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What's a mountain that's got a decent vibe, could have a good park, but just doesn't? + If the people who run it are down with the park. + if they need somebody to run things and make the parks less ghetto.(On that note +s if they can afford stuff like paint and employees)
wachusett is hiring a new park manager right now actually. Owners are kind of wierd about the park and idk what the vibe is now but they have a decent budget regardless. Not that ghetto to begin with though either.
also basically the whole state of maine outside of sugarloaf and sunday river
a_burgerwachusett is hiring a new park manager right now actually. Owners are kind of wierd about the park and idk what the vibe is now but they have a decent budget regardless. Not that ghetto to begin with though either.
also basically the whole state of maine outside of sugarloaf and sunday river
I saw that actually. I can't say I know too much about the place either.
That's a bummer to hear about Maine. Literally bought every feature from a Mtn up there about 5 years ago. It was only 13 or 14 but it was their whole park. Felt kind of bad but it was getting sold or scrapped and I needed more features at the hill I worked at.
theabortionatorI saw that actually. I can't say I know too much about the place either.
That's a bummer to hear about Maine. Literally bought every feature from a Mtn up there about 5 years ago. It was only 13 or 14 but it was their whole park. Felt kind of bad but it was getting sold or scrapped and I needed more features at the hill I worked at.
seems to be a common theme up here, unless you have people who care and put in effort (aka lots of unpaid volunteering) the parks usually dont go anywhere. that said it does make a lot of opportunity for "fixer-uppers", I volunteer at 2 parks and its a lot of fun to sort of have the creative control over how the parks ride, and satisfying to see kids enjoying them.
Lutsen Mountains Minnesota. 1000' vert, pristine views of lake superior, million dollar high speed chairs, and their park is an absolute joke. I'm struggling to find my post of their 10' tall cheese wedge jump to literally nowhere, it's somewhere in a crappy park thread. Rusty rails with terrible sets. Lutsen sits at the top of my list of worst parks in Minnesota even though it's the biggest and most high budget resort in Minnesota, pretty embarrassing.
Borty, I think you'd love it there if they'd let you do your thing. Don't know what kind of scene you're into outside of skiing but they've got a restaurant that holds music shows (a lot of legit local artists play there). Craft beer is big up there too. It's sort of isolated up there but its less than a 2 hour drive from Duluth, but the whole North Shore area is really beautiful if you're into nature and sht... intentional misspelling ;)
Magic Mountain in Londonderry, VT. Best terrain in South VT. Recently came under new ownership and they are putting a ton of money into the mountain. Not sure what there park is like but when I went a few years ago it was only 2 rails. I heard they are putting in a handle tow for the park this year though so it might be better now but idk
john18061806Lutsen Mountains Minnesota. 1000' vert, pristine views of lake superior, million dollar high speed chairs, and their park is an absolute joke. I'm struggling to find my post of their 10' tall cheese wedge jump to literally nowhere, it's somewhere in a crappy park thread. Rusty rails with terrible sets. Lutsen sits at the top of my list of worst parks in Minnesota even though it's the biggest and most high budget resort in Minnesota, pretty embarrassing.
Borty, I think you'd love it there if they'd let you do your thing. Don't know what kind of scene you're into outside of skiing but they've got a restaurant that holds music shows (a lot of legit local artists play there). Craft beer is big up there too. It's sort of isolated up there but its less than a 2 hour drive from Duluth, but the whole North Shore area is really beautiful if you're into nature and sht... intentional misspelling ;)
I really hope said jump is the one listed here as the "Mystery jump"
john18061806Lutsen Mountains Minnesota. 1000' vert, pristine views of lake superior, million dollar high speed chairs, and their park is an absolute joke. I'm struggling to find my post of their 10' tall cheese wedge jump to literally nowhere, it's somewhere in a crappy park thread. Rusty rails with terrible sets. Lutsen sits at the top of my list of worst parks in Minnesota even though it's the biggest and most high budget resort in Minnesota, pretty embarrassing.
Borty, I think you'd love it there if they'd let you do your thing. Don't know what kind of scene you're into outside of skiing but they've got a restaurant that holds music shows (a lot of legit local artists play there). Craft beer is big up there too. It's sort of isolated up there but its less than a 2 hour drive from Duluth, but the whole North Shore area is really beautiful if you're into nature and sht... intentional misspelling ;)
100% this. They even managed to set one of their ancient kats on fire the season after I worked there.
marrows100% this. They even managed to set one of their ancient kats on fire the season after I worked there.
Yep.
@borty that map is from '09 when their park was on mystery mountain, no clue what that thing was because I wasn't into the park scene then. In 2011 their park on moose mountain was actually incredible, just one season though. Death jump was from 2014 and the whole park was dicked. That year I didn't feel comfy hitting most of their features because of how poorly they were set.
john18061806@borty that map is from '09 when their park was on mystery mountain, no clue what that thing was because I wasn't into the park scene then. In 2011 their park on moose mountain was actually incredible, just one season though. Death jump was from 2014 and the whole park was dicked. That year I didn't feel comfy hitting most of their features because of how poorly they were set.
Ah, bummer. The legend of the mystery jump my brain was picturing sounded so epic. At least they had a couple good seasons.
June Mountain. It's got the best vibe of any mountain I've ever been to, it's pretty much strictly locals because nobody's really heard of it. It has a park but there's potential for something truly rad if they made a full jib/transition park and added a rope tow. The area of the mountain where the park is at is semi-out of the way so you could definitely build up a park set up for lapping and preserve the family atmosphere around the rest of the mountain.
Magic Mountain was the first MtN that popped in my head
Strange.Journey.Magic Mountain in Londonderry, VT. Best terrain in South VT. Recently came under new ownership and they are putting a ton of money into the mountain. Not sure what there park is like but when I went a few years ago it was only 2 rails. I heard they are putting in a handle tow for the park this year though so it might be better now but idk
john18061806Lutsen Mountains Minnesota. 1000' vert, pristine views of lake superior, million dollar high speed chairs, and their park is an absolute joke. I'm struggling to find my post of their 10' tall cheese wedge jump to literally nowhere, it's somewhere in a crappy park thread. Rusty rails with terrible sets. Lutsen sits at the top of my list of worst parks in Minnesota even though it's the biggest and most high budget resort in Minnesota, pretty embarrassing.
Borty, I think you'd love it there if they'd let you do your thing. Don't know what kind of scene you're into outside of skiing but they've got a restaurant that holds music shows (a lot of legit local artists play there). Craft beer is big up there too. It's sort of isolated up there but its less than a 2 hour drive from Duluth, but the whole North Shore area is really beautiful if you're into nature and sht... intentional misspelling ;)
I don't think Lutsen really wants to cater to park skiers/boarders in the first place. That's Spirit's deal.
john18061806It's obvious they don't want to but with all the resources they've got I don't see why they couldn't try.
It will be interesting to see if they attempt to beef up their park with the terrain expansion proposed/planned. I don't really know what stage they're at with that expansion tho
You could build a cool little park there and still get in a bunch of riding. Owners are pretty cool, but no one around here really wants to put the time/effort into a park.
JAHpowIt will be interesting to see if they attempt to beef up their park with the terrain expansion proposed/planned. I don't really know what stage they're at with that expansion tho
What baffles me is that Lutsen is owned by the same guy that owns Granite Peak, and Granite Peak has the best out-west style park in the midwest by a long shot. Lutsen has literally nothing for a park.
-eREKTion-June Mountain. It's got the best vibe of any mountain I've ever been to, it's pretty much strictly locals because nobody's really heard of it. It has a park but there's potential for something truly rad if they made a full jib/transition park and added a rope tow. The area of the mountain where the park is at is semi-out of the way so you could definitely build up a park set up for lapping and preserve the family atmosphere around the rest of the mountain.
that's interesting because that mtn used to have an INSANE park
Butternut in MA is a solid little mountain as far as Mass/CT standards go. Just enough trails to keep you busy and there's a park that can be decent mid-season. Plus it's only $25 for a full day midweek which is nice for us poor people.
Blandford in MA -- just got bought out by Butternut a few months ago now --- they were going under. But -- throughout the years their park has been up and down for sure, depending on if its a crew, a manager, or ski school volunteers that maintained it.. Super awesome fam vibes there - BYOB was fun, but not sure how things will change now - tho I assume employees will remain the same. Everyone was chill with the park, they just always have people cycling through.
Maple Valley in Brattleboro VT. Been closed for a couple decades now. I always thought it would make a sweet park-only hill. The issues are really old chairlifts, high humidity due to proximity to the West River, and very low elevation. On the market for only $950,000!
