So how does this end?

[JimG.]

It's simple - nobody wants to give up anything they had..

Part of someones decision to drive 5 hours to KMart includes length of season... If you started there in the early 90's - you don't get as many ski days...

You get a rental house until mid-May and the joint closes down - your pissed..

Hunter opened late and then closed a week earlier than promised...lots of Hunter rentals run mid-november to mid-april.

I don't see tons of Hunter hate threads, at least not about length of season.

So I still don't get all the K hate. If K regulars want to ski more, then they should ski more when they're open.

 

[Geoff]

Hunter opened late and then closed a week earlier than promised...lots of Hunter rentals run mid-november to mid-april.

I don't see tons of Hunter hate threads, at least not about length of season.

So I still don't get all the K hate. If K regulars want to ski more, then they should ski more when they're open.

So stay at Hunter.

 

[ozzy]

Hunter opened late and then closed a week earlier than promised...lots of Hunter rentals run mid-november to mid-april.

I don't see tons of Hunter hate threads, at least not about length of season.

So I still don't get all the K hate. If K regulars want to ski more, then they should ski more when they're open.

Hunter tried to stay open as long as posible. That week of hot weather did them in. They were honest and open with communication with their customer base that even with farming there was simply not enough snow to keep the resort open.
Killington on the other hand just straight up lied about their closing. Plain and simple

 

[JimG.]

So stay at Hunter.

I pretty much do.

In fact, the skiing at Hunter this past Feb-Mar was the best I had anywhere all season.

I have no complaints.

 

[JimG.]

Hunter tried to stay open as long as posible. That week of hot weather did them in. They were honest and open with communication with their customer base that even with farming there was simply not enough snow to keep the resort open.
Killington on the other hand just straight up lied about their closing. Plain and simple

I agree with you about Hunter.

But "straight up lied" is inaccurate. It was warm up there too. They made a claim based on the notion it would stay relatively cold according to the norm for April. Weather is fickle.

To argue about whether or not they have enough snow to stay open another weekend is pointless. Ownership has control of that. It's about money like any other business. We say enough snow, they say not enough skiers.

I would love to ski more too. I don't blame anyone for being upset. Or pissed off. But recent history over the past 5 years shows this same pattern every year now.

The worst you can say is that they dug up an old and apparently outdated marketing theme. Otherwise, I would have to say most advertising contains straight up lies.

 

[ozzy]

I agree with you about Hunter.

But "straight up lied" is inaccurate. It was warm up there too. They made a claim based on the notion it would stay relatively cold according to the norm for April. Weather is fickle.

To argue about whether or not they have enough snow to stay open another weekend is pointless. Ownership has control of that. It's about money like any other business. We say enough snow, they say not enough skiers.

I would love to ski more too. I don't blame anyone for being upset. Or pissed off. But recent history over the past 5 years shows this same pattern every year now.

The worst you can say is that they dug up an old and apparently outdated marketing theme. Otherwise, I would have to say most advertising contains straight up lies.

No straight up lied meaning that Killington marketed May 2 for the last 14 months or so then to come out on April 19 (after promoting spring passes) and say they're done the coming WE based on weather forecasts 10 days out is straight up lying. Trust me, I'm there 5-6 days a week and three late season trails have wall to wall coverage. Although Hunter tried to piece something together to make one more WE they couldn't as there was nothing left. My inlaws live nearby and my father in law is a passholder. He skied the last few days saying there was nothing left
I mean it would of been easier to swallow if they said something like "due to low skier visits" we're pulling the plug, but dont lie to me saying that they're closing based on a forecast over a week out.
It's like going to a restaurant at 8:30 when they close at 9 and them telling you they are closed already. If you want to close at 8:30 fine, but say so first, not on the spot

 

[oakapple]

No straight up lied meaning that Killington marketed May 2 for the last 14 months or so then to come out on April 19 (after promoting spring passes) and say they're done the coming WE based on weather forecasts 10 days out is straight up lying.

I'm still not getting which statement was a "straight-up lie."

I get that they marketed May 2. Now, if management had known all along that they had no intention of remaining open to that date, it would have been a lie. Nobody here has the inside access to know that.

The forecasts they quoted were real. Like any forecast, they're subject to error, but they were as valid as any forecast can be, at the time K management cited them. No lie there.