There is a storm coming

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

As Bryan Allegretto, forecaster at OPENSNOW commented earlier, "The hype is not unfounded".

The storm is starting on Thursday. People who do this forecasting for a living are saying this is the biggest storm since 2020. Bryan's prediction is below. He is right a bunch more than wrong! (Sky's lodge is just over 7400ft and an OPENSNOW subscription is cheap and worth it for everyone)

When this type of snow happens the chance of opening drops. As of today, Tuesday, we are still prepping to open, ordering food, and leaving the bus pass ticket sales open while sitting in the sunshine. By Friday morning we should know if the snowfall lives up to the fortunetellers and pros or skunks us again. Our in-house Question Mark Ambassador, Ron, sat me on the deck Saturday and said BIG. Before retiring he did this forecasting of weather for decades. Picture the Channel 2 weatherman Ron. I believe him. Stand by for a follow-up later in the week.

If we close on Saturday but can get up here on Sunday, please understand the digging and clearing will take some time, and I may be calling for help. Managing the snow, grooming the slope, clearing the parking lot, and finding the carpet lifts takes time, many backs, and calories. We may not be ready to open on Sunday even if the sun pops out. Then again, we might be. We always try to add canceled days to the end of the Program. We go until we run out of snow, money, interest, or ability.

And there is always the possibility snow hits, skies clear and we are ready on Saturday. Just have to wait and see.

A 2023 snapshot of us bonding over a game of

"Where is the Webester Lift".

Click the bus for Week 4 tickets. They roll over if too much snow and we cancel.

We had a panic last Friday night when a bus driver had an emergency and had to cancel driving on Saturday. We had already used up the backup driver, so phone calls and begging were started by Lythia and Cheryl in the office. Another driver stepped up, thankfully. Heart rate restored to normal at 6 pm.

Click the pic for the Sky Tavern Week 3 Video

If there are other videos to share please let us know. If you want Scott and Kate to film something special, the front desk can pass it along to them.

The story from Week 3.

Thanks for getting here early. It helped to keep the traffic moving on the highway. GM Greg at Rose is a really good guy and sends help when we ask. I hate raising his blood pressure by stopping the road, more so on a perfect weekend. No one should miss any ski time because of the traffic. His guys keep stuff moving, our Moms and Dads are doing the same. Keep up the great work on parking as it does set the tone of the day! Be nice to Drew but no patting him on the back, please. He is broken and can only carry six fruit snacks at a time.

I am always standing on a soapbox and saying Sky Tavern is not in the ski business but in the making fantastic kids business, child development to be correct. I saw an example last weekend, and just have to share.

Some kids have been here since diapers because Mom and Dad are super involved. Take Adriaan, and Sirada, always working at a sprinter's pace in the kitchen. They already had two kids go through the Program, currently in their 20s, but now there is Kamden, maybe 8, or 9. He fits that description of lodge rug-rat, being here before he could crawl. Now he has all the SkyBridge girls chasing him, including my granddaughter, skis like auditioning for a Warren Miller movie, and considers Sky Tavern his personal playground. Yep, gets in a little trouble at times too mostly because of being so comfortable here. This is his second home.

Saturday afternoon he is coming down Rocco, wide open throttle. Bounces off the snow features, spins around backward, skis switch for 100 yards or so then spins back around still going faster than he should be heading straight for the by-pass rope line. Sits on the back of his skis and does the Limbo Lower move under the rope. Now I am all set to yell at him but wait. He hockey stops a few bamboo poles above me at one that has been knocked down by someone else. He jumps out of his skis, picks up the pole, looks at one end spins it to look at the other to figure out which goes in the snow. A bit difficult when maybe 4 feet tall and the bamboo is double that. He makes a choice, plants the pole, moves the knot so the rope is straight up and down the line, checks his work again, jumps into both skis and is gone, never seeing me with a look on my face of what just happened here. Go figure. Sometimes we win.

No level taught that purposely, but somehow Kamden got the message to take care of business and do the right thing for others at Sky Tavern. If it needs doing, do it! That PA announcement about helping at the carpet lifts is real. Wiping down a table at the end of the day helps too.

Talk to you when snow is falling later in the week. It might be a NetFlix weekend for some and a sore body from shoveling for others.

Bill

Board Announcement of Sky Tavern 2.0 and Town Hall Meeting Wednesday, March 6th at Sky Tavern Lodge 6 PM.

More here at the Announcement page.

Board of Directors Meetings are the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Greg's Garage/Carquest Training Rooms. 6th Street. 6 pm.