trackbiker Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 A HS 6-Pack cost about $5 million IIRC. How do you think that Blue Mountain could better spend that money to improve the skiing and boarding experience for their customers and why. Please indicate if you are skier or boarder in your reply. Here's my opinion: Skier 1. Install a handle tow in the lower terrain park like Elk did in theirs. This will allow the lower level boarders to stay in the park, which is the only place a lot of them want to be, improving their experience and at the same time lowering the lift demand to the top and conjestion from them skiing to the top of the park, which is where they wanted to be in the first place but didn't want to walk back up so they took the quad lift. 2. Make the new base lodge the main lodge. This will better utilize the beginners slopes there and keep first time skiers/boarders from falling all over Burma Road and stopping the two double chairs at the bottom. As it is now, they ski the Vista lift once or twice then head for Burma Road before they are ready. 3. Finish the new trail under the HSQ before installing another lift. 4. Install a HSQ in place of the two doubles by Main Street. Then relocate those lifts to some new expert only terrain farther east on the mountain. What do you thinkthey should do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorovr Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Good ideas trackbiker... Doug I think you went 5 for 10 on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granola Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 higher the Todd from scrubs to come out and great people in a banana hammock on opening day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbiker Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 1. Food discount for season passholders 2. A longer Nastar season 3. A butter box 4. make Lazy Mile slow skiing instead of Paradise because it's more conjested. 5. Give Mark Miller his own office 6. Video games like at Tanglewood 7. Red Bull machine like at Camelback but not 4 dollars..... 8. A free night in the new Booter Holidae Inn for season passholders. 9. A Blue mountain gas station 10. Ultimate cage fight between Darkside gate setters and darkside freeriders.. 1. Sure wouldn't cost $5 million! 2. Cost almost Zero 3. What, 5 grand if they make it and install it? 4. Zero Dollars! Just move the signs. (Although I disagree on this one. I like skiing Lazy Mile fast.) 5. Zero Dollars. 6. They'd make money on that one. The vendors pay commissions of 50%. 7. See #6 above. 8. Midweek unsold nights the cost would be nominal. 9. What, Turkey Hill or Sheetz isn't good enough? 10. $1000 to rent the cage? Doug, you're a cheap date man. You've still got the $5mil to spend if you figure that commissions on #'s 6&7 will pay for the other items! How about granite markers for trail signs purchased from Doug at 100% commission? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan- Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 They just need to use all the extra space they have past paradise and make more trails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I want the 6-pack....even though im really not affected by crowded trails/long liftlines as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbiker Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I want the 6-pack....even though im really not affected by crowded trails/long liftlines as is. So, you if you're not affected by long lift lines, you don't have any ideas how they could better spend the money to make things better for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tretiak Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) 1. park pass only for sidewinder 2. expand sidewinder make it wider like they did in the spot they did where the 75 ft jump is 3. make make trail past paradise 4. season pass redemption point(to buy new gear in the ski store) 5. give the season pass holders a discount on condos 6. give pass holders earlier lift privalages 7. better snowmaking on sidewinder 8. make main st. a park like intermedate Edited March 17, 2006 by tretiak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 More trails with some character, enough of the fall line trails.. I have never seen lift lines that would warrant higher uphill capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTmark Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 1. more trails 2. park passes. 3. surface lift at the bottom park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorovr Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I agree with papa, at alot of my favorite resorts the best trails are the narrow and somewhat winding trails with whoops down them. Up at Okemo they have one trail that is bump after high speed bump, and you can floaty 180 and 360 down that trail all day long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexkitten Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I agree with papa, at alot of my favorite resorts the best trails are the narrow and somewhat winding trails with whoops down them. Up at Okemo they have one trail that is bump after high speed bump, and you can floaty 180 and 360 down that trail all day long. I agree as well. More trails, more trails, MORE TRAILS. I would put up with a single chair lift if Blue had like 50 trails. Especially if, like you guys said, those trails had some character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) How about granite markers for trail signs purchased from Doug at 100% commission? I like that idea, but it may creep out too many people... Edited March 14, 2006 by ski999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorovr Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 They actually had those in Europe so people don't get lost when the normal trail poles get blown over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachiegirl2ski Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 I like that idea, but it may creep out too many people... it wont let me see that pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifreak Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 More pumping capacity for the snowmaking system and trail expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Spend less money on snowmaking so they open later and close sooner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorovr Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Actually this season they installed a larger water pipe on the main street side of the hill and it greatly increased the amount of snow they could make on that side of the mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
method9455 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I'm always for more snowmaking over lift capacity. The question is how much more expensive is a high speed 6 pack over a high speed quad? The differance probably isn't that much. \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granola Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 how about they donate gas money and a season pass to the brokeskiier, and also a place to crash on weekends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 They just need to use all the extra space they have past paradise and make more trails. I heard that it's owned by camelback, which is probably bullshit. ..is it bullshit? 1. park pass only for sidewinder 2. expand sidewinder make it wider like they did in the spot they did where the 75 ft jump is 3. make make trail past paradise 4. season pass redemption point(to buy new gear in the ski store) 5. give the season pass holders a discount on condos 6. give pass holders earlier lift privalages 7. better snowmaking on sidewinder they should open earlier for passholders, and they should put fanguns in sidewinder like boulder did. It makes such a difference (duh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCRX Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I think they should make steez passes the criterea would be 1. tripple X pants size 2. kids size board with foot place ment directly on the nose and tail. 3. oversized beanie 4.Favorite song- Nelly- Grillz those are the kinds of kids i'd like to ride with Actully in all honesty park passes the upper park is at the level where extremley inexperienced riders cause a saftey hazard...enough said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan- Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I heard that it's owned by camelback, which is probably bullshit. ..is it bullshit? Im pretty sure blue owns that. Camelback would have no use for it... I've never even heard that before though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am476 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Im pretty sure blue owns that. Camelback would have no use for it... I've never even heard that before though. camelback is nowhere near blue, so how would they have anything to do with that area? i agree about removing the double chairs by main street and replacing them with a high speed quad. the trails at blue mountain have plenty of character, but there are so few of them compared with camelback. this is their main and possibly only disadvantage compared with CB, but it is a big one. blue needs more variety - if you don't count the tiny connecting trails, then they have the following trails: green: burma road and paradise blue: lazy mile, upper and lower switchback black: mainstreet, challenge, and razor's. parks: upper and lower sidewinder if i try to bring the girlfriend or another novice skiier, then the only thing that we can ski is burma road, paradise, and lazy mile. more expert trails would also be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schif Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 You've got to look at main routes from top to bottom. CB has more than Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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