Titus Conditions

[Harvey]

Titus is owned by a company (family really) that has several businesses.

They are able to keep, snowmakers, groomers etc, employed much of the year. That's got to help.

 

[Harvey]

Titus is a cool story.

The main businesses are propane and convenience stores. They also own the Holiday Inn in town.

And they run a gravel pit. The gravel pit is key for employing snowmakers and groomers in the offseason.

12 years ago Titus was in trouble, going to be shut down. Bruce Monette 2 (the big boss) has been skiing at Titus since he was 3 and he didn't want to see it go down, so they bought it. He knew that skiers would bring business to convenience stores and the Holiday Inn. The Inn actually sells ski/stay packages and there are even reserved parking spots for those with packages.

After they bought Titus, they fitted the entire mountain with Maple lines, and they added a Maple syrup business, which also employs ski operations people.

One thing they did this year, the ski shop was run by another business, and the owner of that business was resisting coming in on slow weekdays.

Bruce 2: "This is a ski hill! You got to be able to buy a hat on Tuesday!"

So they took the ski shop inhouse and run it 7 days a week themselves, even if they don't sell anything. That is awesome in my book.

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One last story, the day I was there we took a break for lunch. Bruce 3 was there, and also Jason, the assistant GM who skied with me. Bruce 2 comes in, I recognized him right away. I'd met him once, two years ago. He has a very distinctive look and a big personality. I wasn't expecting him to remember me.

Bruce 2 asks Bruce 3 how it was going. Bruce 3 says he spent the whole morning talking to customers who were trying to cancel rentals and tickets. It was snowing like crazy and only 200 skiers showed up (day before was 1200). The driving was certainly challenging.

So Bruce 2 says, joking, "who are these skiers who don't come to the mountain because it's snowing?! "

Then, looking me in the eye for the first time that day, he says: You don't see that kind of BS from Harvey Road! He came from Gore! How long did it take you to get here?

I was blown away that he even remembered me.

 

[tirolski]

Titus is a cool story.
I was blown away that he even remembered me.

They did name a tree run after ya,...

so there’s that.

 

[Tjf1967]

Titus is a cool story.

The main businesses are propane and convenience stores. They also own the Holiday Inn in town.

And they run a gravel pit. The gravel pit is key for employing snowmakers and groomers in the offseason.

12 years ago Titus was in trouble, going to be shut down. Bruce Monette 2 (the big boss) has been skiing at Titus since he was 3 and he didn't want to see it go down, so they bought it. He knew that skiers would bring business to convenience stores and the Holiday Inn. The Inn actually sells ski/stay packages and there are even reserved parking spots for those with packages.

After they bought Titus, they fitted the entire mountain with Maple lines, and they added a Maple syrup business, which also employees operations people.

One thing they did this year, the ski shop was run by another business, and the owner of that business was resisting coming in on slow weekdays.

Bruce 2: "This is a ski hill! You got to be able to buy a hat on Tuesday!"

So they took the ski shop inhouse and run it 7 days a week themselves, even if they don't sell anything. That is awesome in my book.

---

One last story, the day I was there we took a break for lunch. Bruce 3 was there, and also Jason, the assistant GM who skied with me. Bruce 2 comes in, I recognized him right away. I'd met him once, two years ago. He has a very distinctive look and a big personality. I wasn't expecting him to remember me.

Bruce 2 asks Bruce 3 how it was going. Bruce 3 says he spent the whole morning talking to customers who were trying to cancel rentals and tickets. It was snowing like crazy and only 200 skiers showed up (day before was 1200). The driving was certainly challenging.

So Bruce 2 says, joking, "who are these skiers who don't come to the mountain because it's snowing?! "

Then, looking me in the eye for the first time that day, he says: You don't see that kind of BS from Harvey Road! He came from Gore! How long did it take you to get here?

I was blown away that he even remembered me.

Cool story.