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…
Update 5/17/23: Flying towers, WaterPark Open House and more!
To the Massanutten Community: Another potpourri for you today. THE HELICOPTER RETURNS: We expect the helicopter used in lift construction to return on Friday of this week and, unless something weird happens with the weather, we plan to fly lift towers (and tower heads) for the new high-speed detachable quad on Saturday. Nine or ten […]Read More…
Update 4-14-2023: Public Meetings, Flying Mud and More!
To the Massanutten Community: I’ve got a bit of a “spring roundup” for you this time. First: I’d like to thank area residents and County officials who attended MPSC’s “listening sessions” recently. My understanding is that the meetings were largely cordial and respectful – but also successful in undermining MPSC’s attempts to raise doubts among […]Read More…
Update 3/15/23: MPSC, New Lift, Second Visioning Sessions – and much more!
To the Massanutten Community: It’s been a while since my last post, so I’d like to cover several things – including the MPSC situation, some information on future plans, a change in Festival schedule, and some new toys. MPSC: The elephant in the room, of course, is the proposed Rockingham County buyout of MPSC. […]Read More…
Update 2/2/23 – Some Thoughts on County Buyout, News From The Resort, and More.
To the Massanutten Community: By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the news regarding the proposed Rockingham County offer to buy MPSC, the private water and sewer utility that covers our area. MPOA’s Board, following a meeting with representatives of the County, voted unanimously on January 25 to support a buyout offer. The County’s Board of […]Read More…
Update 12/16: Rockingham County Board of Supervisors and MPSC
To the Massanutten Community: We wish we had better news, but as you’ve probably heard, the Board of Supervisors and the new Massanutten Water Authority, in their joint meeting, tabled (postponed) the decision to make a formal offer to acquire MPSC’s assets. According to Great Eastern representatives at the meeting, the Supervisors made the decision […]Read More…