Now, take your graduate degree in business (that sounds open to interpretation) and go work for a ski area for a "number of years". When you are done, you can come back and tell us your opinion about whether they should have blown snow or not. This is not a snide reply, but rather a serious suggestion.
Open to interpretation? an MBA on top of a CPA is experience open to interpretation? Doubt it..maybe to some.
If Bear pulled the hoses well before this post, that tells me they had no intentions to see if it were possible to continue.
There are many evenings this season they could have blown snow, conditions weren't marginal. Crank 'em up for the weekend crowds yes, but during the week, they slacked off.
I have worked in service industries for years....very familiar w/ the cost benefit analysis. However it is their job to incur the cost and generate the benefit at the same time.
Meaning that if they are going to make the snow, they also have to generate the crowds to make it worth their while.
I don't think anyone who goes there will be surprised in the future when they tighten up their operations to improve the bottom line.