Early season marketing ideas

[koreshot]

Then call me irresponsible..I'm not skiing 10mph to make the gapers feel good about their suckiness..lol

Even more reason to have an experts only early season with focus on traffic control and snow retention. If I was driving up to Hunter to ski the 5 trails they have open on Thangsgiving weekend and someone told me "Hey, Plattekill has 2 trails open, double dimond and dimond only. Seeded bumps and limited ticket sales." I would probably go to Plattekill. Aside from it being very unsafe, I don't think its very effective from skills refresh/building to be slaloming through "gapers".

 

[drjeff]

Even more reason to have an experts only early season with focus on traffic control and snow retention. If I was driving up to Hunter to ski the 5 trails they have open on Thangsgiving weekend and someone told me "Hey, Plattekill has 2 trails open, double dimond and dimond only. Seeded bumps and limited ticket sales." I would probably go to Plattekill. Aside from it being very unsafe, I don't think its very effective from skills refresh/building to be slaloming through "gapers".

Sometimes though if you advertise "experts only" thats a big attractant to the gaper population

 

[riverc0il]

Bumps early season does not impress me. Terrain quantity is the most important factor since the supply is not as great as demand. Too many sliders in too small an area makes me nervous and is dangerous. Plus I like variety. I don't expect challenge early in the season.

 

[JimG.]

Bumps early season does not impress me. Terrain quantity is the most important factor since the supply is not as great as demand. Too many sliders in too small an area makes me nervous and is dangerous. Plus I like variety. I don't expect challenge early in the season.

Well, it doesn't really impress me either.

But skiing bumps is alot more fun than skiing flats. And while there is no doubt there are going to be a few unguided missles there, bumps are usually less dangerous than the flats. Especially early season.

For me, variety is the ticket. 3-4 runs (actual runs, not top-middle-lower) to alleviate boredom is key.

 

[Greg]

Bumps early season does not impress me. Terrain quantity is the most important factor since the supply is not as great as demand. Too many sliders in too small an area makes me nervous and is dangerous. Plus I like variety. I don't expect challenge early in the season.

Well, it doesn't really impress me either.

But skiing bumps is alot more fun than skiing flats. And while there is no doubt there are going to be a few unguided missles there, bumps are usually less dangerous than the flats. Especially early season.

For me, variety is the ticket. 3-4 runs (actual runs, not top-middle-lower) to alleviate boredom is key.

Terrain quantity is inherently going to be low very early season. I could definitely do laps on some well-done seeded bumps over and over and get more enjoyment out of that than skiing 3 or 4 different groomed WRODs.

 

[koreshot]

Terrain quantity is inherently going to be low very early season. I could definitely do laps on some well-done seeded bumps over and over and get more enjoyment out of that than skiing 3 or 4 different groomed WRODs.

Bumps seem to control the crowds better too. Besides the obvious of eliminating 50% of the skiers altogether cause they don't know how to ski the bumps, the speeds are lower so I actually feel safer in crowded bumps than on crowded groomers.