Pico for Rent

[tumbler]

Just read that this season you will be able to rent Pico for $6,500 a day on Tuesdays' and Wednesday's for up to 250 people. Food and Beverage additional costs. Would love to line that up for a powder day!

 

[VTKilarney]

That’s actually a good deal if you have enough people.

Not a bad corporate outing.

 

[cdskier]

Plattekill is $3500 for the same number of people for comparison. As much as I love Platty, Pico is definitely a bigger mountain and I think the price seems reasonable for what you get.

 

[sull1102]

Damn. That is really cheap per person for any larger groups out there.

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[sull1102]

I'm just saying, I feel like there could be a market for this, especially looking at it as $52 for 125 people. That's not a crazy large group to get together and of conditions are good, with the high speed quad running the place will be a ghost town.

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[urungus]

Wow that it much cheaper than I would have thought. Wonder which chairs they will have running.

 

[benski]

Wow that it much cheaper than I would have thought. Wonder which chairs they will have running.

I assume if its a private mountain, you can choose the schedule but maybe you can only run 1 or 2 lifts at a time.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Plattekill is $3500

And that's jumped quick. It started about 5 years ago at only $2,000.

 

[cdskier]

And that's jumped quick. It started about 5 years ago at only $2,000.

Yea, once they saw how popular it was. And that 3500 is the "early bird" rate if you book before October 31. After that it goes up to $4500.

 

[ironhippy]

Mont Miller in the Gaspe has the same deal. They are closed during the week (except for holidays) but will open up if you have a group of 25 or more. Lift tickets are 35$ (Canadian)

https://www.chic-chac.ca/en/skiing-area/miller-mountain/

Seems like a good idea if they know they can break even and have the man power available (they run a pretty slim operation)

 

[Smellytele]

Mt Abram in Me does it also.

 

[Domeskier]

Does Pico get more than 250 skiers on the average Tuesday or Wednesday?

 

[cdskier]

Does Pico get more than 250 skiers on the average Tuesday or Wednesday?

They have 0 skiers unless someone is earning their turns.

 

[Domeskier]

They have 0 skiers unless someone is earning their turns.

Ah. Got it.

 

[slatham]

Magic will do it too, though I haven't seen it priced.

 

[sull1102]

Does Pico get more than 250 skiers on the average Tuesday or Wednesday?

Speaking from experience, if conditions aren't really special or it is is early/late season, I would say even Mount Snow can struggle to hit 250 skiers on a Tuesday or Wednesday. This is if we aren't counting the Academy and other race programs. Once the season really gets going in late Jan - early March a tour bus will help get those numbers up.

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[thetrailboss]

Looks like there needs to be an AZ Day at Pico.

 

[ss20]

Speaking from experience, if conditions aren't really special or it is is early/late season, I would say even Mount Snow can struggle to hit 250 skiers on a Tuesday or Wednesday. This is if we aren't counting the Academy and other race programs. Once the season really gets going in late Jan - early March a tour bus will help get those numbers up.

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Lol...that maybe true if you have the "if I don't see it they don't exist" mantra.

 

[Zermatt]

I'm guessing you just get the two express lifts, which would be fine. Good for them if they can make some extra money off of it.

Any guesses on how many skiers Pico has on a typical Saturday versus a holiday weekend or weekend powder day?

I feel like I skied there a bunch last winter when they had less than 50 skiers, maybe fewer.

 

[MEtoVTSkier]

Looks like there needs to be an AZ Day at Pico.

There is your 2018-2019 AZ Summit, at your own private resort. All you got to do is get enough people to put down a deposit and work a deal with Kmart/Pico on the housing and food/bev.