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02-16-2020, 11:31 AM #376And Alf Engen always liked to remind people in the lift line that "We are the luckiest people in the world because we lived before this place got so fucking busy"I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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02-16-2020, 02:49 PM #377
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02-16-2020, 04:38 PM #378
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02-17-2020, 12:34 AM #379Banned
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Driving up the LCC today around 930ish which is usually prime time ikonic shitshow in the LCC, on Sunday of Perz weekend powder day. ChaseB can verify the time.
#Fucktheikonpass
#LCCikonfree
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02-17-2020, 06:55 AM #380
Blackout day?
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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02-17-2020, 08:09 AM #381
Yep - it really is very noticeable
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02-17-2020, 08:18 AM #382Banned
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02-17-2020, 08:42 AM #383
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02-17-2020, 10:09 AM #384
Literally less than half the people here at Jackson this weekend compared to last. Just as deep also so now snow report schenanigans juicing visits.
I have a late start today so we'll see if the trend holds once I get out there.Live Free or Die
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02-17-2020, 12:31 PM #385
Less crowded on blackout days has been going on since long before ikon passes. Weekend crowds are mostly locals.
If I travel on my ikon pass I'm most likely to fly in on sunday and out on Saturday so I'm responsible for midweek crowing, not weekends. I suspect a lot of others do the same.
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02-17-2020, 02:08 PM #386
Jackson just started blackouts this year on their bypass I believe, I def didnt have the option before. They also nixed the weekend pass so its a 7/10 day or full pass.
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02-17-2020, 03:42 PM #387Registered User
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in reality, a significant percentage of visitors book long weekend trips flying thursday-tuesday, or they drive in over the weekend. since you're in truckee, I guess everything except SLC is probably a bitch of a drive. not sure if you're retired or not, but many working travelers can book lots of flights on points and try to avoid burning too many vacation days. multiple short ski trips. and passholders who ski weekends at a nearby resort can ski on weekends near home and then occasionally come up for long weekends to a different resort since it's free.
this conversation would be more productive if resorts leaked their data, but I guess anecdotes will have to do for now. but yes, ikon has led to noticeable midweek crowding too, not just epic weekend pow days, but also garbage hardpack wednesdays. the blackouts make a difference. don't diminish it.
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02-17-2020, 03:58 PM #388
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02-17-2020, 06:16 PM #389"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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02-17-2020, 06:22 PM #390www.apriliaforum.com
"If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?
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02-17-2020, 06:42 PM #391
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02-17-2020, 08:35 PM #392
Some, yes, but not enough to account for the weekend crowds. They could do away with IKON and the crowds will still be there and you all will have to find something or someone else to blame rather than accepting that the crowds are people like you and me.
Meanwhile--ski and skate week here. Ankle biters everywhere. Used to be a pain dodging all of them. Now they're dodging me.Last edited by old goat; 02-18-2020 at 10:35 PM.
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02-27-2020, 05:06 PM #393
hopefully alta and snowbird follow suit
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02-27-2020, 05:17 PM #394
If you think that $ 150.00 up charge will change anything you are delusional.
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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02-27-2020, 05:50 PM #395
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02-27-2020, 06:18 PM #396
It's too crowded, no one goes there anymore
I’m in Steamboat this week, on my IKON. Sleeper storm on Tuesday, lightest snow I’ve ever skied. Skied on the lift all day, and found untracked, or lightly tracked, start to finish. Dry and chalky, yesterday and today. No one is here this week and the people are mellow here. I like this town and I like this hill.
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02-27-2020, 06:55 PM #397
I know it’s anecdotal, but there have been way less people at snowbird and alta on ikon blackout weekends... but only the cheaper ikon pass has blackout dates ... which tells me a majority of ikon skiers are on the cheaper pass and therefore price sensitive
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02-27-2020, 06:59 PM #398
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02-27-2020, 09:38 PM #399
$ 150.00 is still a screamer deal if you include JH/Aspen. That's what a day at any of them costs. Throw in LCC and it completely loses its deterrent.
That 4 Days pass looks tempting.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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02-28-2020, 03:46 PM #400
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