Greetings,
I wanted to thank everyone who
spent their Thanksgiving and Hanukkah holiday at Okemo this past weekend. We are so appreciative of the positive
comments we have been receiving. I can
assure you that I pass them right along to our snowmakers and groomers. The entire Mountain Operations team has been
hard at work doing their part.
The weather this week has done a
flip flop, so we have had to deal with some cloudy skies with some fog mixed
in and temperatures above snowmaking thresholds. It has allowed us to move some guns, make
some minor repairs, give the staff some rest and be poised to go hard when it
turns cold this coming weekend.
Snowmaking temperatures look to return by Friday.
Guns ready to go on the Sachem trail
Jackson Gore is ready and will
be opening on Thursday. The new guns have really helped us in many ways and opening
of Jackson Gore with limited temperatures is just another example. Our plan now will be to head towards Quantum
Leap in Jackson Gore as well as head towards Sachem, finish Moonshadow, head
towards Line Drive under the Morningstar lift, get Bull Run open as well as
begin the trek into South Face. We are
anticipating winter to settle in somewhat more which should mean colder
temperatures to stick around. There is
also some talk of snow early next week. Look
for some more different things done like we did on The Plunge this past
weekend. Leaving the snowmaking piles as
they were made for some exciting skiing and riding and a little twist in things. There are
also moguls on Sel’s choice as of today.
I know that early December is a
busy time in everyone’s life, but I do hope that you can break away and sample
some of this great early season skiing and riding. Thanks for reading and enjoy the snow. Let me know how we are doing. Feel free to email at bschmidt@okemo.com
Bruce Schmidt
Okemo GM
