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02-04-2017, 02:02 PM #101Banned
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02-04-2017, 02:04 PM #102
From 2000-2008 Squaw midweek passes were approx $1,000 and were good for ZERO Saturdays and Sundays.
Full passes were approx $1,500 and were good every day of the year.
Alpine passes were completely separate and were slightly less expensive, but competitive.
Those were the good ol' days, and they ain't never comin' back.
EDIT: KT also ran more than 99% of the time once it opened
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02-04-2017, 02:08 PM #103
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02-04-2017, 02:38 PM #104Registered User
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02-04-2017, 04:59 PM #105
Didn't make it up this weekend but it does appear everything but Vista opened at KW...how they get the weather exposed backside open at KW and not a beginner lift at Alpine is nuts.
Since Sugar Bowl has been offering nice storm skiing, I'm going to rally and and go there Monday...otherwise I kick myself for not skiing. And plus, the damn kids will be in school...yay!
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02-04-2017, 05:16 PM #106Registered User
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02-04-2017, 05:38 PM #107
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02-04-2017, 06:55 PM #108
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02-04-2017, 07:45 PM #109Registered User
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02-04-2017, 08:21 PM #110Registered User
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New theory: Wirth & his goons have been tampering with the wind sensors so that they don't have to run the lifts
But I really can't remember many days with KT running & nothing at alpine. My memory sucks though
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02-04-2017, 08:42 PM #111
Given how horrendous the average customer experience is becoming at Squaw, maybe lots of these people don't come back?
Could Squaw's operational deficiencies be attributed to a really low tolerance for risk? ie- if they can't make the mountain really, really safe, it doesn't open? Thus they push their operational employees harder to do more with less, and the result is slower openings (and possibly staff related accidents)? Personally, I'm more than happy to assume some of the risk they seem to try and mitigate nearly completely, but today's litigious society clearly is not.it'd be a lot c o o l e r if you d i d . . .
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02-04-2017, 08:47 PM #112Registered User
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^^ I'd imagine it has less to do with society and more to do with their insurance. And we can be pretty confident in guessing they're buying the cheap shit
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02-04-2017, 09:20 PM #113
They've already called it off for tomorrow too.
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02-04-2017, 10:44 PM #114Drink to remember not to forget!
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02-04-2017, 10:49 PM #115“I really lack the words to compliment myself today.” - Alberto Tomba
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02-04-2017, 11:00 PM #116registered abuser
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Could squalpines recent lack of terrain opening have to do with limited control work during OSHA investigation? As soon as I heard about their tragic accident I suspected they would have trouble opening avy terrain which makes up a lot of both mountains profiles
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02-05-2017, 12:20 AM #117
Fuck no. Serious shit show this year for Squaw and Alpine. Sadly the last year for season passes for the family unless ownership changes.
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02-05-2017, 12:27 AM #118
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02-05-2017, 02:11 AM #119
This is ridiculous. If I had a Squaw/Alpine pass I would demand a refund and if they refused I would take them to small claims court.
We should keep a running log in this thread of all the bullshit that happened at Squaw/Alpine this year from closures to misleading lift status to help those that may want to take legal action.
I am pretty sure everyone who bought a Squaw/Alpine pass this year got a lot less than they expected and they definitely got a lot less than people with competing passes.
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02-05-2017, 07:42 AM #120
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02-05-2017, 08:08 AM #121
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02-05-2017, 10:09 AM #122
So it looks like KSL has shut down the feed of wind data from NOAA remote sites. I guess if we don't have the data they can make up whatever data they want. Might be just a coincidence, but with how bad their day went yesterday I don't put it past them.
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02-05-2017, 10:35 AM #123Registered User
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I'm no fan of KSL, but seriously? They can barely spin any lifts on a busy weekend due to some unspecified reason (but it's probably not limited avalanche control work because they got KT running) so rather than telling us what's up they make up a wind hold in an attempt to cover it all up. But people on the internet start calling them out, so they go disable the remote NOAA sites to cover up the evidence? Additionally they somehow manage to keep word of whatever they're trying to cover up from leaking out through a vast network of disgruntled current and former employees?
FWIW the midmountain snotel site is still operational and was reporting sustained winds of 15-20 with gusts to 50 yesterday, but is presently 5 with gusts to 20. Curious to see what it shows today in conjunction with which lifts they run, but until shown otherwise I doubt Wirth sent Patrol Team 6 out to the NOAA site with a bunch of hand charges just to cover up their lift-op incompetency.
And by the time I finished typing this, the remote sensors appear to be back.
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02-05-2017, 10:37 AM #124Registered User
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the sensors on slide mtn & virginia peak were also down. wirth must have sent agents to infiltrate nws reno
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02-05-2017, 10:41 AM #125
Let's ease up on the conspiracy theories. Those wind censors go offline all the time.
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