sibhusky Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) http://espn.go.com/a...ng-whitefish?as And I love this part: "After lunch, I skied with Donnie Clapp, the resort's PR director. On one chair ride Clapp's resort radio crackled and a voice came over the airwaves, "Total resort visitors today: 983." Clapp gave a little, "Nice" as he heard the news. Really? Under a thousand people and the PR guy is stoked. I was shocked." Edited January 7, 2011 by sibhusky
Mixilplix Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 Nice artical..Looks like a great place to ski/ride..Gotta get myself out there sometime...I love Montana and get out there one or two times a year,but I always end up at Big Sky/Moonlight.
toast21602 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 how do they stay in business with nobody going there?
sibhusky Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Posted January 7, 2011 Not real estate. They are just penny pinchers. We no longer have the NorAms here because they lost money (supposedly) on the event. Next year they are cutting loose the race team, in spite of the fact that last year they made a profit. The new management philosophy is if the department doesn't make money, it doesn't have a future. The plan is to make money on operations and not rely on real estate, because in the long run, you don't have any more real estate to sell. So, they don't do "glossy". I.E., there are some SLOW chairs, they don't blow much artificial snow, they don't groom the entire place to death. Although it is family-oriented, it is really SKIER ("core") oriented. We have to be. The fog will deter the people who only ski 6 or 7 days a year.
sibhusky Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Posted January 7, 2011 YESTERDAY was great. Got my first run in Good Med since April 09 (which I only got to at the end of the season due to recovering from knee surgery). Before that was the 07-08 season. Good stuff. Today, not so good. We got another 6 inches of heavy stuff and even the groomers were really really tough to get through, because it came AFTER they groomed. I left after 3 runs, figuring I have a whole season ahead of me, why tear an ACL this early? Yesterday in Good Med:
Johnny Law Posted January 7, 2011 Report Posted January 7, 2011 Did everyone watch the video? looks sick what area is that at about 38 seconds in ?
sibhusky Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Posted January 7, 2011 If you're "core", here's your event...race up, then race down, and up and down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpf2PpKGzMI&feature=player_embedded More info looks sick what area is that at about 38 seconds in ? If I'm catching the right place, Picture Chutes. Siblet once took me there. I about killed her. I think I cried (well, almost) the whole way. She thinks it's fun. I am too afraid of dying. Sling Shot or Gray's (either side) are fine, but keep me away from cliffs, please.
ole2planker Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 Sib, Great video with Cody Townsend. Sounds like things haven't changed much since I was there with my older daughter. Bryan
sibhusky Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Posted January 8, 2011 Sib, Great video with Cody Townsend. Sounds like things haven't changed much since I was there with my older daughter. Bryan When are you guys coming again?
sibhusky Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Posted January 9, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lePo_lF_jloVideo, lots in East Rim Video of the Day, lots filmed in East Rim
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