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Author Archives: Hawes Spencer
Why I love Snowshoe in summer
For starters, it’s usually about 20 degrees below the temperature at my home in Charlottesville, which itself is a pretty fine place. But when you’ve got the choice of 90 degrees and 70 degrees, Snowshoe wins. And up on the … Continue reading
Intrawest sells two French resorts
Snowshoe’s corporate owner Intrawest has announced the pending sale of two resorts in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps. A French resort operator called Pierre et Vacances will buy the lodging and commercial operations at Intrawest’s Arc 1950 Resort … Continue reading
Snowshoe hosted high forest confab
A two-day seminar on the ecology of high-mountain forests recently took place at Snowshoe. What could be a more appropriate site for such an event? After all, Snowshoe is part of the natural habitat for such endangered species as the … Continue reading
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Post-Richardson, Vail mandates helmets for kids, employees
Following the ski-related death of actress Natasha Richardson, Vail Resorts has made helmets mandatory equipment for employees at all five of its resorts as well as for kids enrolled in classes there.
Snowshoe clarifies its ‘wow’
Snowshoe’s food and beverage department recently began offering venison chili while various employees suddenly began deploying such words such as “escape,” “wow,” and “recommended” into their emails. Meanwhile, the resort launched an internal ad campaign to remind
Intrawest boss predicts slow industry recovery
The man who runs Snowshoe’s parent company– which he has already said is in survival mode– issued another dire statement about the ski business. It’s in for a long, slow recovery, perhaps two seasons, Intrawest CEO Bill Jensen told an … Continue reading
March keeps WV ’08-09 season flat
The Charleston newspaper reports on an overall flat ski season which actually escaped the West’s woes (as we suspected), and a thrice-a-week Orlando-to-Charleston flight that buoys the spirits of Joe Stevens, the WV industry spokesguy (who used to be the … Continue reading
Magic Mountain: How a ski area can sell itself
Faced with perennially thin snow cover and an annual operating loss that exceeded its total revenues in two of the last six years, Magic Mountain in southern Vermont hopes to go the way of Mad River Glen and sell itself … Continue reading
Yellowstone Club: How a ski resort can go wrong
Although it’s most of a contintent away, the Yellowstone Club bankruptcy may hold an instructive lesson for Snowshoe, as the Club— according to people quoted in an in-depth June 14 New York Times story— was a successful enterprise until its … Continue reading
Former workers found dead in Michigan
Former Snowshoe-area wintertime workers Blake Slentz, 26, and Bridgette Powers, 25, were found dead last month on Mackinac Island, Michigan, the victims of an apparent accidental drug overdose, according to a medical examiner’s report described in the Grand Rapids Press.
