What will never happen, but what would be my choice; returning the High Country, mountain top, big bucks restaurant, cabin Schwinde Hut's upper floor back to a big open space, heated with a big, old wood stove in the middle of the room. In the corner, they sold hot chocolate, coffee, and large baked potatoes in two flavors, regular or seasoned for a dollar.
Saturdays seem like it is BMW day at WV with all nine parking lots all half full up with all BMW's from Massachusetts, paying $93 to ski? Saturday is the pay day for WV .... oh well .... all this ski stuff comes with a big electricity bill for the ski area.
Two short miles away, the US Forest Service has seven miles of multiple use trails that become seven miles of very scenic xc ski trails for just $5/parked vehicle .... and it comes with the #1 best view, looking upward, of the ski area trails. Xc vs down hill ...... so, what's the difference ..... there's no electricity bill?
www.waterville.com/environmental/ ...... "Treated effluent from the Town's award winning wastewater treatment plant is reused in snowmaking per agreement with state and federal agencies." ....... so's ...... maybe you want to flush twice ..... because it's a long way from here up to those ski slopes ...... ho-ho-ho-ha-ha-ha!