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Snow Guns & Test Runs

December 21, 2011 4:47pm homeGMOpening

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It’s been a rough start to December, but we are finally getting some consistently cold temperatures so the snowmakers can do their thing. We have had the first multi-day stretch of cold weather, and it is very satisfying to see guns blasting everywhere I look.  We were able to pull off the East Coast Snocross snowmobile event with the hard work of our dedicated staff–one of the benefits of the event from a skier perspective is the amount of snow we are able to make with fan guns provided by East Coast Snocross, on the lower mountain. Our snowcats are spreading all the snow we made  for that event, allowing us to open a good percentage of our lower area over the next couple of days. 



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Hannah's Notebook 10.20

October 20, 2011 3:28pm Hannahnewsopening

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We’re Back!
We’ve kicked into high gear this week, all in preparation of the upcoming season.  Here in the offices, out on the mountain, and even on the road. The past couple of weeks have been very exciting, to say the least.   



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Same New Burke

October 2, 2011 10:00pm homeGMnewsopening

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With this brand new website our marketing department told me (I am still not sure how that works) that I need to write a regular blog as the GM. No problem I said, this should be easy, we are only in the middle of the busiest offseason we have ever had, so there is plenty to talk about. But what should the first blog be about? 



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