The energy in anticipation of Whaleback’s Opening Day is palpable. There has been so much going on over the past months, but the pace and excitement picks up a lot as the 18th draws nearer. Loyal customers have been filing into the pass office to get their passes, the Whaleback crew is all over the mountain inside and out getting everything ready for the season, the new Volkl/Marker demo fleet is in the rental shop, new cushy Nordica/Tecnica/Blizzard seat cushions are on every chair, their are freshly custom painted chairs on the line for everyone to enjoy, the smells of fresh made brownies and cookies filled the lodge, and even as I write this I can here the hum of the fan guns outside my office, so finally it is starting to feel like winter is here.
Mother nature has been on our side with decent snowmaking temperatures, with the exception of 50 degrees and rain on Monday. Since we had not yet pushed out our snowmaking piles, we did not suffer from the rain as much as one might expect. On the contrary, conditions should be great now that the groomer has pushed out those piles and with the several inches of fresh snow from a couple days ago it will be all the better.
I want to do a special shout out to Volkl for hooking me up with some sick new Bridges that I can wait to shred tomorrow, and also to Simple Energy for come through when we needed them. Whaleback is fueled by Simple Energy and that is the way we like it; friendly, local, and understanding our needs.
Time to get my nose back to the grind stone and finish a couple more projects before we open for the 2010 – 2011 season. I hope to see you at the Whale!
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