 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I guess that they have been waiting for a good season, to try and make the opportunity a bit more attractive; also the hope that the economy might have reached the lowest point and will therefore look better for investors.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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*imagines* "Snowheads Ski Resort"
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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| Sofia wrote: |
| *imagines* "Snowheads Ski Resort" |
How long do you suppose it would take for one of the board to get stabbed over a helmet argument?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Serriadh, it hasn't happened already?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Who would be chairman? Admin Macadmin? 
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How long do you suppose it would take for one of the board to get stabbed over a helmet argument?
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May need to keep them on separate sides of the mountain.
But we could have each run named after a thread?
The restaurant and shop could be 'Classifieds'.
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| laundryman wrote: |
| Who would be chairman? Admin Macadmin? |
yeah but then he'd ad an O to the end of everyone names on their season passes, everyone would fall out and no one would ever ski there again...
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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How much would it cost to buy it?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Ricklovesthepowder, Less than a quid, probably into golden hello territory and HIE will heave a huge sigh of relief. Whoever takes it on will need to invest, need to hedge against bad winters, need to take on liabilities (like staff, leases etc) and probably need a slush fund for legal because anything they do that has any potential environmental impact is sure to get challenged. Personally I think it should be community run and not for profit (because it probably won't make one anyway). But, this being the ski biz, there are people nutty enough and I'm told there are half a dozen or so expressions of interest already. Buying a season ticket is a better deal than owning the place though.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Sofia wrote: |
But we could have each run named after a thread?
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I'm looking forward to skiing 'It's Frightening' so long as cagey isn't there.
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The Scotsman ran this story on Monday about Cairngorm's future ...
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/search-on-for-new-cairngorms-operator-1-2819629
There's also been some lively discussion on Winterhighland about this ...
http://www.winterhighland.info/forum/read.php?2,154816,page=1
Clearly some brilliant innovative thinking, financial brilliance and action are needed to assure Cairngorm's future as a ski mountain. It's enjoying a thriving winter now, with great conditions, but the uplift situation (now that all the chairlifts are gone or defunct, with several t-bars/tows removed) remains less complete than it was in the 1970s. This is ironic, because Cairngorm always gets the biggest visitor numbers of all the Scottish centres ... but none of the others has cut back in this way.
The Operations team on Cairngorm have been widely praised this winter for keeping the lifts rolling. They are often dug out (that's the lifts, not the lifties) very early in the morning, after big storms. Back-breaking work, often involving big drifts at the mouth of the funicular tunnel (the train goes underground just before it reaches the top station).
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You know it makes sense.
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Lovely comment on the Scotsman article by poster Chappit Tatties
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| Have they been in touch with Donald Trump yet? |
And the last line of the article has
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| The five resorts have had over 140,000 users this season so far. |
That's not small potatoes.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Have they been in touch with Donald Trump yet? |
Donald Trump does, indeed, appear to be a skier as well as a golfer ... though one can't always believe what one reads on the internet. Here's Ben Hart of escapetyranny.com, about the day he says he encountered Donald Trump at the top of Aspen Mountain:
My Odd Personal Experience with Donald Trump
http://www.escapetyranny.com/2011/04/23/my-odd-personal-experience-with-donald-trump/
Clearly [legal point] I can't vouch for whether that story is true, or a load of golfballs. The lady referred to - Marla Maples - has a Wikipedia page, with another skiing reference ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Maples
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| Maples secretly dated Donald Trump for nearly two years starting 1986 while Trump was still married to Ivana Trump. The affair was discovered by Ivana in 1991, when she confronted Maples on a ski slope in Aspen, Colorado. The spat was well chronicled by the media and led to Ivana filing for divorce from Donald Trump. |
Donald Trump on Cairngorm? Now, that would be a rich photo opportunity!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Buy hair lacquer shares now!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The 140,000 skier day figure across the five areas was from the mid-period of half term. Since the weekend CairnGorm Mountain has broken the 75,000 skier day figure for the season to date. Worth noting that puts the current financial year which ends on 31st March at 97,000 skier days (with 22,000 notched up last April and May - those predominantly in late April and May too!).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Comedy Goldsmith, And it was all so good until he mentioned Obama, Trump and birther conspiracies.
But if he buys Cairngorm we can all try and take him out by the kneecaps.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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