Plenty of quality in Europe now. I hope more to come.

Unfortunately they're all a little spread out right now for a long trip.

I know. I have a few. That's why I think that's a stupid game. I mean, I not only have a credit history, I have a history with Alterra. Whatever.

And also want you to take a survey, rating your "experience".

Which, you know, maybe ain't so bad. Alterra is doing proactive customer service, while Vail, in my experience last year when I had a...

I know. I put a mustache on my copy.

Do it. I dare you.

Cool. Take a picture of your licence and, essentially, put it out there on a hackable sever, just to get a no interest loan. Get back to us on that one.
As you may have figured out by now, I have a...

That's what I'm going to do. Just pay full. Not take a picture of my driver's licence. What the fuck. How Mickey Mouse. I am a returning customer. Don't insult me. But, they won. Full payment, way...

And they want my picture, a picture of my driver's licence, and then a picture of me holding my driver's licence. No. No fucking way. Look up my credit history, like everyone else does in today's...

There was at least a deposit up front a few years ago and we settled in the Fall.

Stupid jive game they put you through for the no interest payment plan. Looks like it's a thousand up front.

I experienced a ridiculously crowded day at Snowbasin two years ago, just pre covid. It took place on a weekend after it hadn't snowed in a while and Alta/Snowbird was interloged, but, still, this...

I want it on the iKon pass, and so do thousands of Canucks.

Dolomites are tough by train.

Btw, Chamonix! Now start talking to the people at Courmayeur.

Dude, somebody is buying it. And they better have deep pockets, it's an all season resort.

I'd fucking laugh if Trump Inc was a bidder.

Good help is hard to find.

Maybe we should train the Ukrainian refugees to be lift ops.

We'll see.

I'm waiting for the very end of March/first week of April. Even front range skiers give up when it gets nice down there. Two of my better powder days were the first two Mondays of April in '03 at...

I see that you have never been to Breck in March.

I see you've never experienced Colorado in March.

What's that I smell?

You must have a very large trust fund.

That's when I was there. Sucked sitting in an hour traffic jam just to ski...Deer Valley.

Pretty sure I got Covid on that trip, too.

Well, yeah, I guess. The SLC hills are so crowded that, when that canyon shuts down, the other mountains besides Powder, which limits ticket sales, are swamped. Happened to me the last time I was...

But a house in Italy for one Euro

They bought houses in Italy for 1 euro — and are using them to give back to the community
...

Do you know what interlodge means? It means you can't even walk outside. Even go out on your deck if you had one. Stuck inside. Met someone who had that happen for nearly 72 hours, on a one week...

Plus you protect yourself from interlodge by staying in town.

Know how to speaka that Italian talk?

Dolomites

Had a ridiculous day at Loveland on the first Monday of April once after it snowed all weekend and chair 9 was down in the storm. Actually had to stop once to wait to ride a chair with someone just...

Yeah, but, even in an average year Abasin is good until May1. Certainly much better than even up to mid January. A few of the best powder days I've had in Colorado are midweek dumps in April....

Isn't it a little strange that IKON would brand a pack that will be used primarily away from resorts? Or, at least, encourage non resort skiing in the long run?

That data is for sale, you know. It's the new oil. Alterra has sold it to many by now.

Never fails, year in, year out. Skiers will stand in line for an hour after paying good money for the WROD at Abasin early, but ignore a powder day in April.

Ha, yeah.

You don't want to waste one of seven Abasin days on the ribbon of death.

You just don't jiggle the handle like mine?

This:

A record number of workers are quitting their jobs, empowered by new leverage

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/12/jolts-workers-quitting-august-pandemic/

"The number of...

How are the stickers?

No Jackson Hole or Aspen on the base pass, which I assume you're referring to as the local pass.

Better stickers too.

I'm going to the Dolomites, but, man, It's going to be interesting. They haven't been up and running for a season and a half. Talk about disruption. Later season, so, they'll have a few months to get...

Ha, ask and you receive. In my mailbox today.


More crap for the giant swirling garbage island in the ocean.

Say, does anyone have their actual physical pass yet?

Good for you Harry.

Yee ha!

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And then get all whiney that they couldn't ride a tiny gondola in the sky with it that barely existed back then.

Yeah, but, if they made the corduroy early, and 6 to 12 on top? Fun speed powder cruisers two or three times.

It's just test marketing right now. Toe in water. They know how this gets people riled up, Intrawest did it, but dropped it. The Covid has given them a lot of time to figure new things to try for...

I think I just Tech Washed my current pass in that sleeve pocket of my Patagucci jacket and stored it away.