http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-42760394
I am going to anger some of you guys. And, I am slightly tongue in cheek but at the same time I have a good point to make that needs to be considered by users and managers of Scottish ski resorts:
You need to stop using the excuse that resorts are run by volunteers/last minute staff AND charge £30 ish quid a day for a pass if the service is rubbish almost ALL the time!!!!!
I can see that things are not great when the cover is thin. BTW, what a PR nonsense to have snow machines in one place at the bottom!!!!. Noone anywhere is able to spread snow widely on barely frozen ground from one spot at the bottom!
But, if things are also shit even when conditions are good then you need to rethink the way it is all managed. I am not sure how? I have systematically been disappointed, sometimes appalled by how things are run here. I do appreciate that staffing something so ephemeral is a huge challenge.
Could they try to take what there is to take and be brave enough to say to customers that it is full by admitting a maximum number possible? I see that it would be really difficult to implement.
More generally, is it possible that running a ski resort for profit in the UK is not possible?
I am forever perpelexed when climbing in the northern coires/ loch a'an bassin, to see how many people are willing to come for a a service that, simply put, is neither fit for purpose or value for money! Or is it part of the experience in this country to be able to moan about your rubbish snow/piste to make it complete?!
Not that I mind that much... I just don't use them. I also want to add that I rate very highly the touring possibilities which when good are as good as anywhere.
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