ski resorts gunna allow bikes this year ya think?
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I'd imagine that opening for the summer would take more planning then one could do in the couple of months that winter entails
Seem like a no...
Something about them having to apply for a permit way before hand. Or that sort of thing.
Something about them having to apply for a permit way before hand. Or that sort of thing.
lets hope someone is wiping the crust from their eyes to see the light.....
too bad were having record snow fall and they may be able to open again..... or so the news hinted.....
too bad were having record snow fall and they may be able to open again..... or so the news hinted.....
Did you talk to them?RhinofromWA said:
Nothing that I know of this year, but please keep writing friendly letters to Snoqualmie/Booth Creek asking them to open up their summer ops for bikes in the future. They can do it if they think they'll actually make money.
Mailing Address
Ski Lifts Inc.
P.O. Box 1068
Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068
Link to email here: http://www.summit-at-snoqualmie.com/winter/contact.asp
John Pretty, public relations manager: jpretty.sl@boothcreek.com
Mailing Address
Ski Lifts Inc.
P.O. Box 1068
Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068
Link to email here: http://www.summit-at-snoqualmie.com/winter/contact.asp
John Pretty, public relations manager: jpretty.sl@boothcreek.com
And also of North Star in cali that has had a few good years of summer ops.Snacks said:
Grackle snoob crots?
I sent an email as well. I pitched an idea at them like this:
Tickets on a season-pass-only basis with a pre-season purchase/quota.
I thought it was worth a shot. They need some sort of commitment. What do ya think?
Tickets on a season-pass-only basis with a pre-season purchase/quota.
I thought it was worth a shot. They need some sort of commitment. What do ya think?
When I was at Sun Peaks last fall I rode the lift with their director of marketing. He was willing to tell me a little about the economics of their operation. Electricity to run the lift is $1000 (Canadian, but still a chunk of change) per day, and then there are salaries for lift operators (one at the top, one at the bottom, attendants, etc. They don't make a profit on mountain biking, at least now, but it is part of their overall strategy to build summer business as a destination resort. It is part of their big picture--hotels, restaurants, hiking, golf, etc. I think he mentioned they were spending $100,000 to build new trails for next season
That makes me think that there is no hope for Snoqualmie, since they are in no way a summer operation. They would have to make it on lift tickets. How many do you think they could sell?
But according to a recent article in the Seattle Times, Crystal mountain is building a new hotel and other features for summer operation. It makes me hope they might eventually offer lift access riding as part of an overall strategy like Sun Peaks.
That makes me think that there is no hope for Snoqualmie, since they are in no way a summer operation. They would have to make it on lift tickets. How many do you think they could sell?
But according to a recent article in the Seattle Times, Crystal mountain is building a new hotel and other features for summer operation. It makes me hope they might eventually offer lift access riding as part of an overall strategy like Sun Peaks.
Someone explain to me how places like snoqualmie and crystal were able to run summer opperations in previous years but recently have not run the lifts in recent summers because of the obvious financial shortcomings. Was it just a trial basis thing in the past? I mean it's quite obvious that there is more demand for lift accessed riding than in years past (both in terms of riding styles and bike technology). I remember riding the lift at crystal some 10 years ago and being one of only about 5 mtbers up there. We were all on more xc/trail oriented bikes, not something you associate as commonplace with lift accessed trails.
As far as Snoq goes, it was more a way of keeping key people employed year-round.
They were never in it for the money so much, but when they started getting grief from the USFS and DHer's became a whiny bunch they called it good?
In a fragile relationship the one loud whiner drowns out the 50 that were happy with what they had.
They were never in it for the money so much, but when they started getting grief from the USFS and DHer's became a whiny bunch they called it good?
In a fragile relationship the one loud whiner drowns out the 50 that were happy with what they had.