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Hickory Ski Center Might Be Reopening
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Harvey
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Podcast #69: Hickory Ski Center, New York Shareholders Corporation President David Cronheim
"We had to come up with a model to harness the enthusiasm that surrounded the mountain"www.stormskiing.com
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MarzNC
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Good explanation in the interview with Stu about why spending money on snowmaking or a chairlift doesn't make any sense for Hickory.
Harvey
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It's math. If every spot on every lift is full, and you can't break even, you have choices:
• Don't operate
• Operate and accept that you will lose money every year
• Create a business plan that includes the snowmaking/chairlift expenditure
• Do something completely different
1 and 2 have been tried and abandoned.
3 was done and still the numbers didn't work
4 is where we are.
• Don't operate
• Operate and accept that you will lose money every year
• Create a business plan that includes the snowmaking/chairlift expenditure
• Do something completely different
1 and 2 have been tried and abandoned.
3 was done and still the numbers didn't work
4 is where we are.
TheGreatAbyss
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I listened to this last weekend and it was indeed super interesting. I had never even heard of Hickory outside of this thread, let alone been there. The model is basically a poor(er) man's Hermitage Ski Club so I'll never get to ski it, but I do wish them luck.Podcast #69: Hickory Ski Center, New York Shareholders Corporation President David Cronheim
"We had to come up with a model to harness the enthusiasm that surrounded the mountain"
Harvey
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There have been some epic days at Hickory, and some of them are here:
idratherbskiing
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Skinned up on Sat afternoon lots of tracks but tons of untouched fresh. They have "groomed" a few areas with the old heavy concrete wheel. Didn't see another person, cant wait for the next refresh.
Harvey
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Was anyone in the office? Do you have a license? What route did you come down? What was the depth of snow?
idratherbskiing
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No one was around, I purchased a license a while back but I sent Sue an email giving her a heads up I was heading up she just asked I sign in and out. I went up and down Snowshoe to ridge run, I wanted to stay on the mellow stuff cause I didnt want any core shots. Depth was prob 5-8 inches, lots of sticks still showing through but no dirt. Only photo I took the whole time
Harvey
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Where do you do this?
