Would be good to find 1966-2019 photographs of the Waterville Valley base lodge to show how it has been changed .... probably a number of times.
In about 1970-1985, WV had the most skier visits for all NH ski areas, and the base lodge got bigger and bigger. For 2018-2019, WV was maybe the #6 or #7 NH ski area in skier visits behind Loon, Bretton Woods, Sunapee, Wildcat, Cannon , and Gunstock? During the mid-week of Tues-Wed-Thurs, skiing at WV can be like skiing in your own private ski area ..... da place is like totally deserted?
What it needs now, outdoors, on the flat grassy area, next to the red fire hydrant is an outdoor, circular, 92-degree heated swim pool enclosed in a yurt style structure with a round roof that opens up ...... is all it needs? Sort of like a big hot tub, but less hot at 92-degrees for swimming and aqua zumba ..... that would definitely hit the spot, there, for the winter outdoor cold!
You know the ski storage racks out front the base lodge, down below in this big photo, sit on a very large, heated concrete deck area, and it always seems strange how there's absolutely no snow on the ground under the outdoor ski storage racks. I say ...... lose the heated concrete outside deck ...... and build an outdoor heated pool, instead. Winter is winter ..... and it's odd to have a ski base lodge, ski storage rack area with no snow?
Their electric bill from the NH Electric Coop is soooo big that they get billed like every three days ..... so's running an outdoor swim pool will just barely impact the already huge electric cost ..... say-hey ..... it all keeps on going with that endless Boston-bmw ski money?
With their ski area website, it's like they are more just selling a website ski image than what is actually there as somewhat shown on the live cam.
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Last edited by fatlazyless; 10-17-2019 at 09:21 AM.
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