Mount Snow's opening rollout offerings!

[drjeff]

From Halley the snowreporter

"So I bet a lot of you are wondering what we’ve been alluding to as far as our opening day terrain. You’re in luck, because I’m about to tell you. Drum roll please… We will be opening with FIVE top-to-bottom runs. Expect to make some turns on Canyon/Standard, Deer Run/Long John on the Main Face and as well as Chute over on the North Face. Carinthia will house TWO terrain parks, one top-to-bottom on Nitro and Lower Titanium and a smaller park on The Gulch. Our park crew will install at LEAST 20 boxes and rails.

Impossible you say? No, we’re just ambitious like that. Back to the impressiveness.

You will have the option to cross over on Pyrite to get to the parks, or follow Deer Run back to the main base. No shuttles, baby. Just sliding. Three lodges will be open, one at Main, one at Carinthia and one at the Summit. Mmm, I love early season chili. We’ll have 3 high speed chairs spinning alongside 3-4 other lifts to shuttle you up to this abundance of terrain as well.

And the best part of all: Snowmaking will continue on DIFFERENT parts of the mountain. We don't want to bury you with extreme fangun action so enjoy cruising without any harshness in the air.

Lift tickets will be our midweek rate of $69 for adults."

Sweet!

 

[wa-loaf]

69 for adults.

Sweet!

hehehe

 

[Greg]

Great that they're getting Chute open as part of the initial roll-out.

 

[dangah]

And how many ACRES is that? :lol:

 

[drjeff]

And how many ACRES is that? :lol:

Been fixed now with a hot link. 116 acres BTW or roughly 20% of total acreage

 

[Greg]

And the best part of all: Snowmaking will continue on DIFFERENT parts of the mountain. We don't want to bury you with extreme fangun action so enjoy cruising without any harshness in the air.

I can't get behind this approach; unless of course they are completely satisfied with the base they've built on these trails. Nothing grinds my gears more than early season skiers that complain about skiing under the guns. :roll:

 

[drjeff]

I can't get behind this approach; unless of course they are completely satisfied with the base they've built on these trails. Nothing grinds my gears more than early season skiers that complain about skiing under the guns. :roll:

Watching the cats move stuff around this AM, the base looks quite solid. Remember also, with temps and lack of humidity like they had last night, those fan guns can pump out around 100 gallons per minute with a conversion rate of water to snow above 80%. From 1st hand experience last season, 24 hour runs in weather condtions like that were yield, large piles both interms of depth and area.

What I bet will be really impressive is the size of the features they'll have in the parks.

 

[Highway Star]

Awesome, should draw some crowds away from Killington.

 

[drjeff]

Awesome, should draw some crowds away from Killington.

Park rats atleast

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Lots of complaining on the various ski/ride forums compalining about the high price some resorts are charging at the ticket window for early season sking/riding.

Yup, $69 for such limited terrain is expensive if you don't have a seasons pass. Keep in mind tho that the folks who purchase season passes do so before the leaves have fallen off the trees without any guarantee of what kind of product(days open, conditions, etc) they will get to play in.

Early season has always been a way each resort could give added value, to families who may have paid a couple of thousand bucks or an individual over $1000, to show their appreciation for this important group of customers. Since it's the first major income source it's the revenue foundation from which most resorts will build their path to profitability for the ski season.College kids season pass prices...well..that's another debate..:lol:

I realize that for alot of folks a season passs might not work for them but you have a choice this time of year. You can pay the retail price, you can join a ski club or talk your company into getting into the group rate at your home mountain, ski at a resort/hill that has a cheaper price.

 

[drjeff]

Lots of complaining on the various ski/ride forums compalining about the high price some resorts are charging at the ticket window for early season sking/riding.

Yup, $69 for such limited terrain is expensive if you don't have a seasons pass. Keep in mind tho that the folks who purchase season passes do so before the leaves have fallen off the trees without any guarantee of what kind of product(days open, conditions, etc) they will get to play in.

Heck, I had purchased my pass for this season before the leaves were even on the trees

 

[roark]

I can't get behind this approach; unless of course they are completely satisfied with the base they've built on these trails. Nothing grinds my gears more than early season skiers that complain about skiing under the guns. :roll:

Agreed, I really enjoy skiing under the fans. Not at all unpleasant, especially when they're producing fine talcum powder floating down above your head.

 

[vcunning]

Heck, I had purchased my pass for this season before the leaves were even on the trees

I purchased my passes before the prior season was over (to take advantage of the free t-shirt offer). Not the smartest financial move, but it made me feel good.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I can't get behind this approach; unless of course they are completely satisfied with the base they've built on these trails. Nothing grinds my gears more than early season skiers that complain about skiing under the guns. :roll:

I've never been a big fan of skiing under snowguns..I'd rather they blow on unopen terrain during the daytime..the limited visibility means no mad steezy speed.

 

[jaywbigred]

Sounds impressive but $69 seems a little steep for what amounts to ~20% of their terrain.

 

[Glenn]

Heck, I had purchased my pass for this season before the leaves were even on the trees

We purchased ours last season...so we could ski using them at the tail end of last season. :lol:

 

[Newpylong]

I can't get behind this approach; unless of course they are completely satisfied with the base they've built on these trails. Nothing grinds my gears more than early season skiers that complain about skiing under the guns. :roll:

What approach would that be? Did you even look at their webcams? The place is absolutely burried.... It looks like they are letting some of the snow drain already.

 

[Greg]

What approach would that be?

Shutting off the guns so people aren't bothered by the snowmaking. And if you read my post you would see I qualified that by indicating if they are happy with the base (i.e. don't plan to hit those trails again, barring any major melting) I'm cool with it. Hunter for example, would never shut the guns off during the day if they had temps that support snowmaking.

 

[Euler]

Shutting off the guns so people aren't bothered by the snowmaking. And if you read my post you would see I qualified that by indicating if they are happy with the base (i.e. don't plan to hit those trails again, barring any major melting) I'm cool with it. Hunter for example, would never shut the guns off during the day if they had temps that support snowmaking.

I don't think they're "shutting off the guns during the day", but rather moving production to a new set of routes for a rapid expansion of open terrain.

 

[Greg]

I don't think they're "shutting off the guns during the day", but rather moving production to a new set of routes for a rapid expansion of open terrain.

I understand, but they also indicated it was due to eliminate any "harshness in the air". They should move operations when the base is where they want it for the season which is sounds like it is. Just sayin'...