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…
Behind the Scenes Archive
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 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…
Envisioning Massanutten’s Future
28 November, 2022 To the Massanutten Community: In this post, we’d like to share some thoughts about envisioning Massanutten’s possible future. Many area residents are aware that much of Massanutten was originally developed by Del Webb, a partnership that started in late 1971. Del Webb gained national attention for developing retirement communities in Arizona and […]Read More…
Masanutten’s first solar array activated!
The following is a press release issued yesterday related to the activation of the Resort’s first solar array. The link following it will take you to a story on the event from WHSV. WOODSTONE BUILDING AT MASSANUTTEN NOW PRODUCING ITS OWN ELECTRICITY First of three solar generating installations at the resort has been energized MASSANUTTEN, […]Read More…
DOMINION ENERGY POWER OUTAGE – UPDATE – TO OCCUR THURSDAY 7/21 STARTING 4 A.M.
The twice-rescheduled Dominion Energy power outage in the Kettle is expected to occur tomorrow, 7/21. As a reminder: the work is scheduled to begin at approximately 4:00 a.m. and is expected to take between six and ten hours to complete, meaning that Dominion expects to restore power to the impacted areas by late morning to […]Read More…
Update 7/18/22: Some thoughts on leasing the top floor of the old Admin building
To the Massanutten Community: By now, you may have heard the news: Massanutten Resort is leasing and repurposing the top floor of the former MPOA Administration Building. The process was long and the bid was a competitive one, with several different potential tenants in the running. You might wonder why we chose to do this. […]Read More…
Planned power outage delayed again…
The planned power outage in the Kettle, which had been re-scheduled to July 14, has been re-scheduled again for July 21. Please read previous posts to see areas expected to be impacted. […]Read More…