bigdaddyk Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 I just checked onthesnow.com and Alpine and Shawnee are still listed as open. I looked at each website and their websites still say they are open until the end of the month Quote
phillycore Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 wow....Blue REALLY dropped the ball this year.... Quote
Johnny Law Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 tons of places in VT & NY too, if you through in a Tux's trip I don't think I have to stop skiing until early May Quote
Ashleigh S Posted March 31, 2008 Report Posted March 31, 2008 Camelback will be open daily until Sunday April 6, and will reopen Saturday April 12 for the Jib Stick Jungle Rail Jam at the Snowtubing Park. Check out www.skicamelback.com for all the details and to pre-register online. We are giving away over $10,000 worth of cash & prizes for this event! Also, visit our website for information on our great late-season ticket specials, including info on how passholders from other mountains can ski and ride for free!! Quote
Barb Posted March 31, 2008 Report Posted March 31, 2008 weather permitting, any trails open April 12 or just the rail jam? Quote
Ashleigh S Posted April 1, 2008 Report Posted April 1, 2008 weather permitting, any trails open April 12 or just the rail jam? On April 12, only the Tubing Park will be open for the Jib Stick Jungle Rail Jam. No trails at the ski area. Quote
Papasteeze Posted April 1, 2008 Report Posted April 1, 2008 Big Boulder open Weekends 10-6 till ? Quote
Barb Posted April 1, 2008 Report Posted April 1, 2008 yeah boulder will prob be open, I just wanted to check out Camelback since it would be free. Quote
moe ghoul Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 I'm blowing off CB this weekend and heading for Whiteface/LakePlacid Sunday for 4 days. The deals are too cheap to ignore. Stokeage....... Quote
Justin Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 Wow, Shawnee still is open. They really dropped off the face of the earth this season, last season they were buzzing all over the place with their park. Quote
RightEmpire Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 April 13th BB is closing I believe. Yeah, I was pretty bummed when I heard it, I thought they were trying to make it up to mayday. If they get really low on snow towards the end of the month they could have pushed out the jumps and make 2 or 3 rail lines down boulder park. Quote
librider Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 Yeah, I was pretty bummed when I heard it, I thought they were trying to make it up to mayday. If they get really low on snow towards the end of the month they could have pushed out the jumps and make 2 or 3 rail lines down boulder park. I think it has to do with ticket sales not the snow situation. There will be snow on that mountain till june. Quote
Justin Posted April 2, 2008 Report Posted April 2, 2008 Snow is almost never the reason a resort closes. It costs a lot of money to keep a resort open in the Spring. Spring skiing, in PA at least, is not marketable to people buying single tickets (aka noobs). Probably close to 80% of the people skiing there are passholders anyway, nobody is going up and buying a lift ticket. To the general population, skiing is not thought of this time of the year. Most people think about skiing between MLK and President's day weekend, which is resorts biggest paydays. To keep BB open, they need to: Pay Employees - Lifties, Sales, Groomers, Ski Patrol, Park Crew Cover Expenses - Electric to run lifts, etc, Gas to run groomers, work trucks, etc Pay Insurance Thats a lot to cover. It's not that BB is losing money persay, its that they dont want to run the RISK of losing money. Right now I'd say they're pretty close but still profiting. In a few more weeks, it's very possible that they might go into the reds and they dont want to run that chance. Once money is lost, its lost and nothing can be done about it. Quote
Papasteeze Posted April 4, 2008 Report Posted April 4, 2008 not really related, but this info is interesting http://blog.nj.com/skiing/ Quote
bigdaddyk Posted April 4, 2008 Author Report Posted April 4, 2008 April 13th BB is closing I believe. That's what the phone message says. Quote
Ashleigh S Posted April 4, 2008 Report Posted April 4, 2008 To update my previous post, Camelback will be closing for the season Saturday, April 5. Join us for our Season Finale, with live entertainment on the deck and beer specials at the Tiki Bar, followed by our annual end-of-the-year photo. Check out www.skicamelback.com for the details. Thank you to eveyone who made it out this season and we hope to see you for one last run on Saturday! Quote
moe ghoul Posted April 4, 2008 Report Posted April 4, 2008 Bring rain gear, mother nature is being a relentless bitch to the bitter end. Quote
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