Overnight Parking at Ski Resorts

[Low Angle Life]

Western NY is best early, before Erie freezes.

No nights below zero for me, Catskill temps for the most part would be doable under my topper. Any real north country -20 shit and I think I would rather be indoors.

 

[Harvey]

No nights below zero for me, Catskill temps for the most part would be doable under my topper. Any real north country -20 shit and I think I would rather be indoors.

If I'm skiing in the north country I'd sleep at our place.

 

[raisingarizona]

Taos allows 14 days for free I think. Taos really needs more people to visit though. It’s fantastically sleepy but that resort can’t be making that much.

Campers generally don’t spend as much money as the target consumer I imagine.

It mostly comes down to numbers and management opinions/philosophy I’m guessing. Maybe your insurance carrier has a say in it too but I don’t know anything about that, I’m just throwing it out there.

 

[x10003q]

Not quite sure how posing the question I did and mentioning Bachelor was disingenuous. I made no mention of my preference of formalities or fees and am not opposed to sanctioned areas at resorts for camping. I was simply asking if anyone knew why camping and RV's was not more common on the east coast. $30/night even with a two night minimum is still less than a hotel or gas, not a bad deal especially for the privilege to wake up and walk to the lift.

My apologies for misinterpreting your post.

The places out west seem to feel that they need to operate an RV campsite. Maybe the remote locations of some of these areas and lack of close lodging (Crystal in Washington has a long tradition of RV spots) was a driving force. Maybe it was a long time tradition that turned into a formal RV parking. It does not seem like there is a big tradition of overnight parking at ski areas in the east, either due to plenty of lodging available, cold temps, lack of parking, local/state laws limiting overnight parking or some combination of the above. Call a few areas, you might be surprised by what is allowed.

 

[Ripitz]

I managed to stay an entire Winter in the parking lot in Big Sky. Out of sight out of mind was the agreement and it was allowed only because I worked there. It’s good to be stealthy but not sneaky.. Being courteous is a must.

Years ago I ran into some problems with the security guard at the Belle. I had a border collie named Roscoe who was a ride along dog. He went everywhere with me, work, cross country road trips, even skiing when it was -30. I was skiing for the day and took him out for a walk and some parking lot frisbee in the back of the overflow lot. This old timer in a rusted out Blazer came flying up screaming at me. Told me there were no dogs allowed which I did not know. I told him I would put him away and he said I wasn’t allowed to leave him in the car. I moved to a different spot and went on with my day. Haven’t seen the old timer and the rusty old Blazer since.

I would try the back corner of the lot first. There is also parking down by the XC “center” next to the boneyard. It could be loud there though because of the maintenance facility. Other possibilities are across the street from the Highmount Post Office, bottom of Cathedral Brook and next to the covered bridge at the Beach. Just don’t block the plows.

Maybe switch out those Jersey plates with some from Quebec. If someone gives you shit try out some high school french. They might feel bad for you and leave you alone.

 

[Harvey]

Maybe switch out those Jersey plates with some from Quebec. If someone gives you shit try out some high school french. They might feel bad for you and leave you alone.

Répète après moi:

"Je ne te comprends pas."

And then:

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For some reason I have this idea that @D.B. Cooper knows french. Maybe he can give you something better.

 

[MiSkier]

I have camped at four different places in Michigan in a pick up truck camper. We always try and park in the back of the lot out of the way at night and if they have a main lot and a backup lot we spend the night in the backup lot and move to the main lot in the morning. So far we have no problems.

 

[sibhusky]

They allow overnight here in one particular lot. No one likes parking there, it's a hike and shuttles don't run that often midweek, so plowing that first in the evening probably enables parking there overnight. (I notice now they've moved it to a new, very small lot, which will signifantly reduce available spaces.) Then is a fee these days and a limit on # of nights. The specific place, fee, and limt have all come on gradually as visitor counts have increased, so I have to assume acceptance of it was tied to encouraging visits and now they don't need has much. Although most of the area is on forest service land, that lot certainly is not.

 

[gorgonzola]

blue mt has (had? with the new ownership) a lot in the valley area that allows campers, mostly utilized by instructors that live out of town and camp for the weekend. it was free until last season then required a permit fee maybe $40/night.
They've always had a pretty liberal policy in the valley parking lot allowing tailgating and other shenanigans, will be interesting to see if it stays that way.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

For some reason I have this idea that @D.B. Cooper knows french. Maybe he can give you something better.

Ou sont les dames?
Where are your ladies?

Merci garçon, mais je ne suis pas interesse dans la service d’un valet.
Thank you, but I’m not interested in valet service.

‘garde ça, Serge, ils ont des “mountain ‘osts” ici!
Look, Serge, they have mountain hosts here.

Maudit tête carré!
Freaking English. (Literally more like freakin’ block head.)