Plattekill Conditions

Mother Nature is about to punch back though, not getting below freezing all week
 
I wouldn't think so? Did they say something? I think they have 2 rentals this week. (@Robert is at today's rental.)

There is enough demand for mountain rentals now that Plattekill could probably go to 7 days a week ops next year. Laz didn't seem to want to do that, but it could happen. They have 25 rentals on the books now, but haven't started to book any on Wednesday. Yet.
 
Harvey said:
There is enough demand for mountain rentals now that Plattekill could probably go to 7 days a week ops next year.
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Don't follow you. You mean they could rent it out 7 days a week? That'd kind of stink for the general public (although $38 a ticket would be sweet for anybody on the invite list).
 
I highly doubt they would ever stop "normal" public operations Fri-Sun and Holidays. No season passes? Not likely.

The question is what happens on Monday-Thursday. Originally Monday's were rentals (I think?) and then Thursdays were added. Tues is likely to be used for rentals next year. At this moment Wednesdays are a day of rest, Plattekill is closed.
 
I've enjoyed being a season pass holder to Platty this season, but a $750 season pass where the mountain is only open weekends and holidays is a steep ask. They were supposedly supposed to have Powder Days but they didn't seem to have any this year, and with that many private rentals the likelihood of them decreases. There were a few Sunday/Holiday Monday storms where I had to ski Belle the following day cause Platty was closed.

IMHO season pass holders should be allowed to ride on Private Rentals if it's a pow day. My 2 cents
 
Why no Powder Days?
Harvey, just write him up some code so ya can do a Platty-fund-me for whenever the weather forecast says the place will ski well during a mid-week when it ain’t being rented.

There might be times during a season when the powder snow wouldn’t go to waste by a warm up before a weekend.
Just think Platty’s powder hounds FTW.
 
TheGreatAbyss said:
I've enjoyed being a season pass holder to Platty this season, but a $750 season pass where the mountain is only open weekends and holidays is a steep ask. They were supposedly supposed to have Powder Days but they didn't seem to have any this year, and with that many private rentals the likelihood of them decreases. There were a few Sunday/Holiday Monday storms where I had to ski Belle the following day cause Platty was closed.

IMHO season pass holders should be allowed to ride on Private Rentals if it's a pow day. My 2 cents
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If you rented the mountain you might feel differently.

The pass may be a steep ask for many, but not enough to prevent Plattekill passes from selling out, the last two years. Right now the demand is there. Ask Laz to tell you the story about an epic passholder (father) trying to buy 5 season passes for his family at the end of January at full price. Apparently he'd arrived at Hunter at 8:30, with tickets and rentals got on the mountain and took one run by noon. They left and drove to Plattekill.

Wednesday's aside, the mountain is running close to capacity. If you owned Plattekill would you cut your prices?

Powderhounds are nice and all, but not essential to Plattekill's business.
 
It is great to see Plattekill have great success, especially after all the whining about the $74 million NYS never spent (as I predicted) connecting Belleayre to Highmount and adding 2 lifts. FYI - the expansion was finally approved in Dec, 2015, 16 YEARS after the first permit applications. It is now 22 years since permiting started with no sign of a connection. Highmount closed in 1992, right around when Laz bought Plattekill. Laz's grandkids will be running Platty before NYS ever expands Belleayre.
 
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