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08-11-06, 10:04 PM
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This could be a potentially bad thing.
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Originally Posted by KonaRider24
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08-11-06, 10:17 PM
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Intrawest owns a bunch of MTB friendly mountains, and they were bought out by a private holding company.
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Summer MTB = Revenue
If they were bought out by strip-miners then there would be a problem. But operating the lifts in summer and renting downhill bikes makes money for an otherwise unused mountain. Nothing will change.
If they were bought out by strip-miners then there would be a problem. But operating the lifts in summer and renting downhill bikes makes money for an otherwise unused mountain. Nothing will change.
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Originally Posted by KonaRider24
Intrawest owns a bunch of MTB friendly mountains, and they were bought out by a private holding company.
Yeah, I see your point. Chances are they're not buying the land to leave it alone. Then again, maybe they won't notice the bikes running up and down their mountain trails.
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Originally Posted by willtsmith_nwi
Summer MTB = Revenue
If they were bought out by strip-miners then there would be a problem. But operating the lifts in summer and renting downhill bikes makes money for an otherwise unused mountain. Nothing will change.
If they were bought out by strip-miners then there would be a problem. But operating the lifts in summer and renting downhill bikes makes money for an otherwise unused mountain. Nothing will change.
That said, it helps leave the name in public thought. Whistler is busy year round which helps keep it busy year round.
It will be interesting. Intrawest was really pushing the mountain biking through to other mountains. It will be curious to see if that continues or if they begin to pull back from the ones who have been barely making ends meet.
