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    Vail debuts real-time lift info app


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    Wow, that is liable to make people stay home, when they see how long the wait times are during peak vacation times.

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    Brilliant. They have invented something the typical Vail skier thinks they need.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Brilliant. They have invented something the typical Vail skier thinks they need.
    maybe yer phone can tell you when to load the lift safely!
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    This will be really handy at Magic, Vail's soon to be announced EC acquisition.
    "timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Brilliant. They have invented something the typical Vail skier thinks they need.
    Their highly paid marketing professionals need to earn their hourly rate down in Broomfield!

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    Quote Originally Posted by digitaldeath View Post
    maybe yer phone can tell you when to load the lift safely!
    I hope it's more accurate than the "real time CDOT traffic app".... which is 99% inaccurate and never tells you about major delays.

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    I'm sure that it will do nothing to prevent the classic Vail "Shit! I'm stuck in the bottom of a bowl with a trillion of my best friends and this is the only way out" effect. It'll only increase the herd mentality that is prevalent at Ski Resorts. "Hey, everyone else is stuck in China Bowl, it must be EPIC over there!".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberridge View Post
    This will be really handy at Magic, Vail's soon to be announced EC acquisition.
    Seriously, I pray at my Buddha shrine everyday they buy Killington. Benny pass heaven, now that Stowe is MC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shredgnar View Post
    Awesome. Says so much about the place.

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    That's not for real is it?

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    My guess is an early season dump, probably Xmas week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    My guess is an early season dump, probably Xmas week.
    Or any weekend day between mid Jan until early April.

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    Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
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    Look at the snowboarder in the bottom of the picture, he thinks he's part of both lines. He completes the circle.

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    Pffffffttt. That ain't shit. I raise you...
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    This thread shows why I like Big Sky.
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    Quote Originally Posted by soups818 View Post
    Pffffffttt. That ain't shit. I raise you...
    At least their 'SLOW ZONE' sign is accurate.

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    Said fuck it and started skinning for this one.
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    I wonder if the lifty at 22 will be posting the EV stats?
    Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
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    This will make people not ski... unless they use the same reporting methodology they use for snow totals at Breck... then it will just piss people off more.
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    skiing is hiking all day so that you can ski on shitty gear for 5 minutes.

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    Serious question: how the hell is the app going to know when you first got in line vs. when you crossed under the scanner closer to the lift?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TahoeJ View Post
    Serious question: how the hell is the app going to know when you first got in line vs. when you crossed under the scanner closer to the lift?
    EPICMIX IS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

    Vail Resorts says that an update to its EpicMix smartphone app will collect data from the RFID-enabled season passes skiers carry at the resort.

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    THE HORROR
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    I understand how Epic Mix RFID passes work (I have one) - what I'm saying is, all that thing does is register at the lift when you cross under the bar. That doesn't tell you shit about how long you waited to get there.

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