Finally Front 5 Open

[Puck it]

Stowe, Burn Your Boots Off!

 

[snowmonster]

I don't like that they call the trams "ketchup" and "mustard". It's like they are trying to say that those cars are equivalent to the Heinz and French's condiments for French fries and hotdogs.

Condiment Trams hopefully were made up by kids or Prophet4320! He gets in line real early I hear.

Unfortunately, the condiment trams seem to have some semi-official blessing. I actually saw the yellow tram referred to as mustard in a magazine article.

The Stowinistas would be pissed.

Cannonista: This has got to be the most misguided marketing campaign ever.

 

[Cannonball]

Unfortunately, the condiment trams seem to have some semi-official blessing. I actually saw the yellow tram referred to as mustard in a magazine article.

"Blood and Puss" never really caught on.

Cannonista: This has got to be the most misguided marketing campaign ever.

Couldn't agree more. Let's let Stowe take it as a concession.

 

[Puck it]

Unfortunately, the condiment trams seem to have some semi-official blessing. I actually saw the yellow tram referred to as mustard in a magazine.

SKI, the real skiers mag. Not much of a marketing budget at Cannon, so lay off them. You privateer in a snowmonster suit!

 

[Puck it]

"Blood and Puss" never.

What if the red one was brown? Then what. Never mind.

 

[AdironRider]

Cannonista: This has got to be the most misguided marketing campaign ever.

+1

 

[witch hobble]

You don't think consciously aligning a state run ski area with a left wing, Central American socialist democratic revolutionary movement was marketing gold melded with cutesy wordplay? ;-)

"Taxpayers For Cannon" would be the Contras in this metaphor?

 

[snoseek]

This thread is funny

Cannon is the new Killington

 

[Drusive]

the front 5 has always been referred to as the fingers, or fingaahs for us Rhode Island natives

 

[riverc0il]

I am Stowe

lulz

Since when is a descriptive geographical term a marketing shtick, any ways? Drive up I-93 and never heard the term before, and you'd probably eventually look at those trails and call them such regardless. I REALLY doubt the term was adopted from Stowe. But the burden of proof of theft lies with the accuser...

 

[MadMadWorld]

lulz

Since when is a descriptive geographical term a marketing shtick, any ways? Drive up I-93 and never heard the term before, and you'd probably eventually look at those trails and call them such regardless. I REALLY doubt the term was adopted from Stowe. But the burden of proof of theft lies with the accuser...

Your right. I haven't been able to find anything to back up my statement so I will back away from what I said and leave it at that.

 

[Puck it]

the front 5 has always been referred to as the fingers, or fingaahs for us Rhode Island natives

Funny, you don't look Druish!

 

[Anklebiter]

 

[Cheese]

I think the Front Five have also been challenging for Cannon's marketing team to contradict. They don't only want MRG's "Ski it if you can" customers they want everyone. So marketing is trying to enlighten the beginners and intermediates that there is more terrain at Cannon than just the Front Five seen from Franconia Notch. After all, newbies see those slopes and think, "Holy $hit, let's go to Bretton Woods instead."

 

[Puck it]

I think the Front Five have also been challenging for Cannon's marketing team to contradict. They don't only want MRG's "Ski it if you can" customers they want everyone. So marketing is trying to enlighten the beginners and intermediates that there is more terrain at Cannon than just the Front Five seen from Franconia Notch. After all, newbies see those slopes and think, "Holy $hit, let's go to Bretton Woods instead."

That was my wife's impression when I brought her the first time.

 

[snowmonster]

SKI, the real skiers mag. Not much of a marketing budget at Cannon, so lay off them. You privateer in a snowmonster suit!

Worse. I believe the article was in one of those New Hampshire tourism mags. The article was touting summer activities at Cannon, specifically tram rides and nature walks on the summit.

Privateer. I like that.:beer:

You don't think consciously aligning a state run ski area with a left wing, Central American socialist democratic revolutionary movement was marketing gold melded with cutesy wordplay? ;-)

"Taxpayers For Cannon" would be the Contras in this metaphor?

I always thought that Cannonista was taken from Fashionista, which was a new-ish term about four or five years ago. I thought it was an effort to attract a hip, young crowd. If the allusion was to Sandinista, then big props to the marketing team. "I'll take Obscure Revolutionary References for 400, Alex."

Funny, you don't look Druish!

Your schwartz is as big as mine.

 

[Puck it]

Your schwartz is as big as mine.

Barf!
Barf!
Barftholomew!

 

[snowmonster]

^ Shoot, brother. We have the same taste in stupid movies!

 

[Puck it]

^ Shoot, brother. We have the same taste in stupid movies!

It was on Encore last night. I was "combing" for it.

 

[KevinF]

I was under the impression that the original incarnation of the Front Four at Stowe were first cut back in the 1950's sometime. I have never seen pictures of the original trails, but I know Goat isn't where it first was, and Starr is wider then it originally was (that's saying something...). Not sure what changes Liftline and National have undergone, or when the changes took place.

Does anybody know when Stowe started using the Front Four term? When were the Front Five at Cannon first cut?