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12-22-2019, 12:27 AM #501
I agree that the gondola solution doesn't really solve the problem. I've come to the admittedly selfish conclusion that the issue comes down to a simple mismatch of supply and demand for powder skiing.
The road is the current bottle neck. Fix that, and suddenly there will be another bottle neck (parking, lodge space, lift lines)...but with more people and a significantly deteriorated skiing experience.
Like I said, this is a selfish opinion, but if you are strategic with how you deal with the road constraints, those issues actually help preserve the skiing product. I'd rather get up at 4:45 on powder days and be able to ski a little powder than deal with a Collins and Wildcat line that are perpetually merged together in total gridlock.
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12-22-2019, 10:56 AM #502
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12-23-2019, 07:49 AM #503
Sorry not conditions related but didn’t want to start a new thread - my brother is heading out in a few weeks to SLC and I’m trying to guide him on where to get any form of discounts on lift tix...been a few years since I’ve been out there and my usual methods of scoring cheap tix have all seems to dry up or be non existent anymore post epic/ikon/etc etc. Do any of the shops still do the discount Tix? What about salt lake superpass? Looking to ski 3 days - not picky on where. Anyone got any suggestions to not pay window ?
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12-23-2019, 08:11 AM #504
There are a few guys on KSL selling off individual days from a 10-day card for $80ish each. I've used these before for visiting friends and it works well.
Example: http://www.ksl.com/classifieds/listing/58434360
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12-23-2019, 09:46 AM #505Registered User
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The superpass works out to $110 a day and you have to start with 3 days, so it's not a terrible option.
You can also buy tickets online in advance and usually save 5-20% off window prices at most of the ski resorts. OR if you know anyone with an Ikon or Epic pass, they have some friends/family passes which save 25% off or something like that. OR you can try your hand at the KSL market but it may be more difficult if you're not in the Utah.
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12-23-2019, 10:51 AM #506
OK thanks for the info - not easy these days to get cheap tix. I believe the SL Superpass used to be way cheaper, I'm talking like 2008-2010 timeframe I was out there more often...averaged like $50-75/day between the deals I scraped up off craigslist, etc...guess those days are over mostly with all these multi resort passes now
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12-23-2019, 11:37 AM #507
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Utah?
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So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....
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12-23-2019, 01:03 PM #508
You can buy discount lift tix via this link, and all proceeds support the Utah Avalanche Center: https://utahavalanchecenter.org/lift-ticket-donations
They range from $82 for Soli to $110 for Alta or Bird.
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12-23-2019, 01:26 PM #509
Cool thanks for that link!
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12-23-2019, 06:03 PM #510Hungover & Homeless
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Interesting the detail noted in the forecast, but nothing on the avalanche observation page.
Yesterday, a skier found a hard wind slab that broke around him/her 1-3' deep and 175' wide. They were caught and carried. They deployed their airbag and was buried up to their armpit in debris. No injuries. The slope angle was measured at 31° degrees.
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12-23-2019, 07:54 PM #511User
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12-24-2019, 02:49 PM #512
It's amazing how a few flakes can totally refresh things...poked around dry fork and rocky point and found some good snow. Surfy low angle skiing.
Was great to finally meet the legendary tfw today in front of GMD. My 1 year old daughter loves Tula!
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12-24-2019, 04:20 PM #513
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12-24-2019, 11:59 PM #514Registered User
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12-25-2019, 08:30 AM #515
Merry Christmas, all.
Time spent skiing cannot be deducted from one's life.
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12-25-2019, 10:15 AM #516
From the last storm cycle
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12-25-2019, 01:47 PM #517
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12-25-2019, 05:41 PM #518AF
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Thumbs up to UPD for turning 2WD vehicles around at the mouth of LCC. They were not inspecting just turning around obvious offenders.
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12-25-2019, 05:41 PM #519Hungover & Homeless
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12-25-2019, 07:19 PM #520
WASATCH STOKE, CONDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS and ASSORTED DRIVAL 19-20
Stoke meter was on high
Sent from my iPhone using TGR ForumsI need to go to Utah.
Utah?
Yeah, Utah. It's wedged in between Wyoming and Nevada. You've seen pictures of it, right?
So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....
Thanks BCSAR and POWMOW Ski Patrol for rescues
8, 17, 13, 18, 16, 18, 20, 19, 16, 24, 32, 35
2021/2022 (13/15)
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12-26-2019, 08:02 AM #521
nice ^^^
rolled out hwy to visit sum old friends
gray bird with some sun poking thru on occasion
not much traffic a group on tlp and another in silver
s facin mich city skied surprisingly well
and the n facin dav and flans rarely disappoint
skied great
instabilities limited to fast moving sluffs of storm snow and healing basal snowpack structures
thanks santa ullr"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
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12-26-2019, 10:05 AM #522
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12-26-2019, 11:02 AM #523
Not unhappy that I’m spending time with family in Yurp. How crowded is lift serviced
“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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12-26-2019, 11:28 AM #524
soli was uncrowded xmass day
except the conga line going up evergreen when honeycomb was still closed
the rest of the time
well they tell me
"if everybody knew""When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
"I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno
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12-26-2019, 12:49 PM #525Hungover & Homeless
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