight, but there are a respectable number of people. Lift lines are practically unheard of at Crotched. They don't even have enough of the corral gates to handle a line more than 10 people deep.
Their target market is clearly the Merrimack Valley. There are a lot of people who live about an hour away (Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell, Lawrence).
I am one of the adults who shows up on a regular basis if I am at home for the weekend. I spend most weekend in North Conway, but this is a great alternative -- especially given that they are on my Wildcat / Attitash pass. You can go skiing after work on Friday and still get a full 8 hour day!
Crowds definitely drop off after midnight, but there are a respectable number of people. Lift lines are practically unheard of at Crotched. They don't even have enough of the corral gates to handle a line more than 10 people deep.
Their target market is clearly the Merrimack Valley. There are a lot of people who live about an hour away (Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell, Lawrence).
Crotched has been granted a variance, but must put visors on the 38 new lights that were installed last year. Article
The mountain says that they will have to install more lights for safety concerns.
A nice comment from the Zoning Board chairman:
Midway through the meeting, Zoning Board Chair Silas Little caused a stir with remarks directed at skiers . “If you’re stupid enough to put a pair of boards on your feet and go down a slope, you can’t sue the mountain if you get hurt, not in New Hampshire,” Little said.
I don't think that we'll see any visors for a while, as the mountain will continue to say "it's too late for this year".
The mountain says that they will have to install more lights for safety concerns.
A nice comment from the Zoning Board chairman:
Midway through the meeting, Zoning Board Chair Silas Little caused a stir with remarks directed at skiers . “If you’re stupid enough to put a pair of boards on your feet and go down a slope, you can’t sue the mountain if you get hurt, not in New Hampshire,” Little said.
I don't think that we'll see any visors for a while, as the mountain will continue to say "it's too late for this year".
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