Greetings,
We are skiing into the 16th
week of the season and heading into spring and it is looking like some great
conditions. Let’s hope that this year spring
skiing will be strong. The last couple of years we have not seen the stars
align which has meant a slower than expected March into April. This year is
going to be different.
The new snow was welcome for
all. The glades are holding up pretty good as are the natural trails. This may change somewhat if the temperature
gets to 40 or so by this coming weekend.
Ski patrol has been checking out the trails and does what they can to keep
them open. When we don’t have them open
the SF checks them out anyway and gives a report on what we missed. Okemo hasn’t put away the snow guns for good
yet. We have sent back all our rental
compressors for the season. The good
news is that Okemo owns machines that can put out several thousand feet of
compressed air, so if we need to touch up some areas, we will be able to do
that. The natural snow has been great to
see as the surface is better and the making of it quieter.
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What are our plans for the
spring you ask? Reservations are looking
good as we head into the depths of March.
The next big event will be Festevol on Saturday March 16th. This two band concert will have the doors
open at 3pm with DJ Logic coming on at 4pm, OAR around 4:45pm and Yukon
Kornelius around 7pm. should be lots of fun.
A new addition will be tent material walls on the side of the Ice
house. A welcome addition as the
temperature drops. We also will be running some large scale warm air heaters
into the building to hopefully keep things toasty. Of course the temperature will probably be
around 50, but if it isn’t, we will be ready!
Get on line and get your tickets now.
The Slush Cup will be happening on April 6th and the Mountain
Dew Vertical Challenge finals are on March 23rd.
As we get into March, we will be
running lifts to access all of our trails.
At times there are adjustments that will be made depending on business,
but with the great conditions, I am hopeful we can keep skiing lots of
terrain. Closing day on paper is
forecasted to be April 14th, but Mother Nature usually has some say
in that.
Enjoy the sun and fun as spring
arrives. Don’t forget to spring your clocks ahead on Saturday night March 9th.
Bruce Schmidt
Okemo GM