Could Snowshoe be more like The BEAST of the Northeast?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:43 pm
Does this look like pictures of a Ski Mountain that should be closed?
Well, with weather like we are having, snow still on the slopes and new gun power on the way, what about this for a marketing idea for spring '19?
Have the "regular season" end at the end of March just as it was this year. Have the Ridiculous Pass and Ikon Pass sales and all of that, but have it end at the end of the regular season. If you want to go extra innings, you need a new pass, "Snow Lovers Extended Season Pass" 99 bucks or whatever, gets you extended Skiing and Riding well into April.
I say the target is to stay open for the entire month of April and I'll throw out my list of terrain/lifts to start with.
Lifts-Ballhooter, Eagle, Western
Runs-Grabhammer, Skip Jack, Knot Bumper, Camp 99, Widowmaker, J-Hook, Upper Cupp
The goal would be to take advantage of:
1) Shaded terrain,
2) Terrain with Low E guns where snow can be piled up (like Superstar at The Beast), and what exists say on Camp 99 right now.
Nobody will show right? Season is over and everybody is thinking beach cuz it is 70 or 80 in the city right?
Well how about a trial where
1) The SnowLover Extended Pass goes on sale after President's day or March 6 whatever Alterra will allow
2) Include a survey question when Ridiculous Passes are sold and see who would be interested in supporting.
3) Get enough folks to purchase to reduce the risk and sell em a bed at a reasonable rate.
Add your support to this thread and ask SS to crunch the numbers.
We are wasting good snow!!!
When Snowshoe announced the nearly $4M investment coming in automated Snowmaking (yes!), and focus on more early season terrain, I thought, what about late season terrain? After the announcement, I had the opportunity to catch a chair ride with Frank Deberry and asked about April. He essentially said, that each time he has tried staying open in April it did not work out (assume financially).Well, with weather like we are having, snow still on the slopes and new gun power on the way, what about this for a marketing idea for spring '19?
Have the "regular season" end at the end of March just as it was this year. Have the Ridiculous Pass and Ikon Pass sales and all of that, but have it end at the end of the regular season. If you want to go extra innings, you need a new pass, "Snow Lovers Extended Season Pass" 99 bucks or whatever, gets you extended Skiing and Riding well into April.
I say the target is to stay open for the entire month of April and I'll throw out my list of terrain/lifts to start with.
Lifts-Ballhooter, Eagle, Western
Runs-Grabhammer, Skip Jack, Knot Bumper, Camp 99, Widowmaker, J-Hook, Upper Cupp
The goal would be to take advantage of:
1) Shaded terrain,
2) Terrain with Low E guns where snow can be piled up (like Superstar at The Beast), and what exists say on Camp 99 right now.
Nobody will show right? Season is over and everybody is thinking beach cuz it is 70 or 80 in the city right?
Well how about a trial where
1) The SnowLover Extended Pass goes on sale after President's day or March 6 whatever Alterra will allow
2) Include a survey question when Ridiculous Passes are sold and see who would be interested in supporting.
3) Get enough folks to purchase to reduce the risk and sell em a bed at a reasonable rate.
Add your support to this thread and ask SS to crunch the numbers.
We are wasting good snow!!!