Yup, it seems that way. Trying to piss on the party. Seems like he knew that Mountain Creek had plans of going on in a different direction the whole time. When he broke his story to PB that Diablo was closing , it appears he completely misled the writer to believing that Mountain Creek had no intentions of carrying on with biking. Sounds like a typical case of sour grapes.

How can Diablo own the rights to the name "US OPEN?" Does one man in Europe hold the name World Cup. That sound s crazy. I would see if it was called the US Open at Diablo. Seems a little too sweeping to be able to own that name. Sp that means that the owner of Diablo can bring his race to any other MTN??

Gut wrenching. My heart goes out to Rory and the rest of her family. I can only imagine the sense of loss they must be feeling. Deepest sympathies. BT Sarah's Legacy will be felt for ever.

I HAVE to make a ride to VT this summer and try both those places. Especially since Ive been doing less Dh riding and more AM riding , Ive heard the Kingdom trails are a blast for AM and Vermont is arguably the most scenic state on the East Coast!!

well put.

I would say that there is significantly more steep, gnarly , challengindg DH single track added since 96.

Sunday River has 2 jump trails and about 10-15 more natural intense insane terrain trails. With a nice section of smooth slick ledge rock to bomb down. It IS not your trendy perfectly groomed close your eyes and stick the landing /engineered mountain. Highland is defintely that only about 1/4th the vertical height of SR. SR average runs takes 15-20mins where as Highland takes 4-6 mins. The money you spend in gas to get to SR you make up for in riding value. The natural trails are not groomed at all but are steep , filled w/ rock gardens but still fun and challenging . A new trail crew started building two seasons ago and adding the more groomed flowy runs as well. It's coming back slowly but surely....w/ NO LIFT LINES and half the price!!!! I am dying to get to Kingdom trails though this year. My bro lives in Mt Pelier and hear it is a blast.

Does anbody here realize that Mountain Creek is a Ski Resort that happens to also have a golf course on it's property which is about a mile down the road. I might also ad that about 2/3 of the decent Ski Resorts here in New England do as well including Snow, Stowe, Sugarbush,Sunday River, etc.. I know it feels good to misguide your frustration towards a sport that happens to reside way on the other side of the activity spectrum, but, let's be real. This decision really has nothing to do with the Golf side of the investment. It's about improving the SKIING!!! I have lost riding spots to Golf resort development and they don't just remove a few see-saws or bridges, bros. Developers clear out about 4 square miles of land.....FLAT LAND!! . I've never seen a golf resort that needed a Gondola to get you to a fairway. just sayin

Well... I'm not a golfer nor have I ever been, but the ONLY thing this story has to do with golf is the investor seems to think skiing and golfing is a better investment than DHing, at least in the short term. The SKI mountain is being overhauled to better serve it's winter sports patrons. I dont think they are relocating any of it's holes on the mountain side. The removal or destruction bike bridges/jumps/trails etc are obviously ski/boarding related. What's at topic is the mismanagement of the bike park not a referendum on wether golf and mtn biking can co-exist. If you've seen the construction of their new Lodge addition and widening of their Main Ski trails, it's clear it's about SKIING/SNOWBOARDING upgrades. Just trying to keep things in perspectve.