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Thread: Ikon Pass
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03-20-2019, 10:10 AM #1951
I'm glad that you show the intelligence to understand economic Dynamics as evidenced in the first paragraph. Which makes your second paragraph perplexing. In all the debate over Ikon and MC passes the only hard data that we have put out there are figures from the resort managents. Despite the questioning of these figure, they are the only ones we have and as such must be accepted as valid. I was attempting to provide the only hard data that I have. Maybe now that we are at the tail end of the season, other Ikon / MC user can provide some of their own data and reasons for their skiing choices. I did not include any travel budget figures because those costs are incurred whether I buy a resort day pass or use a Ikon / MC. I didn't travel to get my cost down. That's what it worked out to. Most MC usage was at a few resorts - JH (8), Alta (4), Snowbird (4), and Snowbasin (3) with a quick side trip to Aspen, Colorado so I could resupply. This was all on one extended safari not multiple trips. So as far as carbon footprint goes; are you driving up every weekend from Santa Cruz to Kirkwood to use your season pass? Anybody that is not touring from their back door and spouting carbon footprint is being hypocritical. You say you use air travel elsewhere. I suppose that being in food service management makes you an expert on quality food or at least cafeteria food anyway. I still maintain that quality food can be had at any major N.A. resort. You did not provide any that do not. Dude! Hard facts and data.
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03-20-2019, 10:22 AM #1952
So in the spirit of this thread - more data! I flew to JH with 3 friends. Two had Ikon passes, with the Ikon pass being their home mountian season pass also. I and one other have MC passes. We rode the tram 5 days and passed it 2 days. One person left and another came out (Ikon and Epic). We rode the tram 3 more days. Avi danger went high and I and one other fled to SLC. "Free" days AND snow conditions went into that decision. We also skied and paid at Powder Mountain.
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03-20-2019, 10:24 AM #1953
Alpine Meadows does not have any quality food. There's a tiny little spot called Treats that's fine for breakfast, but other than it's just cafeteria shit. Same deal at a lot of N.A. resorts I've been to. Perhaps our definition of "quality" food is different, but I stand by the notion that the average can't hang with Europe's average. Things have certainly improved over the last 10 years, however.
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03-20-2019, 10:30 AM #1954
For you, so far.
Not so for others - day ticket purchases, Ikonic areas who don't give benefits to their season pass purchasers, those that enjoy quieter slopes....
Join or die isn't necessarily a good business model for the resorts or consumers. Neither is a duopoly.
How long do you think this "you get more for less" sales pitch can carry on? How long until independents are driven out of business? how long until one of the big players goes under and drags down dozens of resorts with it.
This is all going to end badly.
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03-20-2019, 10:34 AM #1955glocal
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03-20-2019, 10:34 AM #1956
There is Dave's Deli at SV. Nothing special but I like the meatloaf and tuna sandwiches and the price is right and the $ isn't going to Alterra. That will be one nice thing about the SV to AM gondola (maybe the only nice thing)--you can hop over to Dave's for lunch when you ski AM.
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03-20-2019, 10:41 AM #1957Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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03-20-2019, 10:48 AM #1958
Thank you for a specific example. Glad it has been getting better over the last 10 years. I have never eaten at Alpine Meadows although I have skied there twice. Never maintained American food was better. Only that you can get quality food here. Sorry the Tahoe region is not representative. I have skied at a number of small European areas where the on mountain food was not of such high quality. So if one has a limited sample size the results are bound to be skewed. Besides for me snow quality out wieghs food quality. I'm going skiing not dining on the Amalfi coast.
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03-20-2019, 11:04 AM #1959
Revelstoke has a one single tiny shack where you can buy chocolate bars or some sort of panini-press grilled cheese made by your classic 23-year-old mountain man with a plaid shirt, knitted toque, and a medium-sized beard that is stroked at what can only be considered an unhealthy frequency. Then you can sit on a bench and eat it. That is the extent of your on-mountain food options there.
The base has legit dining options though - are we counting those or only lift-accessed?
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03-20-2019, 11:05 AM #1960
i love all this talk about resort food. i'll agree that usa resorts have mostly lame food offerings but i always bring my own so can't say i'm qualified to judge. but i'll never forget the time i skied from zermatt to cervinia for a fantastic pasta lunch served with chianti and a fantastic view of the matterhorn. and don't count out japan, had a great katsu curry in one of the cafeterias at nozawa onsen and a delicious bowl of tonkatsu ramen in that funky hotel at the base of cortina.
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03-20-2019, 11:06 AM #1961
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03-20-2019, 11:17 AM #1962
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03-20-2019, 11:17 AM #1963
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03-20-2019, 11:21 AM #1964
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03-20-2019, 11:29 AM #1965
On mountain or base village. I've never been to Revelstoke but I can highly recommend the peak restaurant at Kicking Horse or the base Lodge at Whitewater. Super good. Yep, these days I'm more often eating in the tram line then not.
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03-20-2019, 11:31 AM #1966
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03-20-2019, 11:35 AM #1967
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03-20-2019, 12:00 PM #1968
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03-20-2019, 02:22 PM #1969
On mountain lunch today on the top of Les Arcs. Ridiculous scenery. I was a girl and ordered a salad because breakfast and dinner back at the hotel is buffet forever. This was the most spectacular setting I had lunch in, but not that much more than others this past few weeks. Two days ago I ate pasta perched on the side of LaPlagne staring at Courchavel across the massive valley.
Today was about 50 Euros for two beers and two lunch dishes , the other a fish and cheese concoction that was awesome. Worth it.
I never thought I'd spend a lot of time eating lunch, but, it's seductive, and a real enjoyable experience.
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03-20-2019, 02:32 PM #1970
Nice Benny! I fear we will IKONize the Alps as well. Get it while you can! Can't be long before Denver invades France as well.
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03-20-2019, 02:34 PM #1971
Pass prices are real fair.
Ha. My buddy here is from downtown Denver. First time for him, too. He's hooked.
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03-20-2019, 02:37 PM #1972
yeah, that looks like it doesn't suck
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03-20-2019, 02:44 PM #1973
Most of that face in the first pic is tracked.
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03-20-2019, 02:59 PM #1974
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03-20-2019, 03:12 PM #1975Banned
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Wait a hotel buffet and you had to stop for lunch? No pocket meats? What gives? You hit the lottery?
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