Another snow day here at Okemo.
We could get used to this. Snow on top
of snow. As we head out of the holiday
week the new snow will make for some great skiing and riding. The new snow has made for a happening ski
resort and lots of guests enjoying some fun in the mountains.
Snowmaking is going to begin
tonight with snow being made on Black Out, Halfpipe & the base area trails.
We will be focusing on some of these locations to build base depth. Bull Run
needs snow to get the Nastar course in place, Black out and Nor’easter needs
snow for the building of the features for the parks, the halfpipe needs snow to
begin construction and we also need snow on mountain road and open slope. We don’t anticipate going on any of the other
trails as we don’t want to affect the great skiing we have now. Next week’s weather is looking colder, so we
will work on areas that need a lot of snow which we can make more efficient in
the cold temps.
The parks staff is headed
towards Black Out and Nor’easter to get the terrain parks in place. I would
anticipate having the Black Out park ready by next weekend with the Nor’easter
Park following soon after. The Superpipe
construction will begin this week after snow is made during the week. It takes some time to get the Superpipe made,
so no estimate on time yet. We also
expect to see some mogul trails this week.
This week has seen some good
crowds on the slopes. I also realize that there have been some traffic concerns
at the end of the day. Some of this is
expected due to it being Christmas week. We continue to work with the town of
Ludlow on making the exit off the mountain as smooth as it can be.
Guests have been very patient
this week and I can’t thank you enough. We train our staff for this week, but
there will always be challenges. I am
hopeful that even though we haven’t gotten everything correct, how we recover from those challenges is what
sets us apart.
On behalf of all of us here at Okemo, Thanks for skiing
and riding with us and we hope that you and your family have a very Happy New
Year.
Talk soon,
Bruce Schmidt
Okemo GM
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