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02-05-2019, 06:09 PM #151Registered User
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Well, they (CB) do have a sign up touting a new HSQ being installed next year to replace the Teo lift at CB. Could definitely be a relief on the current Paradise lift. I'm not saying Vail would invest billions in CB, but there is hope. I also heard a rumor of one of the T-bars being replaced with a quad, which is disappointing.
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02-05-2019, 06:55 PM #152
Love 2, I will buy the 1st pint.
Hopefully the high temp of 4 degrees will thin the line for me tomorrow.
As for the passes and their merits and drawbacks it makes me rethink my situation. Be easy enough to buy a bronze pass and an IKON or MC or Epic and use the days at Big Sky on the occasional weekend days that my Bronze pass is no good. That and travel with the IKON etc and become a part of the new way to pay for skiing.
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02-05-2019, 11:02 PM #153
Huh, NOAA Lone Peak forecast I'm looking at says 4 degrees tomorrow and 7 on Thursday. I was hoping that's cold enough to convince the Ikonics to spend the day shopping, or drinking, or whatever.
Sounds like a nasty drive today, I plan on taking my time getting there in the a.m.
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02-05-2019, 11:50 PM #154Registered User
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I'm just speculating here, but I suspect the deal for Vail-affiliate properties works similar to that of high-end hotels. A lot of the higher-end hotels are actually independent franchises, but fly the "Ritz Carlton" flag, or "Four Seasons" or whatever. The hotel kicks a little revenue up to the brand, and while the brand delivers a centralized booking platform and allows the customer to know they are getting similar quality whether they book the Four Seasons in Boston or DC. In the ski resort model, I could see where a partner resort might pay Vail an initial fee to be part of the network, but then Vail pays them back a certain $ figure each time a pass is scanned. I'd also bet there are thresholds based on skier-days whereby compensation varies.
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02-06-2019, 07:46 AM #155
I don't think you are speculating wrong.
I would speculate that IKON VS Epic VS MC are all based on different revenue sharing streams/schemes.
Be interesting to see if IKON offers Japan and/or Europe next season.
Huh, NOAA Lone Peak forecast I'm looking at says 4 degrees tomorrow and 7 on Thursday. I was hoping that's cold enough to convince the Ikonics to spend the day shopping, or drinking, or whatever.
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02-06-2019, 08:10 AM #156
Fixed grip quad. Still should help. They didn't have time this fall to do the decade of deferred lift maintenance, but they've brought in a bunch more mechanics. Hopefully this summer they can do what needs to be done to keep the queen and paradise from shutting down. The queen is often down for wind, which is a function of where it is more than the lift itself.
I'll be fine with chairs to access the north face because it will come with lifts in the Teo drainage. That will be cool. My dream scenario is a queen replacement that goes to the top of the headwall and an east river or paradise lift that goes to the top of the NFL. Imagine the amount of skiing you could get!
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02-06-2019, 08:15 AM #157
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02-06-2019, 03:03 PM #158
This seems to make sense, though there may not always be upfront fees to the third party resorts to join. For the Epic Pass it looks like there are some minimums that Vail pays out to the "alliance" members, I guess to further incentivize them to get on board. Their most recent annual report mentions "strategic long-term season pass alliance agreements with third-party mountain resorts in which the Company has committed to pay minimum revenue guarantees over the remaining terms of these agreements." The guarantees are lumped in with construction costs and add up to $430 million in the next five years. Have to imagine construction is the bulk of that though.
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02-06-2019, 03:16 PM #159Best regards, Terry
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02-06-2019, 03:35 PM #160Registered User
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02-07-2019, 09:51 PM #162Registered User
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Anyone come up with a good Ikon acronym? If it was Ikol: I Krowd Over Locals. But it isn’t.
I’m reaching here, help me out.
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02-09-2019, 03:09 PM #163
In the early 2000s we divided up the stashes at Solitude by the time of day you could hit them and they'd still be fresh. Example, we never bothered hitting Cathedral until maybe 1PM. A cheesesteak and fries was $6 at the base, and the only maggots who ever skied there were Lumpy, BobMc, and me.
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02-15-2019, 06:05 PM #164
Very curious what tomorrow will bring to CB. Lots of new snow + blackout = ? Consensus seems to be massive lines, which might not be a big deal if they can get terrain open.
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02-15-2019, 06:47 PM #165Registered User
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And is one really busy day really that big of a deal?
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02-15-2019, 09:24 PM #166
No it is not, I expect Presidents Weekend to be busy. Oddly enough with Blackouts it may be more sedate.
Rode a chair today with a guy from the Front Range and his 2 boys. They were on MC passes and had just hiked and skied Headwaters. The boys needed some sugar but they were stoked. He brought up the subject and we chatted about it. It was a good day of skiing.
Edit to add, skied today 2/16 in good conditions and the parking lots were maxed but the mountain didn't seem that crowded.
Riding up a chair with 2 IKONs from SLC they remarked that yesterday in the Tram Line they detected some IKON hate and grumbling while noticing that by that point the wind and weather were so hideous that most everyone in line was a season pass holder and they all knew each other. I can confirm that to be a fact.
Funny shit.Last edited by Not bunion; 02-16-2019 at 06:08 PM.
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02-16-2019, 08:02 PM #167
Nope. I think the heavy snow kept a lot of people off the hill today. Lines were all over the place- usually 5 or 10 minutes which is more than normal for our spoiled selves, but obviously not that bad. Waited in one 20+ minute line, but also rolled onto the NF lift in the afternoon with zero wait.
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02-17-2019, 08:26 PM #168
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02-17-2019, 09:10 PM #169
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02-17-2019, 10:00 PM #170Registered User
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Think the Cold AM report kept people away this morning. Really didn’t run into much backlog. Yesterday the East River line had a lot to do with the person running the line. Instead of front row, was pointing to people and letting them go out. In no real organized way. Even the ski school folks were commenting on that and they get dibs on cutting in. All good will be quiet again until Spring Break and the Mountain has filled in nicely.
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02-17-2019, 10:06 PM #171
Nice. Is spellbound filled back in or still boney? I’m getting a few days in midweek the week after next. Looking forward to it.
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02-18-2019, 07:41 AM #172
Filled in, still bony, depending on where you are. Mostly pretty good, by our standards. Dead end is still dry dock city.
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02-18-2019, 10:11 AM #173
Since Vail bought CB, Real Deal passes are no longer available. Anyone have a lead on discounted tickets? I have 50% off Aspen/Snowmass tickets to trade.
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02-18-2019, 11:11 AM #174
Go back to the mid 90’s when snowboarding wasn’t allowed.....there were maybe 20 people really skiing there that knew the mountain. Trade off patrol took forever to get anything open. Honeycomb wouldn’t open for days after a storm.
Point things always change the good old days of skiing are gone. Resorts have so much overhead now.....at least most of them do. Vail’s model has changed skiing forever. As a pass holder it is great having so many options not sure it is good for the industry though.
Shit the first bird pass I bought was for the 94/95 season.....it was $1,400 and now for about half that you can get an Epic or IKON.
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02-18-2019, 12:48 PM #175Banned
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