The "Sugarbush Thread"

[cdskier]

Yes, we got the message as to how offended you are. Don't take it personally.

I may start using "The Bush" all the time now.

So I figured that there would be more crazy comments and feedback, but honestly now having skimmed over all of the comments, the wide majority are from people who invested some time and serious thought into providing thoughtful constructive feedback. It is not hard to see some consistent themes--lifts, snowmaking, off-season activities (or lack thereof), lack of local control, cost and value (especially of food and beverage), and multiple feedback about missing Win and local ownership. Alterra central would have to be really blind not to see the concerns. And honestly they echo what a lot of folks have said here. Very interesting. Thanks to the person who shared this. It is very eye opening to see what folks said.

Considering that the survey targeted people owning properties/condos in the immediate area, it is not surprising that the feedback was from people who overall have a vested interest in providing thoughtful and constructive feedback. Some weird odd-ball comments, but overall I'd say 80% were in line with my expectations. I'm somewhat curious who had the idea to send out this survey in the first place. And more importantly, will anyone listen to the feedback? The only thing that surprises me a little bit is the lack of more comments about snow-making. Yes, there were some. But overall I think the lift comments far out-weighed the snow-making ones. I expected a little more balance there with a bit of a skew towards lift comments.

 

[ThatGuy]

Slidey-B your way into the Bush for a great time

 

[cdskier]

Here's some more interesting ones now that I had a chance to read more (shooting for ones that TB missed posting!)

A washer and dryer that work - the "Green" washer and dryer that we were forced to install afew years ago is awful and has been from day one.

Maybe this was something that happened in a particular condo complex? Claybrook? Rice brook? Gadd Brook?

Lodge at top

Has this person been to the top? (perhaps they mean top of GH...but that isn't what they wrote).

Snowmaking/Cloud-seeding

Umm...yea...cloud-seeding...that's the ticket!

less wind holds

No problem...I'm sure a simple request to mother nature will be all that is needed to reduce wind on the mountain...

There seems to be more emphasis now on ungroomed trails. For example, Moonshine and Upper Birdland were usually groomed. For the past several years they have not been and even though I am a good skier, those trails are no longer accessible to me. It seems there are plenty of ungroomed trails. A few more groomed trails would be appreciated.

Moonshine has never been regularly groomed so not sure what this person is talking about with that....I do wish they went back to at least grooming half of Upper Birdland though. I always liked cruising straight down under the chair...

Higher end food options, more gluten free options, uncrowded Apres options

Good news for this person...they can now purchase a Reserve pass for an exclusive Apres lounge!

Walt's is a 10,change NOTHING.

We love Ellen! We love Walts!

Walt’s needs an overhaul big time!

Simply posting these 3 together to show how interesting it is how different people view the same thing in completely different ways...

Icy conditions is what I hear from other skiers in New Jersey

They certainly didn't hear that from me...

I do too much schlepping at Sugarbush. At other resorts I don't have to fight to get a place to eat lunch, or a drink after skiing. You have reserved so many priority parking spaces that I have to park a great distance from the lifts.

Weird...there's 1 row of spots at LP reserved for valet parking (sometimes more like only half that row is blocked off). If someone has to park a great distance from the lifts, that simply means you're getting there late.