It's disappointing how politics has managed to creep into every aspect of our lives lately. It's nice to escape from it for a short time into the word of skiing, snow sports, and recreation related business news. But politics always seems to creep back in wherever you turn. I think it's important to remember that whatever side of any particular political issue we are on there are close to 50% of on the other side. And we need to remember that if someone has a different opinion than us it doesn't mean that they are not intelligent or that they are morons.
The Storm Skiing Journal is an outstanding blog with high quality, well researched content. Particularly for those of us in the Northeast, this blog brings together the world of skiing and the "business" side of operations/lift pricing like no other source. The gratuitous and unnecessary insertion of politics is the one glaring weakness to these writeups. It is disappointing.
Great restaurant and bar at Blue Mtn. Really good local brews. One of the nicest I've seen at any northeast ski resort. Someone spent big bucks on it. My wife likes to ski there just to have lunch on the outdoor patio overlooking the mountain. I could easily see a hotel complex there with some condo / timeshare type of development. Ski resorts have been branching into year round events for awhile. Summer concerts, wine and brewfests, weddings, etc. If I had to guess, that's why the real estate arm of KSL will be running the show at Blue.
Great writeup and summary of the skiing situation in Northeastern PA. Having Camelback and Blue on an Ikon Pass, bundled with the other Ikon mountains stretching from the Catskills northward, would be unbeatable. But I don't know if they will go this route. They sell a lot of single mountain passes today to these two properties, and attracting skiers doesn't seem like a problem. (Attracting too many skiers on weekends is actually a problem.) Moving them onto Ikon, I can't help but think that ownership would view this as giving away an expanded product at a similar revenue level - great for the skier, but less helpful to KSL.
Great writeup and summary of the skiing situation in Northeastern PA. Having Camelback and Blue on an Ikon Pass, bundled with the other Ikon mountains stretching from the Catskills northward to Maine, would be unbeatable. But I don't know if they will go this route. They sell a lot of single mountain passes today to these two properties, and attracting skiers doesn't seem like a problem. (Attracting too many skiers on weekends is actually a problem.) Moving them onto Ikon, I can't help but think that ownership would view this as giving away an expanded product but at a similar revenue level - great for the skier, but less helpful to KSL.
Thanks. Yes totally agree on the volume issue. Perhaps they plan to expand the mountains first to handle more capacity? The Hunter hoards didn’t stop Vail from adding it to Epic, so I think it’s workable if they limit base pass to five days. Ultimately I think the number of Ikon Passes Alterra would sell in Philly would make up for the loss of direct pass revenue, plus I’m thinking anyone who bought a Camelback or Blue pass would just upgrade to Ikon, which doesn’t cost much more and gives them access to lots of destinations.
It's disappointing how politics has managed to creep into every aspect of our lives lately. It's nice to escape from it for a short time into the word of skiing, snow sports, and recreation related business news. But politics always seems to creep back in wherever you turn. I think it's important to remember that whatever side of any particular political issue we are on there are close to 50% of on the other side. And we need to remember that if someone has a different opinion than us it doesn't mean that they are not intelligent or that they are morons.
The Storm Skiing Journal is an outstanding blog with high quality, well researched content. Particularly for those of us in the Northeast, this blog brings together the world of skiing and the "business" side of operations/lift pricing like no other source. The gratuitous and unnecessary insertion of politics is the one glaring weakness to these writeups. It is disappointing.
Great restaurant and bar at Blue Mtn. Really good local brews. One of the nicest I've seen at any northeast ski resort. Someone spent big bucks on it. My wife likes to ski there just to have lunch on the outdoor patio overlooking the mountain. I could easily see a hotel complex there with some condo / timeshare type of development. Ski resorts have been branching into year round events for awhile. Summer concerts, wine and brewfests, weddings, etc. If I had to guess, that's why the real estate arm of KSL will be running the show at Blue.
Great writeup and summary of the skiing situation in Northeastern PA. Having Camelback and Blue on an Ikon Pass, bundled with the other Ikon mountains stretching from the Catskills northward, would be unbeatable. But I don't know if they will go this route. They sell a lot of single mountain passes today to these two properties, and attracting skiers doesn't seem like a problem. (Attracting too many skiers on weekends is actually a problem.) Moving them onto Ikon, I can't help but think that ownership would view this as giving away an expanded product at a similar revenue level - great for the skier, but less helpful to KSL.
Great writeup and summary of the skiing situation in Northeastern PA. Having Camelback and Blue on an Ikon Pass, bundled with the other Ikon mountains stretching from the Catskills northward to Maine, would be unbeatable. But I don't know if they will go this route. They sell a lot of single mountain passes today to these two properties, and attracting skiers doesn't seem like a problem. (Attracting too many skiers on weekends is actually a problem.) Moving them onto Ikon, I can't help but think that ownership would view this as giving away an expanded product but at a similar revenue level - great for the skier, but less helpful to KSL.
Thanks. Yes totally agree on the volume issue. Perhaps they plan to expand the mountains first to handle more capacity? The Hunter hoards didn’t stop Vail from adding it to Epic, so I think it’s workable if they limit base pass to five days. Ultimately I think the number of Ikon Passes Alterra would sell in Philly would make up for the loss of direct pass revenue, plus I’m thinking anyone who bought a Camelback or Blue pass would just upgrade to Ikon, which doesn’t cost much more and gives them access to lots of destinations.