Berkshire East Expansion

justkeepmovingne

Did a bit of digging once I had time.

Some things that were not discussed previously included infrastructure, exact lift alignment, additional trail counts.

An October 2021 application submitted to the Town of Charlemont shows these items.

Most important items:
-An access road that will essentially clean up a former degraded timber road will be created. Not intended for patron use.
-New lifts: 1
-New trails: 2 (Unclear if this includes or excludes the liftline)
-Snowmaking pipe: Yes
-Lighting: Yes (unclear if for skiing or for lift operations purposes and safety)

I've attached an image of the desired lift alignment (which was previously guessed at, but unknown). I'll link the application as well.

What continues to be my question and why I dug this thread back up anyways - what's the new timeline on this? The Mountain Top Triple hasn't been removed (AFAIK). No work has been done, and unless I've missed it, there are no new addendums or updates on Charlemont's website or media releases detailing why the project has been delayed (even though, as I previously mentioned, it probably has something to do with the Burke Mountain purchase and available capital)

Link: https://charlemont-ma.us/files/Berkshire_East_SP_Application_for_New_Ski_Lift.pdf

rickbolger

justkeepmovingne;c-69900 wrotewhat's the new timeline on this?

More appropriate question in my mind, what's the point of this?

Purely from a business point of view, what would they gain by this expansion? Aside from the lodge, the bar, and the ticket office, I've never seen an overcrowding problem here. Are the Mount Snow bus trips suddenly going to re-route to Charlemont because this place has a new pod? And if they did, where would those people eat lunch? Where would they park?

My impression on my most recent visit (not the one when I got a concussion) was that they need more staff and more lodge space, more than they need more lifts.

ADKskier

rickbolger;c-69914 wrote
justkeepmovingne;c-69900 wrotewhat's the new timeline on this?

More appropriate question in my mind, what's the point of this?

Purely from a business point of view, what would they gain by this expansion? Aside from the lodge, the bar, and the ticket office, I've never seen an overcrowding problem here. Are the Mount Snow bus trips suddenly going to re-route to Charlemont because this place has a new pod? And if they did, where would those people eat lunch? Where would they park?

My impression on my most recent visit (not the one when I got a concussion) was that they need more staff, more than they need more lifts.

I literally said the same thing, what's the point? unless they plan on adding a new base area.

newpylong

Also, not exactly the longest snowmaking season in Charlemont. Might be hard to cover any additional terrain during any given season.

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