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Thread: Crystal Mountain Becomes Alterra
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09-08-2018, 12:36 PM #51
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09-08-2018, 01:19 PM #52
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09-08-2018, 01:59 PM #53
Maybe they'll have better moguls now.
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09-08-2018, 04:21 PM #54
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09-08-2018, 04:40 PM #55
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09-08-2018, 04:41 PM #56
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09-09-2018, 06:17 PM #57
I always do. Usually early season east peak or southback before the lifts open. Can't remember the last time I was motivated to buy a lift ticket. If spring operations start again I'd have no problem giving them my money
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09-09-2018, 10:39 PM #58Registered User
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Best news is hearing that bitch is out of job. And crystal can only do better customer service. It can’t get any worse.
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09-10-2018, 08:55 AM #59
Lifts running often before 9:00 was great.
I hope the new owners get their ski patrol and avie control act together, that's easy to underestimate if one is coming in fresh.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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09-10-2018, 09:34 AM #60
If you guys want some free hot chocolate coupons, let me know. I've got some peeps on the inside. Look on the bright side, I have how added Ski-attle to my farewatcher. Buster talks about some kind of SnotPuckerZappaSnatcherGigglePuke storm skiing which is apparently legendary.
In all seriousness, my ski area employee friends (mostly patrol and ops but some management) have nothing but good things to say about Alterra's focus on skiing and willingness to spend money on skiing. I think the Aspen crowd says the same thing.
Of course, to be determined. Generally when it snows, all it good. When it doesn't, skier start looking for scapegoats.
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09-10-2018, 09:45 AM #61
The fall balers, howler graupel blasts that are among the best storm skiing ever.
Make one, you owe it to yourself, both Crustal and Alpy.
This year is supposedly an El Nino which is normally bad for us.
On the other hand, SEA<->ZRH just dropped below $500.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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09-10-2018, 10:02 AM #62On the other hand, SEA<->ZRH just dropped below $500
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09-10-2018, 10:18 AM #63Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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09-10-2018, 11:20 AM #64Dad core
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I think he is on to something with the pass issue. I live in N seattle, it is a wash time wise crystal vs stevens, though coming home from stevens can really suck. Parking isn't an issue if you get either place early. Summit and crystal on a joined pass sounds interesting, but so does stevens and whistler.
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09-10-2018, 11:34 AM #65
I get it...
I can imagine that cutting ties with family holdings also meant losing a safety net of sorts.
It's one thing if you are a ski area who has a bad season that is owned by a conglomerate, it's another if you are a freestanding entity.
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09-10-2018, 11:55 AM #66
I heard rumors of Vail shopping Stevens (or maybe it was Stevens shopping Vail) back in fall of 2014. I can't believe that JK didn't know about it until a few months ago. Maybe Alterra made him an offer that was way too good to refuse? I think the Vail bought Stevens was a convenient excuse.
I sincerely hope that these mega ski corps do some major upgrades and expansions at these PNW resort in the next decade. We need it badly. It's long overdue.
Even little things like more off-season brush removal, more thinning/glading, improvements of catch trails for inbounds "side country" will make a huge difference in spreading people out and maximizing the skiable acreage inside a resorts permit area. Harbor resorts never did that stuff when they owned Stevens.
The new owners (CNL/Mountain High) did a little bit of thinning each summer and it dramatically has improved the experience at Stevens, especially low tide/early season. Hopefully Vail does a LOT more of that next summer. (My insiders said this was a really lame year for any summer projects since the current owners didn't want to do anything before Vail closed on the deal, and at this point Vail doesn't have a lot of time before the snow flies.)
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09-10-2018, 12:08 PM #67
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09-10-2018, 12:17 PM #68
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09-10-2018, 12:55 PM #69
It's about a lift from b lot.
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09-10-2018, 02:12 PM #70
I think overall capacity needs to be increased. (I've said this hundreds of times.)
More parking, more inbounds acreage, more thinning/glading, more lifts to more places.
I'm often baffled by whiny commentators on social media being dismayed that they couldn't find parking Christmas week at Stevens Pass at 10am. If the lots are full, is the rest of the experience going to be any good? My guess would be "no".
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09-10-2018, 02:59 PM #71
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09-10-2018, 03:14 PM #73
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09-10-2018, 03:26 PM #74Registered User
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I suspect more investment towards building hotels and parking lot than trail maintenance... but it may not be such a bad thing for this area to have a destination resort. Even if it doesn’t draw visitors from out of state, if Seattle people do a week during holidays as a staycation because driving is far and sucks, then they made their money back.
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09-10-2018, 04:13 PM #75Registered User
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