Plattekill Conditions

[Low Angle Life]

There definitely needs to be a redirection of some consumers attitudes. I talked at length a few years back with Ray (Alba adventures) and he mentioned how his buddies were always trying to score deals on ski gear and passes. In all honesty I was kind of like wtf? Guys making good money should be bragging about how they spend and support small businesses, not trying to score deals! That mentality is prett f-d imho.

The "bro-deal" is an endemic issue amongst most outdoor sport enthusiast once "core" status is achieved. Some would arguing paying retail excludes you from the core...

 

[raisingarizona]

The "bro-deal" is an endemic issue amongst most outdoor sport enthusiast once "core" status is achieved. Some would arguing paying retail excludes you from the core...

Gotta be poor to be “core”. Otherwise.....support small businesses and be a good person! ?

 

[Brownski]

Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with attracting new skiers but RA put his finger on something thats being lost. And he makes a legit point. Plattekill is doing the same thing that ORDA is- going after the Stratton/Windham crowd when their core product appeals to a whole different skier. Plus there’s no reason that catering to the natural Plattekill skier and building a new inter-generational customer base should be mutually exclusive. Magic and MRG are proof of that. I don’t begrudge anybody the right to make money or run their business the way they want but I would hate to come back in twenty years and find every trail lined with permanently installed tower and fan guns and three quads pushing people up the hill like every other place in the Cats.

 

[Harvey]

Plattekill is doing the same thing that ORDA is- going after the Stratton/Windham crowd when their core product appeals to a whole different skier.

I disagree.

 

[Low Angle Life]

I don’t begrudge anybody the right to make money or run their business the way they want but I would hate to come back in twenty years and find every trail lined with permanently installed tower and fan guns and three quads pushing people up the hill like every other place in the Cats.

I don't want to begrudge you but we may need permanently installed towers and fan guns lining every trail in twenty years.

 

[Harvey]

That mentality is prett f-d imho.

I agree.

 

[Harvey]

FWIW I also think Block should be allowed to bump. Really it should be Freefall, but without snowmaking that might not make sense.

While I would personally be happy if it was Plunge wall-to-wall, I think a mixed trail with groomed and bumps makes the most sense under the lift.

I also have to say that Sunday was one of the great days ever, and really the only bumps were on Plunge. I'm a creature of habit and Iove that trail. I skied it maybe 8 times in a row.

 

[raisingarizona]

Gotta be poor to be “core”. Otherwise.....support small businesses and be a good person! ?

I’m gonna go one step further on this point, I’m close friends with small, outdoor gear retail shop owners in town and I always hear stories about local doctors, lawyers and established trust funders that consistently are looking for bro deals. Like really? You’re the guys that are supposed to be helping those businesses thrive! It’s trickle down economics at its finest micro level I suppose.

 

[raisingarizona]

I disagree.

But that’s the point that’s been made in regards to maintaining financial viability

 

[raisingarizona]

Here’s my bottom line opinion, keep it real Plattekill and keep one or two dedicated bump lines on the hill. You won’t turn people away from ya if ya do but you will if you don’t. Don’t sell out.