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Thread: Fast Tracks pass
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11-08-2021, 08:16 PM #276
P0W sticks Dynastar Descente 223. God those skis were fast & I was young.
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11-08-2021, 08:16 PM #277
I'll take that over this all day long every single fucking day..
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And get off my lawn..Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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11-08-2021, 08:31 PM #278
in the good old days,
weren't there lift lines like that at BuckHill on Saturday and Sunday... ?
skiJ
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11-08-2021, 09:33 PM #279
My best pow skis pre-fatski era were a pair of 215 RD Giant Coyotes. All the surface of a Super G length but in a soft flex with a full tip.
They were really floaty for a narrow ski
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11-08-2021, 09:35 PM #280
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11-08-2021, 09:40 PM #281Registered User
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Just last week I heard of Mother Karen's for the first time - they are back in biz here in SLC https://motherkarens.com/
From what angle did he air in? Not many easy options.
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11-09-2021, 07:20 AM #282
it seems like just yesterday weed walk out to an empty p horn double for first chair
egp laps with just a dozen of your crew all day
look over at an untracked wolverine and know it probably wouldnt git skied that day or the next
i was gonna go with the boss and glory days as it truely was and were blessed to have partaken and wouldnt trade it for anything
but free 4 u
cause the memberries of an old mans
were the deeds of our ski bum prime"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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11-09-2021, 07:25 AM #283
Not on a powder day. People stayed home rather than fighting for three turns on low angle terrain followed by a stomp hike back to the t-bar.
Just kidding about wanting 70s gear... Late 80s and 90s though with those much smaller lines on a powder day? Oh hell ya! Helidogs FTW!Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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11-09-2021, 07:40 AM #284
That lineup is long but it's basically single-file, and looks like it's just the opening of the chair anyway. Every day the amount of people waiting for Harmony to crack at Whistler puts this to shame, and it turns out to be not that big of a deal. Maybe this situation is different but as a weekend tourist JONG asshole this just looks like normal expectations with some fresh snow.
As with everything: "could be worse!"
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11-09-2021, 04:48 PM #285Registered User
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Hard to see how a business model based on ever more ridiculous high prices, for ever declining product, is sustainable.
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11-09-2021, 05:17 PM #286
They will push the boundaries of pricing to service levels until it breaks. Then take a half step back to reassess things before taking two steps forward into even higher prices with fancy marketing campaigns and even less service. As always, the sheeple will stampede back for more.
"We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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11-09-2021, 05:41 PM #287
Powdr is testing the elasticity of demand. As does every business.
They increase pass prices every yr at a rate greater than inflation. And more people keep coming.
That's called inelastic demand.
Which means, as Toadman points out, Powdr (sadly) has room for more price increases/service decreases.
And you can expect this to continue - at least at Mt Bachelor - as long as the population of Deschutes County increases.
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11-09-2021, 05:43 PM #288Registered User
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One of my more memorable days at BB was a close to a 40in day. Me and a buddy took a nose run that was full on snorkel. Instead of ducking a bit right to the normal entrance for pyschopath we took a skiers left sneak that normally puts you with a sketchy traverse and drops you right at the pinch. This day we just sent it into the pinch and all I remember after landing is one blurry turn and popping out on the apron below.
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11-09-2021, 05:45 PM #289
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11-09-2021, 05:49 PM #290
Actually... I also had another less remarkable but still amazing day last year where crazy lineups meant most people left by 2pm.
And I was getting untracked lines down show off (right under the gondi) at kickinghorse at 330 in the afternoon after a 50+cm storm with some wind transport.
It's rare but it still happens.Goal: ski in the 2018/19 season
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11-09-2021, 06:03 PM #291
My most recent REALLY good day was December 20th, 2009. It was a Sunday. Beech Mountain NC got about 24". I chased the storm, got up early, left at like 5:30am for a wicked white knuckle 3.5 hour drive up. I got there and for the first two hours the main lift was spinning with NO LIFTEE.. They didn't even have enough employees who could get through the snow to get to work. Ski patrols were taking turns (pun intended) watching the loading area standing by the stop button. while the rest of us lapped that shit. It was foggy flat light but truly amazing!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decemb...rican_blizzard
I only stopped to take one photo..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decemb...rican_blizzardGo that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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11-09-2021, 06:11 PM #292
Which way is down? Oh yeah, gravity.
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11-09-2021, 07:18 PM #293
Here’s the thread for trips down memberberry lane…
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...-Memberberries
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01-11-2022, 10:47 AM #294Registered User
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Those at fast tracks resorts - how is this working out?
11 pages of bitching here but now that we are in season no one seems to talk about it. Seems like the 24 hours of social media outcry storm has been weathered. There's definitely been a few powder days since then...
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01-18-2022, 09:10 AM #295
We're past two of the three major crazy crowded holiday breaks. Anybody witness or experience any issues or positive experiences with people using these Fast Tracks type products? Anybody actually use it or know anyone who did? Any line cutters heckled or snowballed?
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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01-18-2022, 10:24 AM #296
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01-18-2022, 10:27 AM #297
Snowbird has had Seven Summits and to a lesser extent Base Camp passes for years. I've never seen a SS passholder get heckled, maybe some mild grumbling on the tram deck when they sneak on at the end on a powder day, but they paid over $20k for the pass and I'm pretty sure they give exactly zero fucks. They only sell 50 SS passes every year, usually to the same people. I rarely see anyone using the SS line on lifts. The Base Camp costs (I think) around $2500 extra over the cost of a season pass. You can only skip lines on Peruvian and Gadzoom, and there are rarely more than just a couple people in that line as well. I've had the occasional SS passholder grab me and take me with them sometimes, they can take a guest with them.
As far as the fast passes, I haven't seen anyone in that line yet. I was up there yesterday and asked the lifty at the entrance if he'd seen anyone buying them. He said they were selling very few fast passes so far. My main question is why would Snowbird make available the fast track pass and still expect people to buy a Base Camp pass, which is way more money and gives much less access to skipping lines? Yeah you get a private locker room but who cares. Line skipping is the main reason for paying more money. I've been skiing at Snowbird for a very long time and I've never really felt like my day was affected by SS passholders. And careful who you throw the snowball at, the old man in the fast track line might be the same one that knocks you off the Road to Provo traverse when you get in his way. Have a nice day everyone.
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01-18-2022, 10:29 AM #298
I rode the lift a few weeks back with two locals with season's passes that upgraded on a powder day. They had said it was worth it to avoid the lines. I think they each paid $89 IIRC. It was a bit before noon and they were stoked that they had gotten 10 runs in already. I did a quick calculation and determined I had gotten 7 runs in to their 10. But I was on a bum knee and that was my last run for the day. So, if they got in another 10 runs before calling it, that works out to about $4.45 a run extra for some pow and not waiting around with the riff raff.
"We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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01-18-2022, 10:45 AM #299
Yup- very few people using it at MtB, and hardly impairing my vertical
(Disclaimer- I do t go there on weekends)
On one lift ride the week before Xmas, I in the singles line about 15 people back when some FastTracks came thru the reader.
I loaded before them, grinning as I went by
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01-18-2022, 11:37 AM #300
Is lack of/awareness keeping things mellow with it? I've not heard anyone even talking about them but I don't think they have it where I ski. Maybe it will be kept under the radar like an invisible stash so it doesn't impact much of anything beyond a couple savvy folks using it. Ignorance is bliss.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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