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While I'd normally agree, as someone else pointed out, you can modulate uphill capacity with chair spacing, which I suspect they'd do. With respect to the longer runout, that shouldn't be dismissed, but keep in mind that this also offers the prospect of much easier round trips from Catherine's...

HA! Love it. Princess Marc. Wasatch Snow Forecast now calling for 10-20" with the next system, coming in right side up. Daddy like.

How quickly can these conditions change? Is the snowpack screwed until the next major dump covers up the current surface?

This is really helpful beta re: the SLC Sheraton. Might be a game changer. Not in a position to pay for a hotel, so SLC may be out.

I have a unique opportunity (for me at least) to get away from rainless/snowless California in the Sunday-Wednesday time frame for a brief ski junket. I am looking for the considered wisdom of the contributors here with respect to where I should be thinking of flying to. My requirements as...

Indeed. Still wake up at night with the sweats from that one. To this day, I'm shocked that neither of us blew a knew on that nightmare.

Correction - busiest day under current ownership, not ever. Still, the broader point stands. They call it Club North for a reason.

Marc - It was pretty clear he was talking about warming more broadly, not about hurricanes, which you've conveniently ignored. Think of the kittens indeed.

I don't know how Burlington, VT gets left off the list. Access to four areas in under 90 minutes (3 of them in 45 mins) with 300" plus, and another two (SB/MRG) with over 250" within an hour. Crowds at Smuggs are pretty much non-existent. Pretty sparse at Stowe given the amount of accessible...

I find that chart prety fascinating. As Tony pointed out, it indicates that ski area investment is really a two track phenomenon. There's a base level of spending that goes into mtn infrastructure and which seems to be pretty much steady state. Sure you'll have unusual down years like this...

With that design, I could see a lot of people getting stuck having to walk out of the Beavers, either uphill or to Hwy 6. People going back there these days generally know what they're doing and where they're going. With a lift back there, there is likely to be a lot more people who attempt to...

Sadly, this level of analysis seems to be typical for your "contributions" here. As Tony pointed out, it's a bit foolish to assume a 5% interest rate when the parent company is borrowing at over 13%. But let's assume they get a sweetheart deal somehow at 10%. Let's further assume, as...

In fact, they had agreements in principle for those approvals, though not in the exact form they wanted - a 7 story monstrosity completely out of character with the town that would no doubt have been as "successful" as the village at Mammoth. Since when does $22M in gondolas, high speed quads...

Minimum age of 7 though. From a quick search, it doesn't appear as though Snow Summit has any seasonal or multi-week programs. Grumble.

I think when you consider the added cycle time of the ride up and then the download back down, it changes the dynamic somewhat. Your window is only so long with 3-4 year olds, and is probably a touch shorter with girls due to having less leg strength. Also, since I was more familiar with West...

I would agree with most of the observations and opinions above. Three deciding factors have driven us to Mtn High West. 1) Daughter wasn't really ready for 300 verts at a time when we started this year (would have been in the last month or so, but East is closed) and the beginner chair at West...

Quoted for truth. This is the primary reason why I'm generally found slumming it at Mtn High West these days. When I can get out w/o the family, it's Baldy, Waterman or Mammoth. But with a 4 year old just getting her ski legs under her, Mtn High has by far the best set up in SoCal, IMHO...

The reason they can't allocate more of their capital to providing uphill transportation to new and exciting terrain is not lack of desire. More often than not, it's the road blocks put up by the very same demographic you are courting for MRA. You can build all the base area attractions you...

I found this part to be particularly ironic. Invariably, whenever a ski area proposes to expand, the immediate response from the relevant "locals", backcountry enthusiasts, and other assorted leftists who comprise the core of MRA's support is something to the effect of "Just another corporate...

That's pretty smart by VMR. Version 1.0 of multi-resort conglomerates like ASC, Booth Creek and Intrawest generally featured the purchase of trophy properties in far flung regions with little opportunity for synergies between the resorts. The far smarter approach, IMO, is to go with a...