Skiing and Riding
How many trails are listed on Burke's snow report?
10 Bonus Points: # of trails, # of glades, and # of terrain parks.
53 Total
36 Trails, 14 Glades, and 3 Terrain Parks
Depending on technicality some could say 52 with only 2 Terrain parks
What weekend is Bike Park Opening weekend?
Memorial Day Weekend
Who Drives the Town Shuttle?
Who Drives the Summit Shuttle?
Dan
Kayla
Burke's lift-served skiing history dates back to early?
1955
How many Green (Easy) Bike trails do we have and list their names?
1
Rolly Grail
How many double black diamonds does Burke have?
20 Bonus points: List them
6
1 Lower Powerline, 2 ReRun, 3 Fox's Folly, 4 Briches, 5 Dixiland, and 6 The Jungle.
Bike Park Hours of Operation:
Thurs:
Fri:
Sat:
Sun:
20 Bonus points: List Friday/Thursday operations Begin and End dates.
Thurs: 3-7
Fri: 12-7
Sat: 10-6pm
Sun: 10-6pm
Thursday: 7/4/19-8/29/19 Friday: 6/28/19-8/30/19
Who writes the Bike Report?
Jessica
What were the names of the first two trails cut?
10 Bonus points: Who cut the first trails?
1. Bear Den
2. Wilderness
The CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps
How many Bike Park Summit trails are there?
10 Bouns Points: Their names are?
3
1. DH trail
2. Free Ride
3. Upper J-bar
Burke Mountains opening season was?
Bonus Points: How many trails?
1955-1956
2 trails
According to our Bike Park map, what is Burke's Bike Ticket Office and Lift Access elevation?
10 Bonus Points for each: Whats the summit and/or Hotel elevation?
Base: 1,226'
Summit: 3,267'
Hotel: 1680'
Do Whos work for F&B? (List at least 4)
1 bonus for each correct name after the first 4.
Bri, Logan Owens, Brandi, Ben M, Julie Watkins, Ian Allen, Mary Brule, Olivia Wyatt, Tim Mathers, Casey Bourque, Jimmy McDougal, Ashley Young, Jackie S., Mary Keane, Annika Ringen, Kathy Daley, Ryan Holt, Ella Skalwold, Alex McAndrew, Ashley M Jess Waldron-Shover.
Jess, Travis,
What winter season did Burke's lift access get off the ground?
1966-67
How many cross country bike trails do we have?
7
List 10 Blue Square Trails. (Trails and/or glades)
Powderhorn, Carriage Road, Lift Line, Deer Run, Lower Dougs Drop, Mountain Marsh, McHarg's Cut-off, Dipper Doodle, Upper Dipper, Big Dipper, Open Slope, Little Dipper, Lower Warren's Way, Upper Fox's Folly, Lower Fox's Folly, The Gap, Upper Bear Den, Lower Bear Den, Upper/lower Willougby, Enchanted Forest, Wayne's World, Hibernator, Flaming Eddie's.
According to "Living Outdoors", these are 7 best mountain biking brands.
10 Bonus Points: In order.
1. Yeti 2. Kona 3.GT 4.Cannondale 5.Trek 6.Santa Cruz 7.Giant
Who works in the Bike Park?
List at least one staff member for, but not limited to Trail Crew, Bike patrol, Lift attendants, Lift mechanics, Bike Shop...
Answers Provided by the Birthday Girl Cody! Happy Birthday and Thanks, Cody!
Bike patrol:
James Bolognani is gone for the season but was full-time, also worked for trail crew in the early season.
Mike Fox full-time Bike patroller and trail crew helper
Kate Carcio part-time bike patroller full-time ski patroller
Phil Hawthorn part bike patroller (most Sundays)
Del occasional bike patroller
Maria Young mostly summer camp support for bike patrol
Trail Crew:
Barrett Nichols: new trails manager and just had a baby!!
Jon Soldano
Franklin Ringen
Josh Ribeiro
Teagan Foley
Dirt delivery Man/roads:
John Conway ----- Thank you!!!!!
Snowmakers: helping out trail crew where and when they can Thank you!!!!
Mack McCaughy
Ian Touchette
Lift Mechanics:
Joe Bedor
Kyle Grafton
Jake krach
Lift attendants:
Fran Manning
Mike Johnson
Seth Kulzyck also early-season trail crew and now also brush crew.
Steven Bova
Lift Scanner:
Patrick
Bike park shuttle driver:
Kayla
I would also like to recognize Dave Cahen for always doing his job with a smile and the most sincere and friendliest hello ever!
What year did _______ establish Burke Mountain Academy?
Looking for the who and year.
Warren Witherell
1970
How many ski-able acres does burke have when at 100% open?
10 Point Bonus: How many miles?
185.32 Acres
19.88 Miles
List two bike races we host at Burke.
1. Maxxis Eastern State Cup Enduro
2. Clif Enduro Lite
list as many Burke team members as you can and their department/job/title. The team that can list the most in 60 seconds wins the 500 points. Do not start your list until I say, "Go!"
1 bonus point for each correct email, phone, and/or extension
I wasn't sure if I'd be able to find a roster to fairly check this, so let's play a game.
This game is called "Split or Steal". The "Call" Team VS Everyone else. Each team needs one rep.
In _____ Elmer Darling purchased Burke Mountain and in ____ there was a forest fire. Elmer Darling saw the need for a fire detection service and agreed to furnish and erect a tower. A carriage road up the mountain was built in ____ and became an auto road to the summit in _____.
(Looking for the year to fill in each blank.)
1.1904
2.1907
3.1910
4.1932