Opportunities That Are There That Aren’t Taken

[thebigo]

Again, that can be a point of contention...especially since Stowe is more accessible via road.

There are definitely issues but it still seems that they are relatively minor. Stowe/Smuggs could advertise being the second largest area in the east and if Alta/Snowbird can figure it out it seems that Stowe/Smuggs could figure it out.

 

[kcyanks1]

Again, that can be a point of contention...especially since Stowe is more accessible via road.

Do you think a large segment of people who would've planned a vacation to Smuggs will instead go to Stowe and buy tickets there? Especially families, which Smuggs targets, and who probably want to be in Smuggs's base area? Maybe it will affect some day trippers who want to ski Smuggs, but then those day trippers will have to deal with having to go from Stowe and back to Stowe.

Also, since I don't believe anyone responded to my other post, isn't the new Spruce lift shorter? How hard is it to get to the connecting trail from the Stowe side?

 

[kingslug]

I might be wrong as i have only been there once but I remember that it was an uphill hike in that area. I also wondered why they didn't connect. Liked Smuggs alot, a very different experience from Stowe, and would really like to be able to hit both in the same day.

 

[snoseek]

Extending Cannon into the old Mittersill area.

This would be absolutely devastating. cannon would forever be different, and not the kind that seperates them from other areas on the 93 corridor.

edit-snowmonster if i'm around next winter, i'd be happy to take you through some fun stuff over there and show you why i feel that way. i know you'll be a beleiver after.

 

[snowmonster]

edit-snowmonster if i'm around next winter, i'd be happy to take you through some fun stuff over there and show you why i feel that way. i know you'll be a beleiver after.

Looking forward to the Mittersill tour. Hope you're around next year!

 

[nycskier]

No night skiing in Vermont!

I think it is some kind of law there.

 

[Phildozer]

Do both areas have the (privacy-invading) RFID scanners?

Privacy-invading?

How do you figure?

 

[Phildozer]

No night skiing in Vermont!

I think it is some kind of law there.

http://www.boltonvalley.com/mountain_nightskiing.php

 

[JimG.]

Privacy-invading?

How do you figure?

Alot of folks think the RFID tags will be used by Big Brother to watch them and their skiing habits/preferences/poaching.

Good luck to any resort that tries to pick out specific skiers using this technology. Not that I think they would care anyway.

It's more likely they would use the chip as an on/off switch, turning off passes/tickets for skiers who they determine display bad behavior. Not that it would be easy to do that either.

My only beef with the RFID tags is that the lifties fumble around for decades trying to scan them and they make liftlines slower.

 

[Greg]

No night skiing in Vermont!

I think it is some kind of law there.

http://www.boltonvalley.com/mountain_nightskiing.php

http://www.stowe.com/mountain/night.php

 

[nycskier]

I stand corrected.
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I totally forgot about the night skiing at Stowe (mainly becasue it was so damn cold eveytome I was there).

Always thought it would be a great idea to have night skiing at Pico. Killington then build a cool bar/night club space in the Pico parking lot. Ski until 10pm there followed by drinking until 1AM! Sounds like an awesome Friday or Saturday night/

 

[Greg]

Always thought it would be a great idea to have night skiing at Pico. Killington then build a cool bar/night club space in the Pico parking lot. Ski until 10pm there followed by drinking until 1AM! Sounds like an awesome Friday or Saturday night/

More innovative ideas. This is precisely what the industry needs more of.

 

[Newpylong]

Never thought about it, but night skiing at Pico would be great. I think they might be able to draw enough people to actually do it as well. If they did not want to move the game away from Killington, I would say lights on Snowdon would make the most sense.

 

[threecy]

Do you think a large segment of people who would've planned a vacation to Smuggs will instead go to Stowe and buy tickets there? Especially families, which Smuggs targets, and who probably want to be in Smuggs's base area? Maybe it will affect some day trippers who want to ski Smuggs, but then those day trippers will have to deal with having to go from Stowe and back to Stowe.

Also, since I don't believe anyone responded to my other post, isn't the new Spruce lift shorter? How hard is it to get to the connecting trail from the Stowe side?

Though I don't have the inside track on Stowe/Smuggs, there's generally just enough of an issue between two areas making an agreement to hang it up...no two ski areas are created equal...if it wasn't an issue, you'd see a heck of a lot more multi-mountain passes.

 

[kcyanks1]

Privacy-invading?

How do you figure?

They allow for very easy tracking. They also allow someone to walk close by you and steal information from your pocket. There have been issues in the past with RFID-based credit cards and keys having key information unencrypted. I don't know what info goes on ski tickets, especially daily ski tickets--maybe those do not have personal identifying info.

 

[kcyanks1]

Alot of folks think the RFID tags will be used by Big Brother to watch them and their skiing habits/preferences/poaching.

Good luck to any resort that tries to pick out specific skiers using this technology. Not that I think they would care anyway.

It's more likely they would use the chip as an on/off switch, turning off passes/tickets for skiers who they determine display bad behavior. Not that it would be easy to do that either.

My only beef with the RFID tags is that the lifties fumble around for decades trying to scan them and they make liftlines slower.

My comment was more in regards to RFID use in other areas. For skiing I really don't care much.

 

[nycskier]

Anthother thing I never understood is why resorts don't stay open later after day light savings starts.

Killington and a lot of other resorts were closing at 4pm when the sun was not setting until 7pm!

Late season resorts could stay open late and even sell 2 hour or 3 hour afternoon twighlight passes for 3pm to 6pm.