Patrick
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JimG.":2spgruxz said:Resorts close because of a lack of paying skier visits, not lack of snow. If there's no profit motive, the lifts don't spin.
Yes, most of the time. However even with the current conditions in the East, the lack of customer is being less of a factor in the closing date.
River was with me at MRG on it's last day (April 1). It was incredible that they didn't close sonner. Kudos for keeping the lifts turning. Not a good example because of the lack of snowmaking?
Whiteface this weekend. When the skiing to the bottom is so marginal (K has done it the past), it was surprising that they even opened this weekend. I skied a few last days of the season at Whiteface, Sugarloaf, Ste-Anne, Tremblant to know how much coverage there usually is.
Tremblant could have survived a bit longer, but I've rarely seen so little snow for mid-April (closing weekend).