First: I want to crush the negative comments about DCSki. That site has been the mid-Atlantic’s go to place for regional ski info for many, many years. Rodney’s comment are exactly why Scott has had to monitor the TL threads on FCSki. Yes, TL has many problems, and certainly the owners have bigger problems, but to speculate that they have had to hire a personal Grimaldi defense attorney, with out citing source is reckless commenting!
I have enjoyed reading this thread on PugSki, but the full story, as much as is public ally known, is only avail if one reads both sites. I found out on DCSki that both TL and Snowshoe posted rebuttals about TL’s false comments in The Intermountain article. The Snowshoe rebuttal is actually quoted in DCSki.
Come on PugSki TL posters, use both sites. Your considerable Mid-A expertise is still needed on DCSki to help answer many of the questions being asked by newcomers to DCSki.
Thank you,
MorganB aka The Colonel
OK Morgan, numerous things to reply to.
First of all, Rodney's comment was totally appropriate. There was no speculation at all, sorry. From an article linked to on this thread by
@pipestem ,
https://www.pugski.com/threads/timberline-wv-resorts-future.12294/page-2#post-283998, this is a quote from the article:
Tucker County Prosecuting Attorney Ray LaMora stated there are two separate investigations into some of the allegations. LaMora declined to comment on which allegations are being investigated.
Timberline Owner Fred Herz stated his attorney is aware the investigations. “They’ve identified that it has to do with the utilities and it has to do with me,” Herz said.
Direct link to the original article for full attribution:
https://www.parsonsadvocate.com/investigations-begin-bwn-continues-at-timberline/
Second of all, while I greatly respect Scott's achievements on bootstrapping DCSki, he is taking the site in a different direction that I don't care to participate in. I am one of the longest posters there, been posting since the mid 90's, along with JimK. So, from my viewpoint, the rest of you are newcomers and carpetbaggers.
I won't bash Scott as a person, but I will object to several things he is doing. He is actively censoring posts - I've seen IM messages of his desired "corrections" to posts. At this point, he wants an airbrushed picture of skiing local to DC, despite the fact that there are serious issues with some areas. These issues affect the time and money of local sliders, so they are a current concern for me. This year is the first year since 2009? that I haven't had a T-Line Season Pass. From an outsider's perspective, I can see how people may raise questions on the T-Line discussions. It can't really be that bad can it? There must be something positive to say? Well, IMHO, it really has been that bad the last 2-3 years. It wasn't that bad 10 years ago (this is why people care about the place along with the great local sliding community in the valley), but it did have it's quirks. Unfortunately, the bad has tremendously out-weighed the good in recent years. See the discussion threads here on Pugski on the 2016? Gathering at T-Line and consideration of the 2017 Gathering at T-Line. (Do your own searching for once on this one.)
Scott also asked us to take the discussion elsewhere, and we have. I respect his wishes. Now people are upset about that? Seriously? C'mon man.
Many people on this thread have invested 10+ years of our lives playing and investing in The Valley. We know what we are talking about. I personally know and have skied with at least 10 people on this thread for at least a decade. We are not trolling an Internet board
Back to Pugski. I've been a poster on here for numerous years, and I've known Phil and Tricia longer than we all care to admit.
They are very good people and have built a nice site. The other community members are great people and great skiers. Get to know them and post on different threads, especially the stoke threads. For the newcomers on this thread, don't just bitch about the slime, post some stoke. Join some of the Gatherings - the Laurel Mtn one hosted by Jim/Rob, the Big Sky one, and the Vermont one in late March hosted by
@KevinF I'll be going to the latter two.
For some stoke, how I spent one day over Thanksgiving:
https://www.pugski.com/threads/2018-19-northeast.12072/page-4#post-288295
