Crotched buys Ascutney HSQ Lift

Bennington, NH - Peak Resorts announces the acquisition of the high speed detachable quad chairlift formally of Ascutney Mountain, VT. The installation of the lift, along with a terrain expansion is planned at Crotched Mountain, NH for the 2012-2013 season. This 3 million dollar capital investment will happen on the 10 year anniversary of the reconstruction of the resort.

http://skitownnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/southern-new-hampshire-ski-resort-gets.html

Great news for Crotched... not so much for Ascutney.

Crotched is one of my buddies "home" mountain.  He is pretty psyched.  He works from home a fair amount and goes up there for an hour or two in the morning sometimes.  This will probably get him quite a few more turns.

ml242 wrote

Great news for Crotched... not so much for Ascutney.

From a marketing point of view, this is bad news for Ascutney, but in reality, the HSQ didn't do much for the hill other than shave a few minutes off the lift ride.

Short of an angel investor who's prepared to lose a lot of money, I don't see Ascutney coming back, HSQ or not, due to the reasons listed in this Ascutney thread. Too bad -- I kinda liked the hill.

Crotched.......