The restaurant does help pay the bills. There are plenty of non-profits that have profit-making aspects, like dining, to cover costs. The Metropolitan Museun in NYC, for example, has several restaurants and they are non-profit.
My sister-in-law went up to the castle this week. They are doing an amazing job saving the building. It isn't just a matter of status quo. The place is, in many respects, falling apart. You can see it from the outside if you just look.
The views are spectacular. The history in really interesting. I have been going up there for most of my life, every year or two or so. It is worth the money. They are bringing lots of clothes, furniture and other little things back into the building. The whole project must be very costly and very worthwhile.
I wouldn't discount making the trip just because you were put off by the whole ski-mobile thing. After all, owners should be able to do whatever they want with their property. I wouldn't want snowmobilers on my land either. Besides, the insurance on that place must be exhorbitant. If someone were to get injured on a trail inside their property line while on a snowmobile, you know full well who they would sue - the Castle owners. So, you might understand why they would be leary of letting snow-mobilers on the property.
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