Sky Peak Express parts in K1 Parking Lot

Sky Peak Express parts in K1 Parking Lot

Although the pace of change in the color of the leaves has slowed the last week or so, and the humidity in the area today is quite nasty with the remnants of Hurricane Ike, signs of the seasons changing are unmistakable. In addition to the visible clues provided by Mother Nature, you can also tell that the season is heading away from summer due to the uplift in activity around the resort as businesses prepare for the coming winter.

Subtle clues are everywhere. Delivery trucks are making frequent stops at local ski shops. New equipment and clothing is being delivered to prepare for the coming season, and the ski sales that typically take place over Columbus Day Weekend. At our inn, mundane things like orders for new linens for our rooms and dishes for our restaurant are being made to prepare for the coming busy season.

And on the mountain, work is accelerating to prepare the resort for the first snows, which will surely come in the next 30 to 60 days. It has been reported locally that crews have been on the mountain all week cutting new trails for a terrain park called "The Stash" which the resort is planning to introduce this winter. (I'll write more about "The Stash" in future blogs.) And rumor has it that helicopters will be installing tops for the lift towers for the new Skye Peak Express later this week (assuming weather conditions permit).

In the meantime, as the summer season draws to a close, and you play your final rounds of golf for the season, just remember to keep it in the fairway.