What the heck is going on at Magic?

[roark]

Yeah it's way to gnarly for me. If you're trying to be an ambassador for Magic you're doing a pretty poor job. Stick to TGR where you kiss each others butts.

it's ok. you can start on the east side and work your way up.

 

[MMP]

It has nothing to do with you owning a condo at the base. You'd still chose Magic over any other area you could own a condo at.

Yeah right.

How's the view from up there douche? I can ski (or buy if so inclined) where I want and choose magic. My wife wants to retire in Stowe (well the beach actually, but that's not happening). Skied there last year a few times and prefer magic. Always.

So what's your point?

 

[Sorcerer]

So, Does anyone actually know why the black failed last year? I thought I remember reading or hearing from someone on the lift ride up while skiing one day last year, about the chairs not swinging correctly anymore, but I am not sure. If that is the case they would need to replace the bearings on the arms to fix something like that I would think. Trying to get back on topic. Which would take a torch and press likely to get the old ones out if it is anything like the bearings on my KIA.

When the black chair was installed, replacing the blue double, the bearings in the connectors were replaced with some kind of no grease plastic which is no longer "slippery" and so the chairs do not swing easily. New bearings have to be installed in each chair. I heard that that work is underway but I'm not sure.

 

[MMP]

Is that what they're wasting their time on instead of the flagpole?

Maybe they didn't hear "the word" from NH

 

[MadMadWorld]

The Magic faithful have turned heel! This is worse than when Hulk Hogan joined NWA....or was it NWO

 

[MMP]

The Magic faithful have turned heel! This is worse than when Hulk Hogan joined NWA....or was it NWO

Free your heels!!!'

 

[RustyGroomer]

You'd still chose Magic over any other area you could own a condo at.

Yeah right.

100%. Sorry to speak for you JR. My answer to this ridiculous question. Some of us love skiing there more than anywhere else, despite it's shortcomings.

 

[MMP]

100%. Even if there wasn't men only disco night. .

But there is

 

[deadheadskier]

Yeah, I can totally see why for some Magic is their favorite. My favorite in NH is Wildcat. It's got a lot of warts, but I love the vibe, minimal liftlines and uncrowded slopes. I've got family places to stay within 30 minutes of Killington. As much as I like their terrain and the early and late season product they provide, never in my life have I desired to have Boshatten on a hillside be my home mountain. Glad it and the other Southern VT behomths attract as many people as they do. Makes for a better experience at the old school areas like Magic, Cannon, Wildcat etc where it's all about the skiing.

 

[MMP]

Yeah, I can totally see why for some Magic is their favorite. My favorite in NH is Wildcat. It's got a lot of warts, but I love the vibe, minimal liftlines and uncrowded slopes. I've got family places to stay within 30 minutes of Killington. As much as I like their terrain and the early and late season product they provide, never in my life have I desired to have Boshatten on a hillside be my home mountain. Glad it and the other Southern VT behomths attract as many people as they do. Makes for a better experience at the old school areas like Magic, Cannon, Wildcat etc where it's all about the skiing.

what we have in common is that Wildcat and Magic have great terrain. I wouldn't ski at Bromley no matter how good the vibe, or people are. I'd find another place with great skiing, and vibe, and people.

I have decided that my most accurate metric for determining how much I like the vibe of a place is the more female tele skiers, the better I like it. Mad, Alta, A-Basin.....

 

[Do Work]

let me as more unsubstantiated mostly incorrect facts to further clarify black chair problems.

wtf is up with the black chair?

my memory is shot so i'm not sure if it was 2 years ago or 3... maybe 4.. anyway.. lets say 4 years ago black chair was down for the season. .the following year they got it up and running at some point during the season. i actually rode it so i know it happened. then it died again and somebody said something (might have been a guy from New Mexico) that inspectors declared it was so fubar'd that it would never be allowed to run again. how did it get up and running that season before?

Basically, it was shut down on incorrect assumptions, which was proven to the state after some they fixed the rub rails that were causing the condition noted (not what the inspector thought it was). Shut down order was subsequently lifted and work resumed.

Now they're just all getting new-fangled bearing hooziwhatzits for the grips. Not a huge deal but time consuming and labor intensive nonetheless.

Yeah it's way to gnarly for me. If you're trying to be an ambassador for Magic you're doing a pretty poor job. Stick to TGR where you kiss each others butts.

Bahahaha... The butthurt is sooooooo strong with this one. Go back to Epic, Steamy. You can't handle the Magic truth.

 

[jrmagic]

It has nothing to do with you owning a condo at the base. You'd still chose Magic over any other area you could own a condo at.

Yeah right.

You can believe what you want Steve. What Rusty said while speaking for me is spot on. There are quite a few condo owners who have bought in the last several years who came in with eyes wide open about the mountain and bought anyway. There are even more folks who came here to check it out and are now passholders. I don't need to convince naysayers. I'm always willing to show people around and give honest answers and let them decide for themselves. It's definitely not for everybody but a pretty good percentage of them seem to keep coming back.

 

[drjeff]

You can believe what you want Steve. What Rusty said while speaking for me is spot on. There are quite a few condo owners who have bought in the last several years who came in with eyes wide open about the mountain and bought anyway. There are even more folks who came here to check it out and are now passholders. I don't need to convince naysayers. I'm always willing to show people around and give honest answers and let them decide for themselves. It's definitely not for everybody but a pretty good percentage of them seem to keep coming back.

The thing that people who aren't property owners at a certain ski area don't seem to fully grasp, is that while the skiing is an important decision about why you chose to buy property there, its just one of many factors that ultimately made you want to sign the mortgage papers. It can be about the proximity to your permanent residence, your family situation and how it works at that particular ski area, friends that you have at that ski area, the overall feeling and vibe that you get from that ski area, off season recreation and relaxation opportunities at the area and in that general region, etc, etc, etc.

All that comes together to make to choose to buy there, and when it does all come together, you feel a strong sense of pride and community towards that mountain, and there are likely many others, with that same sense of pride and community towards that same mountain that you share a common bond with. It's really something that unless you've experienced it 1st hand, you can't really grasp it. And once you've experienced it 1st hand, you know it's something that you want to continue for a long time to come!

 

[RustyGroomer]

& dr."J" gets it right. Good post

 

[MMP]

Save me a dance DrJeff

smooth

 

[Smellytele]

All that comes together to make to choose to buy there, and when it does all come together, you feel a strong sense of pride and community towards that mountain, and there are likely many others, with that same sense of pride and community towards that same mountain that you share a common bond with. It's really something that unless you've experienced it 1st hand, you can't really grasp it. And once you've experienced it 1st hand, you know it's something that you want to continue for a long time to come!

It is the same with most decisions in life. Most but not all people will defend their decisions that they have made albeit a car purchased, a timeshare purchased, a condo purchased, a new job or a companion married. It is human nature to do so.

 

[MadMadWorld]

You can believe what you want Steve. What Rusty said while speaking for me is spot on. There are quite a few condo owners who have bought in the last several years who came in with eyes wide open about the mountain and bought anyway. There are even more folks who came here to check it out and are now passholders. I don't need to convince naysayers. I'm always willing to show people around and give honest answers and let them decide for themselves. It's definitely not for everybody but a pretty good percentage of them seem to keep coming back.

Don't know MMP or Do Work but both Jon and Greg (George....Gary....) are great ambassadors for the mountain and will make sure that you get the grand tour. They may come off as assholes but they will make sure that you have a good time lol.

 

[Sorcerer]

Is there any new info on when the sale is going to happen?


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[slatham]

From yesterday's Alpine Update:

The mountain ops team is working hard to prepare Magic for the upcoming season.

We will be hosting a couple private events in the lodge during the next month but will not open the Black Line Tavern to the public until the new ownership group is on-board.

In the meantime, we look forward to seeing the Magic community come together for our Volunteer Days this fall: 9/26, 10/10, 10/17. Come for one or all days and get ready to prepare the mountain and facilities for a great season. Details and sign-up information will be posted shortly.

 

[MMP]

Not referring to "the faithful" is a step in the right direction.