Places left to ski that aren't owned by shitheads

[PNW-skier78]

Others may disagree but I like Mt. Hood Meadows. It doesn't have the terrain some other places have but if you can catch a mid week pow day you are in for a treat.

[charlesj]

Mt Bohemia, Keweenaw Peninsula, UP, MI
Cannon Mt, NH (as stated earlier) owned by The Granite State. Socialism at its best in the land of Live Free or Die.

[Bunion 2020]

^^^ Judging from the reality TV show the Mt Bo-ho owners are indeed shitheads.

[charlesj]

^^^ Judging from the reality TV show the Mt Bo-ho owners are indeed shitheads.

Perhaps I was mistaken about the ownership. Haven't seen the reality TV show yet. Will check it out. It is an anachronism and independent, big for the middle, raw, cheap, and far from everything and everyone.

[boltonoutlaw]

Bolton Valley

[dan_pdx]

Mt Hood Skibowl

I need to disagree with this one. The guy who owns Ski Bowl hit and ran a cyclist while speeding and (probably) driving drunk, then bought his way out of the consequences. Definitely a shithead.

https://bikeportland.org/2010/08/30/...could-do-38684

[Mustonen]

Perhaps I was mistaken about the ownership. Haven't seen the reality TV show yet. Will check it out. It is an anachronism and independent, big for the middle, raw, cheap, and far from everything and everyone.

What does that have to do with the owners being shitheads?

[Tommy Jong]

^^^ Judging from the reality TV show the Mt Bo-ho owners are indeed shitheads.

I haven’t seen the show but isn’t it supposed to be a joke? Lonie has always been cool to me. Shoulda added Bohemia to my list.


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[charlesj]

What does that have to do with the owners being shitheads?

Perhaps little, if anything. However It takes some vision and commitment to take the risk and build something like Bohemia, which may be relevant.
Clearly more study, first hand reports and exhaustive analysis are required before a comprehensive conclusion can be agreed upon through consensus.
My assertion of non-shitheadedness was based on insufficient and because I don't assume that everyone is a shithead.

[boardtodeath]

Lonie is a massive shithead who finally did something good. He's still a tool but you gotta hand it to him for building that place up and I am very glad he did so.

He's also been known to track down people who talk shit about him on TGR and threaten their families. Not joking.

[charlesj]

Lonie is a massive shithead who finally did something good. He's still a tool but you gotta hand it to him for building that place up and I am very glad he did so.

He's also been known to track down people who talk shit about him on TGR and threaten their families. Not joking.

Was wrong on Bohemia then. That is shithead behavior for sure.

I will steadfastly stand by my assertion that Cannon Mountain, NH is not owned by a shithead.

[river59]

I need to disagree with this one. The guy who owns Ski Bowl hit and ran a cyclist while speeding and (probably) driving drunk, then bought his way out of the consequences. Definitely a shithead.

https://bikeportland.org/2010/08/30/...could-do-38684

Wow, never heard that one until now. That certainly constitutes shitheadedness in my book. Further reading shows that he was drunk at the time (pleaded guilty to duii). Fuck that guy.

[raisingarizona13]

^^^ Judging from the reality TV show the Mt Bo-ho owners are indeed shitheads.

That's mock reality and funny as hell. The fact that they aren't afraid to poke a bunch of fun at themselves seems to me that they probably don't take themselves too seriously and they might just be really fun people to be around.

[eagleskier]

So I just read thru this thread from last to first, and didn't see any mention of Bogus Basin. It's a non-profit community based organization. For years, it was ran by a group who may not have been shitheads personally, but they didn't know shit about how to run a mountain resort. The current management has come in and turned that all around. They are doing what many of us have been saying needed done for years. So kudos to them. Again, I don't know any of the new management personally, but they are doing a great job of running the place now.

I've spent some time over around Soldier Mountain, mainly hitting the backcountry. I've met the owners and they seem like real down-to-earth people. It's tough to run a little resort like that, and IMO it was built on the wrong part of the mountain, (base is to low), but they do a good job, are friendly and cultivate a nice atmosphere.

[DaveTV]

When POWDER had soul...

[Conundrum]

So I just read thru this thread from last to first, and didn't see any mention of Bogus Basin. It's a non-profit community based organization. For years, it was ran by a group who may not have been shitheads personally, but they didn't know shit about how to run a mountain resort. The current management has come in and turned that all around. They are doing what many of us have been saying needed done for years. So kudos to them. Again, I don't know any of the new management personally, but they are doing a great job of running the place now.

I've spent some time over around Soldier Mountain, mainly hitting the backcountry. I've met the owners and they seem like real down-to-earth people. It's tough to run a little resort like that, and IMO it was built on the wrong part of the mountain, (base is to low), but they do a good job, are friendly and cultivate a nice atmosphere.

I know some of the board and management personally and I would/do hang out with them. I do have gripes but they are generally little like keeping kids out of the bar, changing operating hours after nights close, etc. User numbers are up and it shows. Don't know how they combat that without raising ticket prices but it is a community non-profit. Overall, they're doing what they can.

Soldier-owners are pretty cool but they're looking at not being owners anymore. It's for sale again.

[S_jenks]

When POWDER had soul...

Reading through the intros might be the best part about having old powder magazines around.

[DaveTV]

Reading through the intros might be the best part about having old powder magazines around.

No need to dig thru the old magazines http://thepowderintros.com/
The guy was the shaman of skiing. All that in the days of skiing the powpow on 205cm skinnys

[Brownski]

That's mock reality and funny as hell. The fact that they aren't afraid to poke a bunch of fun at themselves seems to me that they probably don't take themselves too seriously and they might just be really fun people to be around.

That is my take as well. I love mt Bohemia TV

[ill-advised strategy]

No need to dig thru the old magazines http://thepowderintros.com/
The guy was the shaman of skiing. All that in the days of skiing the powpow on 205cm skinnys

One of my proudest moments was when I finally felt decent enough about myself and my writing to write our shaman....and when he responded kindly.

steve casimiro • adventure journal

December 22, 2014 at 8:32 PM
S-
You've provided a great deal of useful guidance to many of us. I thought I'd mention that your 12/93 intro about that beautiful moment of silence deep in a road trip resonated so much with me that I cut it out and saved it, and pinned it to my walls in Crested Butte and Taos, Salt Lake and Washington...I would read it before wildland fire season with the anticipation of getting into a Forest Service truck with my friends and heading off to some adventure. And when the time came to rework my life, to scratch out some kind of living with a failing body and a ski bum's shitty resume in a failing economy, I thought about those magic moments on the road and I started driving trucks for a living. When I was rolling along in a Freightliner through summer nights in Indiana digging winding paths through my mind and my memories I thought of your words. Now, I drive a bus along the highway past our little ski hill to our little airport here in my Upper Michigan hometown and mostly it's full of loud stupid chattering idiots, but every now and then the world sits silent and the chaos falls away in the darkness of early morning with the big diesel gently thumping and I'm in that moment again.

Thanks,
-J

J-

Dude. I've been holding everything digital at arm's length throughout the holidays and now that I'm coming back to the world of email I have to say that I'm still blown away by your note. It's shocking to me that something I write could touch someone in such a profound manner, and I can't tell you how much it means to me that you've shared this. Please believe me when I say it's something I will save forever.

Steve

[m2711c]

let’s make em an offer

how much for a share?

[DaveTV]

One of my proudest moments was when I finally felt decent enough about myself and my writing to write our shaman....and when he responded kindly.

steve casimiro • adventure journal

December 22, 2014 at 8:32 PM
S-
You've provided a great deal of useful guidance to many of us. I thought I'd mention that your 12/93 intro about that beautiful moment of silence deep in a road trip resonated so much with me that I cut it out and saved it, and pinned it to my walls in Crested Butte and Taos, Salt Lake and Washington...I would read it before wildland fire season with the anticipation of getting into a Forest Service truck with my friends and heading off to some adventure. And when the time came to rework my life, to scratch out some kind of living with a failing body and a ski bum's shitty resume in a failing economy, I thought about those magic moments on the road and I started driving trucks for a living. When I was rolling along in a Freightliner through summer nights in Indiana digging winding paths through my mind and my memories I thought of your words. Now, I drive a bus along the highway past our little ski hill to our little airport here in my Upper Michigan hometown and mostly it's full of loud stupid chattering idiots, but every now and then the world sits silent and the chaos falls away in the darkness of early morning with the big diesel gently thumping and I'm in that moment again.

Thanks,
-J

J-

Dude. I've been holding everything digital at arm's length throughout the holidays and now that I'm coming back to the world of email I have to say that I'm still blown away by your note. It's shocking to me that something I write could touch someone in such a profound manner, and I can't tell you how much it means to me that you've shared this. Please believe me when I say it's something I will save forever.

Steve

That is just beautiful... That guy caused me to quit a good job, dump my personal crap at Ma's and drive my shitbox Bronco II west for the winter.

[haysman16]

Targhee should be on the list. I have seen Geordie out helping park cars on busy days and he rips around on his tele setup quite a bit.

[mtnjam]

So I just read thru this thread from last to first, and didn't see any mention of Bogus Basin. It's a non-profit community based organization. For years, it was ran by a group who may not have been shitheads personally, but they didn't know shit about how to run a mountain resort. The current management has come in and turned that all around. They are doing what many of us have been saying needed done for years. So kudos to them. Again, I don't know any of the new management personally, but they are doing a great job of running the place now.

I've spent some time over around Soldier Mountain, mainly hitting the backcountry. I've met the owners and they seem like real down-to-earth people. It's tough to run a little resort like that, and IMO it was built on the wrong part of the mountain, (base is to low), but they do a good job, are friendly and cultivate a nice atmosphere.

Yep, I read throught this thread too and didn't see mention of Bogus Basin either. Definitely not run by shitheads for the most part and most of the "senior" management up there has certainly changed the direction of the mountain.
The General Manager is doing a great job of promoting the ski area, and is quite approachable, and actually skis so we do have that going. However, I do think that he struggles sometimes with the image that Bogus Basin has historically had and how i personally view how the mountain operations manager sees the future of the mountain. I can tell you that the Mountain Operations manager is kind of stuck in Boise County mode and seemingly wants to kind of keep it that way while the rest of the mountain wants to move forward.

[powpig]

Mt. Rose

I won't call the owner a shithead, but closing The Chutes for the entire month of April with the snowpack we have is certainly a shithead move.