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would it cost dollar amounts to open a small ski resort in the likes of plattekillish style. one lift, elevation of 3000ft. please throw some figures at me!
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Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:09 pm
bigron
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A few million. There are several older resorts with one or two lifts that have been out of operation for years. You might be able to pick one up for a half million. It would cost more to reopen, maintenence to lifts and to make it bike friendly. If you go to highland you can see exactly that.
Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:00 pm
Adrian
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howabout installing a lift system?
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Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:05 pm
boogenman
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Adrian wrote:
howabout installing a lift system?
3000' verticle you would probably never find a used lift, a new one of that length would be $1.5-$2,000,000 installed
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Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:08 pm
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boogenman wrote:
Adrian wrote:
howabout installing a lift system?
3000' verticle you would probably never find a used lift, a new one of that length would be $1.5-$2,000,000 installed
would you say 10 million can get you a pretty decent mountain resort?
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Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:18 pm
bigron
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Minimum of a resort. It would cost 5-6 million minimum for a lift.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:36 pm
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plus insurance for riding too...im sure thats not cheap
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Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:54 pm
Adrian
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ok so something along the lines of 12 to 15 mill, can make a pretty rad freeride park? an thats in this country???? right?
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Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:27 pm
schofell84
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a decent piece of property (with lift) can probably be had for 4-6 mil. then you have to hire people, insure the place, and pay utilities.
if you wanted to build your own you might be better off shuttle-ing (maybe 2 diesel busses running on bio-diesel from your bike shop / tavern that you build on the base of the mountain), but then your going to have to develop new trails, and then worry about the rest. an old logging mountain would probably be a good start point, one with roads that are still manageable. hire people on full time time to work the bikeshop /shuttle bus. make money year round on the bar. maybe advertise it to snowmobilers in the winter and open up the logging roads to them.
hrmmm.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:14 pm
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the only thing about the above idea is that liquor licenses cost boku money and insurance would probably be even more w/ bikes, and alcohol
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:22 pm
bansheefr51
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You could always rent the mountain from a major conglomeration, pay a few kids a season pass to build a couple stunts and jump run then rarely maintain them, and charge people a fortune to ride there while making them park a mile away. Then to let them know how well the idea is working you could buy a porshe and park it in the front. I don't know, just an idea I was kicking around.
That being said, I do like ladders and drops.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:22 am
atom
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the one major oversight in your idea is insurance. i cant even imagine how much insurance is for a ski mountain.
heres the like to the SAM (ski area management) website. There is alot of ski area equipment for sale. I've spent too many hours shopping for a ski lift. Its fun when its not your money
Re: how much would you say.....
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:39 pm
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Here's my input on the subject........
YOU'RE CRAZY!!!!!!!!!! WTF are you thinking???????
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