Canaan Valley Passes are $450 at the preseason rates.  They were $300 last season; a substantial increase.  Way overpriced considering it takes them two months to open 3 trails from the top and they offer a minimal season.      

https://www.canaanresort.com/ski-winter-activities/skiing-snowboarding/season-passes/

There are some other issues coming into play that will be addressed soon. Don't expect that price to stick.  

It will be close to your suggestion but not a change as you suggest.  There's a contract in existence so that's not possible.  

Are they looking at making a big announcement in regards to upgrades (lifts, snowmaking,etc.) or that they have contracted a new ops team to run the show? I wonder if they asked the Perfects to run their mountain for them....

kwillg6 wrote:

It will be close to your suggestion but not a change as you suggest.  There's a contract in existence so that's not possible.  

 I don't think this is side steeping. It is better to see the truth when it comes out rather than speculate on things that may not be realistic; especially, from this group. Love this mountain but it is not living up to its potential. 

It is sometimes fun to speculate though! 

kwillg6 wrote:

There will be a change in personnel on mountain. The issues that confronted the resort last season will hopefully be behind them but that is dependent on the state's commitment to upgrades which are long overdue.  More announcements as things develop. If this sounds like I'm side stepping, it is.   I haven't seen or heard anything definitive but expect it to come soon to sooth the curious.  

RodneyBD wrote:

CVR isn't a ski resort.  It's a 4 season resort with skiing.  The mgmt company is probably measured on hotel occupancy and revenue, with everything else secondary.  Would be fascinating to see the numbers- which grosses more, the golf course or the ski hill?  And which is more profitable...

CVR will benefit from post-COVID conferences, weddings, and other events. I hope either Guest Services or the state of West Virginia steps in SOON to improve the ski resort. New York State is stepping up to the plate to invest in Whiteface. Cannon Mountain is petitioning New Hampshire for a tram upgrade or replacement with a gondola. In short, there’s some precedent for continued state investment in skiing. Let’s hope we see some improvements at CVR soon.

The issue with the comparison is more along the lines of how they are managed. It seems like out of all public-managed resorts the New York ones are the best as they are under ORDA. Also, this is just my opinion the good thing about ORDA is that New York is a heavily taxed state, which means some of that money will be thrown at the resorts that are approved by the state government which is adopted into ORDAs budget. Most of ORDAs leadership has ski resort experience as well. 

They are adding a bunch to all of their facilities in the upcoming years.

Canaan Valley has potential but I am not sure what "change" is coming. It would be pretty nice to see new infrastructure and have someone with experience run it. This is wishful thinking, but let the Perfect's have a management contract through the state to at least run it so people don't run away.

johnfmh wrote:

RodneyBD wrote:

CVR isn't a ski resort.  It's a 4 season resort with skiing.  The mgmt company is probably measured on hotel occupancy and revenue, with everything else secondary.  Would be fascinating to see the numbers- which grosses more, the golf course or the ski hill?  And which is more profitable...

CVR will benefit from post-COVID conferences, weddings, and other events. I hope either Guest Services or the state of West Virginia steps in SOON to improve the ski resort. New York State is stepping up to the plate to invest in Whiteface. Cannon Mountain is petitioning New Hampshire for a tram upgrade or replacement with a gondola. In short, there’s some precedent for continued state investment in skiing. Let’s hope we see some improvements at CVR soon.

nickhaas212 wrote:

Canaan Valley has potential but I am not sure what "change" is coming. It would be pretty nice to see new infrastructure and have someone with experience run it. This is wishful thinking, but let the Perfect's have a management contract through the state to at least run it so people don't run away.

Be careful what you ask for --  You can make an argument either way and the Perfects might decide that CVR should not draw visitors away from Timberline.  

Their snowmaking team has experience and capital-S Seniority, or did. I assume any management changes would be higher up than that?

They've made some really "interesting" decisions with what fan guns to buy, too. The TechnoAlpin TF10s and T40s weren't set up for full automatic operation and aren't being used as well as they could be. As far as I know they don't have the central control station to do that even if they wanted to.  IMO their best move is to grab some HKD Kliks, but I expect they'll continue to buy manual TechnoAlpin gear.