Aspect + altitude (Steamboat).

... Thom

This thread is about as much fun as a contract law forum.

$10. Interesting. So they're incentivizing people who don't live in the same household to carpool.

Yup, I view any price bump as an insurance premium, although as it stands now, I'm going to have a difficult time convincing my wife to let me ride lifts next year. That's a whole 'nuther subject.
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^^^ this ^^^
Given my wife's age and upper respiratory system risk factors, combined with the imminent 2nd wave, and the fact that I refreshed my skin supply with two pairs of Pomocas, I know what...

Did you catch the part about any pass use after 3/15 this year disqualifies you from requesting a deferral to the 21/22 season?

I'd love to be a fly on the wall during their planning sessions but...

Time to start an over/under pool for when the lifts spin again.

I'm thinking 01-Feb.

... Thom

^^^ this ^^^

^^^ this ^^^ Do folks really think they won't be incentivizing pass purchases through at least November this year, or that life will return to a facsimile of normal before January?

... Thom

^^^ this ^^^

Making more friends here with every post.

Way to go!

Gotta post today's vert total on his Facebook feed.

I love when people get butthurt over lift speeds.

Point taken. I have no clue regarding the cost of day tickets, other than yes, elasticity of demand is a given.

My biggest takeaway was that the megapasses are a massive hedge against annual...

An interesting take on ski area economics busy hit my feed:

https://youtu.be/vpcUVOjUrKk

... Thom

Well, at least it's one way to get to Alta ;-)

... Thom

Yup, it's usually the other way ... you're at the 'Bird, visibility sucks, and you want to get in the trees, so you head to Alta for great trees.

... Thom

> Alta/Bird/Solly/Brighton
> Copper/A-Basin
> Bridger/Big Sky
> Jackson
> Maybe stay in Glenood Springs ---> Highlands with maybe a warm-up day at Sunlight

Seems to me, you want to introduce...

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I blame fat skis.

So, new passes sent each year (last year's pass doesn't get used)?

... Thom

I stand corrected. Flat is obviously a traverse, but so is trending slightly downhill.

So now we get to parse this minutae, categorizing at what gradient threshold something stops being a...

I blame it all on the hot Jersey girls.

Seriously, I don't think it was ever laid back. In the 70's in Aspen, if you didn't have a pickup truck and a golden retriever with a red bandanna around...

Reread my comment and you'll note that I'm adding perspective to ONE traverse.

It may pain you to admit it, but you're in agreement with Benny - that traverses generally trend slightly downhill....

Benny's generally right as far as the lower East Wall traverse. I've seen a small handfull of boarders on it. I don't recall many (any?) getting as far as Willy's, however. They usually turn...

Almost as bad as people on Facebook snapping pictures of food.

^^^ major contributors ^^^

Isn't that the point, or is this place going more and more Gapic?

^^^ this ^^^

That was them. I saw them in Alf's and nearly threw up.

... Thom

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I saw one of these Brady Bunch families at Alta this January.

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When it does, it's usually pidgeon shit (born in NY too).

... Thom

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FIFY.

I'd print I skied with Benny t-shirts.

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US Mail.

This could be a thread on Tech Talk - did your pass have a hole, and if not, where's the recommended punch point?

... Thom

In a dystopian future ;-)

... Thom

With that info, now I'm now curious - at least for occasional major base mainteance (still waiting to hear other's moments about the machines and possibility of operator error - Danno's experience...

I've been out of the loop for way too long (doing all of my own work), so I don't know what a good rig looks like (Wintersteiger, etc), but those photos make me shudder at the thought of them...

Yeah, but $0.03 from each pass sale is donated to POW, so they can sleep at night ;-)

... Thom

He poached a run closed for avy control & got busted.

... Thom

Actually, the West Ridge is fun - in the same way that skiing Pali is. There's also the Salto Glades and the woods to skiers' left. The main problem being that this is the extent of it, but for a...

My only regret. is not getting an A-basin pass this year. I don't know if I'll hold strong through the entire Winter without getting one.

Looking forward to an occasional hookup with Winter Park...

I caved as well.

... Thom

^^^ this ^^^

or this (Bridger/Targhee @ $60/day) >>>


... Thom

Not a bad road trip strategy ...

8 days - Alta/Bird/Jackson/Big Sky for $489 ain't too shabby. Add a 3rd day at on of these as well as purchase a few days at Targhee/Bridger.

... Thim

^^^ that's where I've arrived at, although in fairness, I gave up on WP in 1999.

People say it's improved, and that it's not all about MJ bumps and a punch card with your orthopedic surgeon.
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Agreed, that five days at one area would certainly help ski area's bottom line (lodging dollars) and would certainly make road trips easier to boot. This two day per area thing with Mountain...

The combo of the two has my attention as well. This year, it's only the mid-week Basin pass. Next year ???

It would have been nice if they could have pulled together some places in Washington...

Yeah ... lots of hype, but Aspen, Alta, JHMR and Big Sky caught my attention. It will be interesting to see how they structure this, 'coz from a road-trip perspective the Mountain Collective pass is...