Burke Mountain
On Thursday the 13th our class visited the local hill, Burke Mountain and got an inside look at what was going on with the mountain. Dick Andross the head of mountain ops was nice enough to show us layouts of the long term plans at the mountain. They ranged from cutting more trails, to adding a lift that runs through east bowl and the current in progress lift. I always wondered how exactly mountains planned for the future, and how short term their decisions were. It was interesting to hear that nearly every larger scale mountain has a plan for roughly 5+ years into the future. We were given a small tour of the new lifts parts, and saw part of the base being built and learned why it was put there. After that we checked out the new wind turbine at the top of the mountain up close. It was exceptionally windy that day, and I was surprised as to how quiet it actually was. It was incredibly nice of Dick to take that much time out of his day and show us what was going on around the place. I’m looking forward to opening day as I’m sure everyone else is, and getting on the new quad on Christmas as well.
I'm Matt Principe, a sophmore at Lyndon State College and this is my Ski Resort Practicum Blog.
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