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Local Home Resort Backrupt
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The main little resort that I've skied at for years is bankrupt and is going to court tomorrow to see if they can still open up. Kinda bumming...seeing that this is where I've learned to ski and got into park, and no other resorts very close to me. Vibes and luck needed for the court date.
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damn, i would hate for that to happen to me, maybe a large company might take its place?
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Happened to my local resort about 2 years back. An investor in steamboat bought it out and they are opening this year. Also getting it expanded to oper almost 500 new acres of skiing there. Stoked. Hope that someone buys it out or they open it sucks haveiing to drive 4 hours to ski each weekend.
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Peek n Peak in Western New York. Holiday Valley is twice as far away. Hopefully someone will buy them out seeing they have their snow makers on...
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Damn I remember you saying that somewhere else. Peek n Peak is like an hr away from me and we used to take weekend trips up there.
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Damn, haven't heard about this yet. Hopefully something gets worked out, we have to keep our NY mountains running!
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is there a town really close to it? One option would be for the town to buy it... or make it into a co-op.
look into Shames Mountain by Terrace, BC. The hill is owned by a logging company, to insure the long lasting survival of the hill the town is looking into a town run co-op to take over the hill. I've always thought it would be a good idea for my ski hill to do the same, when the current owners go bankrupt of course.
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Keep the faith!
Bolton Valley where I lived has gone bankrupt like 5ish times, yet the open every year. The only thing you can do is stay positive.
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Thought I'd share what I heard.
Peek n Peak is opening this year but the owner did declare bankruptcy. If it does close, it will be in the summer after the ski season since that is where they make most of their money. Apparently the owner was fairly new and was really trying to renovate Peek but his plans fell through when he tried to build a casino near the resort similar to Holiday to compete but the supposed Indian land didn't exist where he was going to build. The casino was where he was going to make the money to improve Peek n Peak. Hopefully a new owner will step in.
Sparknotes: Peek n Peak will open this year, future is unknown.
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It's sad when ski areas have to close down, high insurance rates are probably to blame.
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that sucks! peak n peak was one of the first places I ever skied powder when I was a kid living in ontario. running a ski resort isn't a very lucrative business unfortunately. unless your intrawest
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Whaleback goes out of business every other year and they still open each year.
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Could quite possibly happen to my home resort :( it's fifteen minutes away.
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