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Originally Posted by rocket21
I think you'll find very few people who consider winter camping to be "accommodations" at a ski resort.
The 2000s saw quite a few good winters in terms of natural snow, whereas the late 80s/early 90s, early 1980s, early 1970s, early 1950s, late 1940s, and mid-to-late 1930s were rough. Gunstock has more favorable weather than successful ski areas south of here have survived, and probably wouldn't need a dramatic increase in snowmaking to maintain a viable product in the event of sustained mild winters.
You previously said "the amount of energy that goes to such," which does not comport with advances in snowmaking energy efficiency. I agree that energy prices are a major concern and are going to put significant upward pressure on pricing.
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Well, if you check the latest... you will notice the sled dog races cancelled and snowmobiling on this side of the lake to be a bit ''iffy''.
So they need to make snow... especially for Thanksgiving vacation and Christmas vacation... but also to replenish a base during the February vacation as that is when the sled dog derby gets cancelled.
As for the camping... that is all they have... thus the room for expansion. And as you stated... the winter camping isn't going to cut it; thus a hotel.
They can't just easily expand the number of customers, as they will run out of parking lot and create havoc on the transit corridor equal or worse than what happens in Meredith during the summer... one of the big complaints at Sunapee. So they need to get more money from each customer, and that is done by lateral and vertical integration.