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04-19-2022, 10:17 AM #576Registered User
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We picked the right ski day on our four day Easter weekend. It was nuking all day yesterday. By 4pm the snow was balls deep for the 5 year old. He could pretty much just straight line down the side of Buzzcut balls deep.
I snagged a solo 3pm Glacier lap just before it shut down, enough wind up in the alpine to make it variable and hunt for the wind deposited goodness. Lower Secret Chute was well loaded and delivered.
4pm Jersey laps were deep. Dragged the 7yr old in over his head on Jersey lift line, some crying on his part to muster up the guts for steeps, but it was deep.
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04-19-2022, 10:18 AM #577Registered User
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04-19-2022, 10:35 AM #578Registered User
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04-19-2022, 01:39 PM #579Registered User
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What a weird season. Who would have thought one of the best spankies laps of year would come mid April. Great day.
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04-19-2022, 05:58 PM #580
granted my spring skiing days haven't happened much in the past couple years <COUGHCOVIDCLOSURECOUGH>, but, is this actually as per usual??
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#WBOps Glacier Express is closed for the season as per our usual spring operations.
2:56 PM · Apr 19, 2022
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04-19-2022, 06:37 PM #581
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04-19-2022, 07:52 PM #582
So if that's the case, what are they going to have open for the rest of the spring? 7th, jersey and gondola? I was thinking of heading up tomorrow since I missed today, and a few more times this month
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04-20-2022, 07:56 AM #583Registered User
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04-20-2022, 08:04 AM #584
I love how Vail's line is that it's SOP for those lifts to close in spring.
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04-20-2022, 08:08 AM #585Registered User
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I mean, on anything other than a pow day its really all you need open. The mountain is pretty much deserted from here on out and you can get everywhere from there. Im just fucking pumped we get til ride til May 24 this year and looking at the forecast its gonna be great!
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04-20-2022, 09:34 AM #586Registered User
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Anyone know if they will try to limit backcountry access? Will they close and enforce the closure towards Horstman? Will they sell backcountry passes? I expect the Blackcomb backcountry access route is open.
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04-20-2022, 10:19 AM #587Registered User
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Yeah this is interesting to me too. I have been working 6-2 and hustling to make last 7th and get out of bounds. I've been hit by a no hiking up hill sign on the way to the stupids 3 times in the past two weeks. Most of the time i put my head down and walk past it, but i'm always expecting to get yelled at. Im hoping because the glacier is boundary now, they will be less likely to stop you.
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04-20-2022, 01:46 PM #588Registered User
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04-20-2022, 04:44 PM #589
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04-20-2022, 04:53 PM #590Registered User
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Maybe i just rode mid week? Or have my timescale mixed up. Or am just dumb. Likely the last two.
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04-20-2022, 05:30 PM #591
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04-20-2022, 10:03 PM #592Registered User
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yeah this was anywhere from 5-10 years ago, exactly when i couldn't say. also stoked to ride till the end of may. love driving up and back in shorts and flipflops
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04-21-2022, 08:54 AM #593
I will give credit to Vail for keeping the Edge card as a pass option and keeping the price low. I decided to go with a 5 day Edge card next season rather than going full Epic. The restricted five day is $315 USD. Ikon has something similar with their four day Session pass, but that's $419 USD for only four days!
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04-21-2022, 09:24 AM #594
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04-21-2022, 09:27 AM #595Registered User
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04-21-2022, 09:31 AM #596
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04-22-2022, 12:23 PM #597
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04-22-2022, 01:11 PM #598Registered User
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04-22-2022, 06:58 PM #599
I need to verify but pretty confident 10-12 years ago it was the Friday before the third weekend in December, or at least the second Sunday of December. Then it became the second Friday at some point.
Went with a 10 day Edge even though I only got 5 day Edge this winter. With a 1 & 3.5 year old and trying to time my days with mostly non-existent storms Jan to March it didn’t help motivate me out more. Hopefully more skiing next year as kiddos are older and slightly easier to manage.
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04-22-2022, 09:52 PM #600
To add onto above, did anyone that bought a pass/edge card get an email confirmation? I see the charge on my credit card but no email, usually get one. Weird.
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