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Fat Lady Thread 2017
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xwhaler
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I believe Pats Peak is done this Sunday. Hard stop as every yr they host a snowmobile hill climb the 1st wknd in April.
Smellytele
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correct
dlague
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Puck it
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potd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edd
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Is he? Meh, seems ok to me.
kingslug
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20 below windchills at the top of Killington peak for Thursday..The fat Lady is going to..freeze..
Abubob
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Jcb890
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This thread makes me sad.
Dickc
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drjeff
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Bradford is always a hard close date as apparently they have some sizable, annual snowcross/snowmobile hill climb event the last weekend in March every year
skimagic
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dlague
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I am coming to the sad realization that in one month most of Colorado's skiing operations will be shut down due to hard stops. Then we will be left with Loveland into early May and A Basin into June.
The same will apply to the Northeast - but who will make it into May? Killington is onbvious!
The same will apply to the Northeast - but who will make it into May? Killington is onbvious!
bdfreetuna
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Surprised to see Telluride closes in 2 weekends... guess I'll be there during the last week. Seems like most seasons they could go way longer if they wanted to.
dlague
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They were closed when we arrived in Colorado on April 9th last spring. Imagine - northeastern skier moving to Colorado in April to find out that almost all the ski areas are closed by mid April and almost everything was still 100% open on the last days.
Jully
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Barring a killer April SL and I'd have to think SR too should make early may.
Is the cost to high to continue to operate vs. the revenue collection. I guess it's safe to say it's probably pass holders only skiing past their hard April close dates?
Jcb890
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Not sure if Colorado is this way (I'm guessing it is), but other locations are forced to close on certain dates because they are federally owned parks or land. I know Jackson Hole is this way and closes with 100% of terrain open almost every season. Their end date is April 9th and is set by the government.
dlague
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Not pass holders only - it is a hard close! After April 16 it will be a ghost town on I-70. They blame the closing date on migratory patterns. However, at Breck this past weekend and the South and North Gondola parking lots were really empty at 9:30. Generally pretty full at that time. I think that the local pass holder business does not keep the lights on and as a result shut down mid April. Staying open late into May has no real marketing value for them.
Loveland and A Basin being closer to Denver, have made a market for themselves and it works!
dlague
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Jay Peak and St Sauveur generally hang in there!
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