To the Massanutten Community: It’s my pleasure to add Michael Hammes’s signature to this update. As you might recall, Michael is Massanutten’s new Vice President and General Manager. He’s been on board for several months now, learning about the resort and developing relationships with the resort’s key staff. He’ll assume increasing responsibility for resort operations […]Read More…
Update 3/27/24: short takes (new hotel, mountain coaster, etc.)
To the Massanutten Community: Our last several posts related to significant issues (MPSC’s rate request, a proposed development in the Passage Lane area). There are some odds and ends we thought you’d like to know about, however – so here they are NEW DIRECTOR OF HOSPITALITY PROGRAMMING: This is a new role that will oversee […]Read More…
Update 3/21/24: About a proposed development in the Passage Lane area
To the Massanutten Community: Recently, Mark Wagner – our VP of Corporate Development – made a presentation to MPOA’s board, discussing our plans to seek an Amendment to our current Master Plan. This Amendment would provide for the addition of a parcel owned by Great Eastern and located within the current Massanutten Village footprint. We’d […]Read More…
Update 3/14/24: MPSC, rate structures, and the proposed County buyout
To the Massanutten Community: Most of our thoughts this time around center on MPSC. But first, we’d like to congratulate MPOA and its website development committee for the launch of MPOA’s new website. In our view, the old one was hard to navigate and made it difficult for residents to find important information. On a […]Read More…
Update 1/15/24: Announcing our new GM, sustainability, and more
To the Massanutten Community: I hope this finds you all well! The weather of late has been… well, interesting, has it not? That said, I’m pleased to report that the resort had an excellent winter holiday period. Perhaps the best news was that the investments made in boosting snowmaking capacity in the tube park enabled […]Read More…
Update 12/19/23: Holiday Greetings, New Faces and more…
To the Massanutten Community: On behalf of the entire Massanutten Resort and Great Eastern teams, please allow me to wish you all a joyous and healthy holiday season and a rewarding new year. In a community like Massanutten, people celebrate the holidays in different ways – but it’s sharing this beautiful landscape and wonderful community […]Read More…
Update 10/23/23 – Getting ready for winter, and some cool new features
To the Massanutten Community: I hope you’re enjoying autumn, and the beginnings of spectacular foliage! Autumn is always a special time here at Massanutten – in addition to warm days, crisp nights and beautiful trees, there’s the excitement of a few more rounds of golf, hiking, mountain biking – and the anticipation of winter and […]Read More…
Update 8/8/23: News about the new chairlift and the Re-zoning
To the Massanutten Community: A quick update before I share the important stuff. The remaining parts for the new High-Speed Detachable Quad chairlift have been delivered and installed. Our crews and folks from Doppelmayr are now running the lift in order to calibrate and fine-tune it. Assuming all goes well, we expect to load-test it […]Read More…
Update 7-19-23 – Proposed Developments, New Chairlift and Mountain Coaster
TO THE MASSANUTTEN COMMUNITY: I hope you’re all enjoying the summer! If it seems like this beautiful mountain is busier this summer than last year, it is! We’re up about 10% for June and July is looking even better. After a bit of a contraction last summer with inflation and economy concerns, it’s great to […]Read More…
Update 6/27/23: MPSC, Summer Jam, and more
To the Massanutten Community: Several things to report this time around. First, I’d like to briefly mention some organizational changes at our parent company, The Resorts Companies, Inc. (which, if you didn’t know, is 100% employee owned). Steve Krohn, formerly executive vice president, was promoted to president and chief operating officer. I was promoted to […]Read More…