Pico Interconnect poll

robrules · Post by **robrules** » Mar 16th, '05, 10:25

So do you want Pico to be connected to Killinton via lift and trail?

pizzamoose · Post by **pizzamoose** » Mar 16th, '05, 10:27

well, since you put it that way..

actually, i am persuaded by the arguments made elswhere in this message board that pico is better off without the interconnect.

killington is big enough..

skiadikt · Post by **skiadikt** » Mar 16th, '05, 10:35

besides ruining the place, i'd rather make the decision to drive there than have to ski to ramshead and take 2 lifts to get there and then come back again. however i think it's inevitable that eventually it'll get done. having bought the place, asc has to interconnect it otherwise it didn't make sense to buy it in the first place since they're treating it like a stepchild right now.

LINYbob · Post by **LINYbob** » Mar 16th, '05, 10:44

The questions in this poll - no matter how you answer them - are just a little biased aren't they?

ski_adk · Post by **ski_adk** » Mar 16th, '05, 10:53

Don't forget about the bears. The reason the interconnect hasn't happened yet is because of the bear habitat in between the 2 areas. Conservancy is on the rise when it comes to alpine wilderness management. I'd be highly the interconnect would ever happen since there is already enough development stressing the area as it is.

Pedro · Post by **Pedro** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:02

Im against it, i like to be able to go there once in a while without the crowds.

CAPBOY · Post by **CAPBOY** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:09

I like going there to get away from all of the obnoxious idiots that hang out on the Gondola lines at K and all of the matching technical outfits and limited sking ability that they do have. Pico is much more of a skier/family hill. Jersey Joes and Long Island Larrys are much less likely to go there.

twilkas · Post by **twilkas** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:10

for the love of all things holy, please NO interconnect! I would go so far as to send money to environmentalist groups fighting it.

CAPBOY · Post by **CAPBOY** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:12

twilkas wrote:for the love of all things holy, please NO interconnect! I would go so far as to send money to environmentalist groups fighting it.

Nice! I agree. Am I becoming a liberal now?

twilkas · Post by **twilkas** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:14

CAPBOY wrote:
twilkas wrote:for the love of all things holy, please NO interconnect! I would go so far as to send money to environmentalist groups fighting it.
Nice! I agree. Am I becoming a liberal now?

i'm not into that whole 'labeling' thing.. lol...

KingsFourMan · Post by **KingsFourMan** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:19

ski_adk wrote:Don't forget about the bears. The reason the interconnect hasn't happened yet is because of the bear habitat in between the 2 areas. Conservancy is on the rise when it comes to alpine wilderness management. I'd be highly the interconnect would ever happen since there is already enough development stressing the area as it is.

you could not be any further off base. the reason the interconnect has not been built is because ASC is hanging on by a thread and can't afford it. They have (or at least had) all the permits in place to do it but were too busy defaulting on their loans to pull the trigger. Parkers Gore was never developed because of Bear hapitat and has nothing to do with land between K and Pico.

twilkas · Post by **twilkas** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:25

Well then maybe we can get a bear to move in up there. maybe hang a side of beef in coops?

Snowjob · Post by **Snowjob** » Mar 16th, '05, 11:55

The expansion will turn a good resort into one of the biggest.

gravitylover · Post by **gravitylover** » Mar 16th, '05, 12:09

I don't know about you but I'd like to save the extra drive time and distance over the pass and up the access road. Especially in bad weather! The other thing I've noticed in my travels is that the "ends" of a big ski area rarely get as much traffic as the main portion so Bear Mtn and the skiers left side of Pico would be that much more underutilized than what they are now.

wanderer7453 · Post by **wanderer7453** » Mar 16th, '05, 12:26

CAPBOY wrote:I like going there to get away from all of the obnoxious idiots that hang out on the Gondola lines at K and all of the matching technical outfits and limited sking ability that they do have. Pico is much more of a skier/family hill. Jersey Joes and Long Island Larrys are much less likely to go there.

You know withiout the cashflow from all the Jersey Joes and Long Island Larrys these ski resorts may have to close down.