still making snow last weekend , still open mid week
That is amazing that they were blowing snow this late.
Looks like they got a new management team this past season.
Camelback plans to re-open for next weekend, April 24-26! From the pictures I've seen, the base on the one trail is deep so people who like bumps have been having a good time. It will probably be cold enough for snowmaking for a few nights. Weather seems more like the usual late March than late April in PA and NY.
I need a Vail apologist in this thread ASAP to tell me how it can't be done and I'm simply shooting the messenger of bad winters.
Camelback hasn't even closed yet and Vail already cutoff their "best offer" for next year's season passes.
I didn't know about the best offer or the cutoff, but I'll just echo what I said earlier and say "that's pretty impressive."
It is impressive. And honestly, I'm fairly sure not technically profitable. So more about goodwill and keeping customers happy. Which is awesome to see.
needawax wrote:
I didn't know about the best offer or the cutoff, but I'll just echo what I said earlier and say "that's pretty impressive."
What they haven't figured out yet is that you can only accelerate early buy-in to the sport to a certain point. After that the offers & cutoff dates, etc are just humoring people. When you see early dealbreaker dates, that's a clear sign that doesn't bode well for many of the resorts in their portfolio.
B - it wasn't a bad winter, (even in SW PA) - ended a little early, but plenty of sweet temperature pockets to make 2x the amount of snow at least in the laurels.
3 - good on Camelback for pushing it far.
Leo wrote:
It is impressive. And honestly, I'm fairly sure not technically profitable. So more about goodwill and keeping customers happy. Which is awesome to see.
needawax wrote:
I didn't know about the best offer or the cutoff, but I'll just echo what I said earlier and say "that's pretty impressive."
Certainly has marketing value. Just as being "first to open" gets media headlines for a given region. For instance Killington and Ski Ward for New England; Sugar and Cataloochee in NC. Sugar also tends to be "last to close." Perhaps a reason Sugar remains independent and is unlikely to ever join Indy.
Camelback and Blue were added to the Ikon pass a couple years ago. As with Epic, having a regional resort that's open late may entice someone to get a multi-resort pass for a trip out west and late season turns within driving distance of their house.
Seriously though? 10 feet of base on Cliffhanger?
needawax wrote:
Seriously though? 10 feet of base on Cliffhanger?
Why not? When there is only one trail with snowguns on, if it's cold long enough and there is already a decent base, seems as if adding a few feet of snow overnight would be possible. Have seen snow whales during early season that high.
3rd time's a charm, "That's pretty impressive."
Absolutely. That's a great attitude. And a good model for many others to take note.
I think all the 10 foot base of snow is at the top portion because the runout looks thin.
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This popped up in my feed. Looks pretty good.
