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Moore saia an investment oi $600,000 to $700,000 was required to extend a ski lift up the mountain, complete the beginner slope, provide machinery for artificial snow and expand the base building and parking facilities.
THE developers planned for 1500 to 1600 daily visitors, figuring two and a half skiers per car, according to Moore. “Then we would have a successful and profitable ski area. That was the plan,” said Moore.
In retrospect, he said, the first serious mistake was made when the area opened in the winter of 1973, instead of staying closed the first season and working on the facilities. The early January opening was too late for the Christmas trade, “the guts of the ski season.” Horrible weather, for the first and the second winter, compounded difficulties. “It rained three inches on December 26,” said Moore.
“The only two loss years in the last 14 seasons in Pennsylvania were the same two years that j Rappahannock first opened,” Moore noted a $75,000 to $100,000 loss had been budgeted for the first two years of the Rappahannock Ski ! Area. Instead, the loss was a half | million. At the same time, Camelback also showed a loss, when the
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