VAIL SUCKS

[Kingslug20]

Lady on the lift the other dsy at Stowe did bring up something i haven't thought about. Stowe has no events..ever. No music.. pond skimming..festivals...nada...

 

[drjeff]

Lady on the lift the other dsy at Stowe did bring up something i haven't thought about. Stowe has no events..ever. No music.. pond skimming..festivals...nada...

Stowe does though, through its sister Epic Resorts, have numerous experienced Events Crews, that they could pick the brains of with a simple email or phone call, about what they need to do to pull some Events like that off if they want to, and not just for Winter season events either

 

[kendo]

Stowe has the Sugar slalom (last weekend on Spruce). Could turn it into a resort wide spring fling... dummy race for the kids, pond skim, music, food, beer, etc. https://mmsca.org/events/sugar-slalom/ but then it'd get too popular, parking would be limited and peeps would be upset! Let just ski instead.

 

[drjeff]

Stowe has the Sugar slalom (last weekend on Spruce). Could turn it into a resort wide spring fling... dummy race for the kids, pond skim, music, food, beer, etc. https://mmsca.org/events/sugar-slalom/ but then it'd get too popular, parking would be limited and peeps would be upset! Let just ski instead.

One could make the case that the Sugar SL is already, and has been for a while, too popular, as that registration list sells out quickly when it goes live every year. Heck, I know the 1st 2 years I tried to get my kids registered for it, by the time I got around to it, it was sold out already.

Especially amongst the ski academy athletes and their parents, that is a "must do" race/party every season

 

[Kingslug20]

Hmm.i missed it..too busy skiing..

 

[RichT]

Lady on the lift the other dsy at Stowe did bring up something i haven't thought about. Stowe has no events..ever. No music.. pond skimming..festivals...nada...

Hunter used to have events all summer and the fall plus stuff during ski season...................now no a single event, shit they have a whole snowtubing area that hasn't been used at all. Here's another kicker, the TV's in the lodge were off most of the winter, including during the winter Olympics.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

if they are overcrowded every operating weekend and already have your epic pass money, why spend anything on events

 

[deadheadskier]

The best Stowe event was unofficial and for the locals in the know. It was called the Prohibition Party and named so because booze was smuggled through Smuggler's Notch during prohibition.

Ski Patrol would rope off Chin Clip a midweek day, the last week the gondola spun for the season. The mountain would haul kegs and grills up on Groomers. Just out of view from where Chin Clip was roped, the party would get started first Gondola and go until sunset.

That ended around 2004. Basically when Big Spruce development started to take off. It was sort of the unofficial end to Stowe as an unwashed ski bum mountain. Even though the town was always exclusive and higher end, it was still heavily populated with ski bum houses and your party hard culture. The mountain was a lot rougher around the edges too. I miss it that way

 

[catskillman]

Hunter used to have events all summer and the fall plus stuff during ski season...................now no a single event, shit they have a whole snowtubing area that hasn't been used at all. Here's another kicker, the TV's in the lodge were off most of the winter, including during the winter Olympics.

Snowtubing is history at Hunter, that is going to be parking next season. Great that they will be able have even more people in lift lines with increased parking.....

Octoberfest is back in an undetermined format this fall however.

 

[catskillman]

if they are overcrowded every operating weekend and already have your epic pass money, why spend anything on events

exactly. Hunter had a few races this year, but they were mostly kept secret. That Chef's club has released race dates at Hunter for next season already though

 

[zyk]

Ok so I don't understand the lack of off season events. The first events I have this year (not Vail related) should bring in scary beverage money. I have a target and it is not small. Sometimes I wonder if corporations just miss opportunities...

 

[ss20]

Remember folks there is a staffing shortage... employees leave in the winter, tough to fill a few dozen jobs for a few one-off weekend events in the summer. The big summer players- Killington, Cranmore, etc can find a few extra guys but that's tough if you're a place like Stowe that has a relatively small summer operating footprint (weddings, small mountain bike park, and gondola rides, iirc?).

As far as winter events, you either have to do zero or go all-out. In between doesn't really work for profit.

 

[Teleskier]

Hmm.i missed it..too busy skiing..

Sadly... I did read the website event page that morning before first chair to get the published hours, planned ahead when to pause my skiing in the day to head over there, went there well within the listed times, only to find... it had all ended two hours ago, and I paused my skiing for nothing. I suppose that's what I get for trying to "fit" it in.

 

[eatskisleep]

Is Attitash going to be open this summer? They’ve had 2 or 3 years now to figure out how to staff it…

 

[Kingslug20]

They got rid of tubing at Hunter?
Thats a shame..lot of people used to go there..

 

[snoseek]

Is Attitash going to be open this summer? They’ve had 2 or 3 years now to figure out how to staff it…

Right? That place has to pull a profit at least on weekends.

 

[cdskier]

Remember folks there is a staffing shortage... employees leave in the winter, tough to fill a few dozen jobs for a few one-off weekend events in the summer. The big summer players- Killington, Cranmore, etc can find a few extra guys but that's tough if you're a place like Stowe that has a relatively small summer operating footprint (weddings, small mountain bike park, and gondola rides, iirc?).

I'm not so sure if I would consider Stowe's summer operating footprint relatively small. I'd say they're one of the larger ones relatively speaking as far as VT ski areas go as they offer quite a bit in the summer. They have to staff for Toll House access, Gondola Rides, the Tree-top Adventure course, the Zip Line (which has 3 separate segments so you're talking several staff per each segment alone...plus the staff at the base giving out equipment and doing the required demos/training).

Although all this has nothing to do with not hosting events as simple and common as pond skimming in the winter season...

 

[urungus]

There used to be the end of season snowball fight until Vail shut it down

 

[2Planker]

Is Attitash going to be open this summer? They’ve had 2 or 3 years now to figure out how to staff it…

Highly doubt it. No maintenance of anything over the last 2 years and no job posting at all so far...

 

[drjeff]

Highly doubt it. No maintenance of anything over the last 2 years and no job posting at all so far...

And the "see you next Winter" line up on their main webpage, sure seems to infer that once again there will be no Summer ops at Attitash this year