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Mid-Atlantic The Neverending Timberline, WV: Info, Weather, and Stoke
So Timberline is being coy about its closing date. Does anyone think they will get beyond this coming weekend?
My guess is Sunday will be their last day, if they make that.
Employees I talked to this weekend said that next weekend (3/16-17) will be the last.
This is the 2 nd run from the GFS showing a nice storm right after the weekend TM might close but if they have already decided and this storm did come it probably wouldn't matter...either way I'm glad they had a good season and I had some great days skiing there in near perfect conditions this winter..long live TM and Canaan Valley!...
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From the TL website:
"We will be open for skiing and snowboarding through Thursday, March 14th. We will suspend operations for Friday, March 15th.
Operational status for the weekend has still not been determined. We are hopeful that we may be able to reopen for Saturday and Sunday, but temperatures are expected to rise this week. We are also looking at rain on Friday, which may have a significant impact on our remaining snow base."
I know that it has been a tough season but a mid-march closing is disappointing. Seems like TL is focusing on getting open early in the season when I guess there is more demand. Anyway depending on how things look in 10 days I may try to make it out to Snowshoe.
"We will be open for skiing and snowboarding through Thursday, March 14th. We will suspend operations for Friday, March 15th.
Operational status for the weekend has still not been determined. We are hopeful that we may be able to reopen for Saturday and Sunday, but temperatures are expected to rise this week. We are also looking at rain on Friday, which may have a significant impact on our remaining snow base."
I know that it has been a tough season but a mid-march closing is disappointing. Seems like TL is focusing on getting open early in the season when I guess there is more demand. Anyway depending on how things look in 10 days I may try to make it out to Snowshoe.
Seems like Snowshoe has had a little more favorable conditions for snow making this season and I am sure being a full blown resort and on the Ikon pass helps to bring in revenue to make it more viable to stay open.
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Snowshoe is open because they want to be open until April. They have made snow and continue to make snow to ensure they can be open until April.
TLM seems to take a different approach and makes just enough snow to get a trail open and since they don't plan on being open until April, they don't build their base up.
The lack of base was evident on the Drop or OTW everytime I skied it this season. They didn't make enough snow for bumps, nor did they make enough snow on the Drop and OTW to keep these trails open past the first week in March. Which is extremely disappointing since March is when these trails shine.
TLM seems to take a different approach and makes just enough snow to get a trail open and since they don't plan on being open until April, they don't build their base up.
The lack of base was evident on the Drop or OTW everytime I skied it this season. They didn't make enough snow for bumps, nor did they make enough snow on the Drop and OTW to keep these trails open past the first week in March. Which is extremely disappointing since March is when these trails shine.
I dunno, seems like until right before XMas, the TM slopes are still pretty empty. Not sure if early December has more demand than mid March.
Even back in the Fred and Cracy days, March was often the busiest month. With possible exception of the very last weekend in March (which is Easter, this year).
TL was always my late season skiing when 7 Springs is reduced to front side skiing. Many years we would wait until afternoon when the whales and bumps softened. Often we would have to hike out. The Snowy Luau was the best Spring/closing party in the region.
More often than not PNS closes because of a lack of crowds rather than a lack of snow. I’ve heard Glen Plake lament about the hoards that crowd the WROD but are no where to be found in the spring when there is often huge amounts of snow on the ground.
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From the TL website:
"We will be open for skiing and snowboarding through Thursday, March 14th. We will suspend operations for Friday, March 15th.
Operational status for the weekend has still not been determined. We are hopeful that we may be able to reopen for Saturday and Sunday, but temperatures are expected to rise this week. We are also looking at rain on Friday, which may have a significant impact on our remaining snow base."
Based on this, would you plan a ski trip to TLM or Snowshoe?
"We will be open for skiing and snowboarding through Thursday, March 14th. We will suspend operations for Friday, March 15th.
Operational status for the weekend has still not been determined. We are hopeful that we may be able to reopen for Saturday and Sunday, but temperatures are expected to rise this week. We are also looking at rain on Friday, which may have a significant impact on our remaining snow base."
Based on this, would you plan a ski trip to TLM or Snowshoe?
Rumors are back on the other forum site. Anyone heard anything more on the Perfects taking over Canaan Valley ski operations?
I heard it mentioned on Facebook recently but they seem to be pretty tight lipped about it even being a possibility.
I have heard nothing but chairlift chatter. I am not sure running a ski resort concession for the state fits into PNS's business model. CV also needs a new chair and more snowmaking infrastructure and equipment. And then there's the Indy Pass issue: CV is on it, Timberline ain't.
Then again, if they could craft the right deal (think tax incentive financing) it would provide expansion terrain and more parking. It would also be a good bet for regulars who want to beat the crowds on Saturdays and long weekends. It would also allow the ski school to expand, and provide race and practice space for the ski team.
Would CV become like Pico in a merger or more like Silver Creek at Snowshoe?
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Where the Pico model would mean CV stays a separate resort that shares a ticket, and the Silver Creek model means CV actually becomes part of TLM?
So I know PNS has been to Charleston pitching the deal. Tom Price mentioned it on his pod cast last summer or in an interview I read. So, I guess PNS wants to do it. But, it would have to be a 10+ year commitment. Dollars wouldn't make sense any other way