GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 Here’s a good article on Big Snow indoor ski area. They’re currently doing about 2,000 skier visits a day and projected to do 500,000 a year a lot of the focus is on teaching new skiers and snowboarders. https://coloradosun.com/2020/01/09/big-snow-new-jersey-ski-industry-indoor/ 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Here’s a good article on Big Snow indoor ski area. They’re currently doing about 2,000 skier visits a day and projected to do 500,000 a year a lot of the focus is on teaching new skiers and snowboarders. https://coloradosun.com/2020/01/09/big-snow-new-jersey-ski-industry-indoor/ That should make Ski2live happy to see. It is an interesting article about the place and I look forward to drinking there after skiing this summer. 1 Quote
Shadows Posted January 10, 2020 Report Posted January 10, 2020 the amount of overly long hyphens in that article is frustrating. interesting read though. I think 'entrepreneur' is the wrong term but ok. lets go ski it Quote
indiggio Posted January 11, 2020 Report Posted January 11, 2020 I bet they do a lot of whistling at fast skiers. Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 11, 2020 Report Posted January 11, 2020 I’d probably try it, but only in the summer. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Posted January 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said: I’d probably try it, but only in the summer. I’m thinking once this summer and then never again. 1 Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 11, 2020 Report Posted January 11, 2020 I understand what they’re trying to do. It’s just not the same as being outside, with conditions that can vary daily or hourly. 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Posted January 11, 2020 3 hours ago, momskeeztoo said: I understand what they’re trying to do. It’s just not the same as being outside, with conditions that can vary daily or hourly. Skiing in 47 different snow conditions repeatedly and being competent in them is something that takes decades 2 Quote
enjoralas Posted January 12, 2020 Report Posted January 12, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 6:30 PM, Shadows said: the amount of overly long hyphens in that article is frustrating. Em dashes — long press the hyphen on your iPhone to get it Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 12, 2020 Report Posted January 12, 2020 More likely to go there than to the other NJ options Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 12, 2020 Author Report Posted January 12, 2020 45 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said: More likely to go there than to the other NJ options Don’t you like mountain creek @eaf loves it there Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 12, 2020 Report Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said: More likely to go there than to the other NJ options I’d be more likely to drive right through NJ into Pa or NY to ski. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Posted January 26, 2020 What a shitshow. Fire alarm in American Dream and collisions. 1 1 1 Quote
EdBacon Posted January 26, 2020 Report Posted January 26, 2020 Big Snow Indoor Ski Resort sounds like what somebody would call their cocaine party. 1 3 Quote
rgrwilco Posted January 27, 2020 Report Posted January 27, 2020 I wonder how much longer campgaw will stay open. Their demographic is people in the city and urban nj areas looking for an easy place to learn, and big snow seems poised to capture those people. Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 28, 2020 Report Posted January 28, 2020 18 hours ago, rgrwilco said: I wonder how much longer campgaw will stay open. Their demographic is people in the city and urban nj areas looking for an easy place to learn, and big snow seems poised to capture those people. Good point. Campgaw has not much more vertical (240 vs 160), has more expensive tix (good for a longer time, but how long do people spend somewhere this size), is further from NYC and is generally gonna have worse weather and conditions. The main thing Campgaw would seem to have going for it as a differentiator is snow tubing (kind of surprised they did not include tubing at Big Snow). Quote
rgrwilco Posted January 28, 2020 Report Posted January 28, 2020 Good point. Campgaw has not much more vertical (240 vs 160), has more expensive tix (good for a longer time, but how long do people spend somewhere this size), is further from NYC and is generally gonna have worse weather and conditions. The main thing Campgaw would seem to have going for it as a differentiator is snow tubing (kind of surprised they did not include tubing at Big Snow).Campgaw also has some longer windier trails off the side and from the YouTube videos I looked up a pretty good park. I might have to stop on the way home from hunter one day for a few turns just in case.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 28, 2020 Report Posted January 28, 2020 Big Snow has a park too. Didn't see any of those windy trails open the one time I went to Campgaw (when I worked about 15 min away). Basically was just one wide flat gentle slope at that time. Quote
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