Just read on Liftblog.org that Sunapee is planning on installing the old Sunbowl Quad to replace the North Peak Triple, and moving the North Peak Triple to run into the Sunbowl with a new trail underneath it. I know that this has been in the plans for a while now, but Liftblog says it may be as soon as 2019 and posted a link to their 2018 Operating Plan that has some very interesting information in it, including:
* A complete list of their 20-year operating statistics including opening, closing, and skier days. Despite being open for 142 days last year, they only did 186,000 skier days. Their high was 288,000 in 2010-2011 (Page 12);
* Statistics on snowmaking for 2017-2018, which logged 667 hours of operations (down from 743 hours the year before) (Page 15). The average? 702 hours per season;
* Marketing and budgeting for an average of 250,000 annual skier days. This is their 10-year average. They figure that the 186,000 number was due to adverse weather on key holiday weekends and competition (Page 23);
* Statistics on snowmaking water withdrawals--they are permitted to take 258.3 million gallons per year from Lake Sunapee, but have been averaging 150 million gallons the last few years (Page 24);
* They are using four Prinoth Groomers operating 16 hours per day and one snowmaking utility vehicle (Page 15);
* A detailed explanation of their Future Plans and Implementation of their Master Plan items. Triple Peaks has invested $22 million since taking over in 1998 and plans on $550,000 in maintenance this year. (Page 35). This year they plan on replacing snowmaking piping on the South Peak (36 year old pipe) (Page 36) and eventually adding the new lift and replacing the North Peak lift (Page 37-38).
No mention of their grand plans for a new base area. Is that still a thing?
Very interesting reading: https://www.nhstateparks.org/uploads/pdf/MSR_AOP 2018-2019_FINAL.pdf
* A complete list of their 20-year operating statistics including opening, closing, and skier days. Despite being open for 142 days last year, they only did 186,000 skier days. Their high was 288,000 in 2010-2011 (Page 12);
* Statistics on snowmaking for 2017-2018, which logged 667 hours of operations (down from 743 hours the year before) (Page 15). The average? 702 hours per season;
* Marketing and budgeting for an average of 250,000 annual skier days. This is their 10-year average. They figure that the 186,000 number was due to adverse weather on key holiday weekends and competition (Page 23);
* Statistics on snowmaking water withdrawals--they are permitted to take 258.3 million gallons per year from Lake Sunapee, but have been averaging 150 million gallons the last few years (Page 24);
* They are using four Prinoth Groomers operating 16 hours per day and one snowmaking utility vehicle (Page 15);
* A detailed explanation of their Future Plans and Implementation of their Master Plan items. Triple Peaks has invested $22 million since taking over in 1998 and plans on $550,000 in maintenance this year. (Page 35). This year they plan on replacing snowmaking piping on the South Peak (36 year old pipe) (Page 36) and eventually adding the new lift and replacing the North Peak lift (Page 37-38).
No mention of their grand plans for a new base area. Is that still a thing?
Very interesting reading: https://www.nhstateparks.org/uploads/pdf/MSR_AOP 2018-2019_FINAL.pdf
