As I write this on St. Patrick's Day I think about how this past weeks weather is typical spring. Warm weather, mixed precipitation and then
back to cold weather, some snow, with always sun mixed in. The word March come from the Roman God of
War, “Mars”. “Mars” was also the Roman
name for Tuesday which is the third day of the week and March is the 3rd
Month. It also means change as in
changing weather. The Suns angle is changing as it leaves the Southern
Hemisphere and heads towards the Northern Hemisphere for our summer. So as the sun begins to change position,
there is a lot of upheaval in the atmosphere and adjustments being made and
thus we get all types of weather from Mother Nature.
Speaking of change, there is a
lot of discussion on the change in seasons passes offerings at Okemo this year.
Namely the fact that Okemo and Stratton are not offering a joint season’s
passes. The Okemo/Stratton pass offering
was an added-value benefit we offered on select season pass options. Okemo and Stratton had a gentleman’s
agreement to offer skiing and riding, but unfortunately after lengthy discussions and compromise, Okemo and Stratton could not come to an agreement and we are no longer
able to extend this added-value benefit to our pass holders. I'm sure you know that this does not
detract from the full experience of skiing and riding. Okemo will continue to do what we do
best. Great grooming, snowmaking, early
season opening, skiing into April, helpful and friendly staff and an
exceptional resort experience.
The extended forecast is looking good with snow on the way
this week and more spring like temperatures as we head into next weekend. Okemo is remaining committed to providing
some great spring skiing with continued nightly grooming; we will be running a
good selection of lifts and keeping open our facilities.
There is a lot of skiing and riding left to be done this
spring and some great events happening.
We are looking towards an end date of Sunday April 14th, but
as we all know that is our target and things can change..
Thanks for your support and have a
great spring skiing season.
Bruce Schmidt
Okemo GM
