Burke

The other day we took a trip to my back yard, Burke Mountain. Burke has some new projects in motion including their new wind mill and high speed lift. Vice president of Burke Mountian's Operations, Dick Andross showed us around the Mountian. First we went inside to take a look at the new lifts master plan. It showed two new areas to add trails. The master plan also showed us some future plans like moving the Willoughby chair over near the Cutter Inn. That master plan can tell you everything there is to know about the lift. At the Burke returning employee social, I was informed of a new condo development that will be located below the new Mid Burke Express lift. GM, Tim McGuire plans to expand slowly without taking away Burkes Vermont feel. We then took a drive up to the summit to check out the new wind mill. The massive wind mill provides 20% of energy annually, as the new lift adds 20% more energy. Therefore the new wind mill will practically power the new lift. Burke will get there money back from the wind mill in about 2 years. I am looking forward to riding the new 7 minute lift to the summit and seeing where Burke rises to in the future.