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family owned ski areas

  1. Jnelly

    Top day tripper / "local hill" that would interest...

    Just out of curiosity. Where are some favorite spots that people have been over the years that are not destination resorts but should not be missed. For example, I recently talked to a guy who was in-love with Soldier Mountain bc of the cat skiing...he couldn't say enough good stuff about it...
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    • family owned ski areas feeder ski areas feeder ski hills local hill local ski areas local ski hills loveland ski area mt. rose non-resort ski areas owl's head ski cooper ski day trips soldier mountain ski area sunlight ski area
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    • Forum: General Resort Discussion
  2. Bill Talbot

    Local Hill Appreciation Thread

    So my local ant hill, with 625 vert. feet of madness got themselves a PistenBully 600 added to their 'fleet' of groomers for this coming season. They groom the 'entire' hill at the beginning of the night session (6-10pm) to generally bring some pretty nice conditions to relax after work. I might...
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    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: General Resort Discussion
  3. Sibhusky

    Ski areas for sale

    Three of them. http://www.grindtv.com/skiing/3-ski-areas-you-can-buy-right-now/ Blacktail Maple Valley Marshall I am wondering about this statement, though: "Just 7 miles outside of Missoula, Marshall Mountain offers a unique opportunity to own a slice of ski history within a snowball’s...
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    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: General Resort Discussion
  4. Philpug

    Poll Where did you start skiing?

    @Core2's thread about "where you prefer to ski, mega resort or ski area", made me think. Where did you start skiing, was it at a destination resort or a local ski area/feeder hill? I will add "other" to the options for the people who learned in their back yard or even a ski deck. Example but...
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    • destination ski resort family owned ski areas feeder ski areas feeder ski hills first ski experience midwest skiing where did you learn to ski?
    • Replies: 180
    • Forum: General Skiing
  5. SKI-3PO

    Peak Resorts to acquire Hunter Mountain (NY)

    http://www.peakresorts.com/news-updates/page-363/ I learned to ski at Hunter and probably have skied there more than any other place. Definitely an end of an era with the same family owning it since the beginning. The place has an interesting reputation, that was mostly earned decades ago...
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    • family owned ski areas hidden valley ski aera hunter mountain hunter mountain capital improvements hunter mountain improvements peak resorts ski new york snow creek ski area timothy d. boyd
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: General Skiing
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