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01-12-2022, 10:09 AM #626
Part of the roads sucking around 26/35 is the covid bubble still around us
Little indoor recreation (movies, malls, restaurants, bowling, whatever...) available in town, or people are reasonably leery of indoor spaces
And folks are heading up to get some snow on the nice days...and, of course, we're seeing ski parking tested with less carpooling (staff & riders)
Not sure I'd throw all this at the resort ticketing strategy at all -- we've not gone IKON yet
They did limit season passes again this year
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01-12-2022, 10:18 AM #627
Seems like there’s only a few feasible ways to reduce number of vehicles on the road:
1) reduce ticket sales
2) limit parking via reservation system
3) improved Public transportation, say 10x the number of shuttles from pdx, incentive travel on public transportation somehow - with cheaper passes?
4) convince people that skiing sucks and do something else
We’ve learned ticket reservation systems don’t really work, right? Crustal is an active case study in parking reservations, outcome tbd. Option 3 not realizable due to covid.
#4 is my favorite option
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01-12-2022, 10:41 AM #628
Whenever I'm in a lift line I try to talk loudly about how awesome television is. And watching sports. I figure a little positive reinforcement to get people off the slopes doesn't hurt.
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01-12-2022, 10:41 AM #629Registered User
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01-12-2022, 10:56 AM #630
Create an actual incentive for carpooling. When mhm tells me I can't park in the main lot with 3 people in a 23ft vehicle but 3 other people each being 17ft SUV, how is that helping? I should get a fucking medal for combating parking lot congestion. The camper also means 3 fewer people pissing in the lodge. Gah!
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01-12-2022, 11:29 AM #631
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01-12-2022, 12:40 PM #632
This is definitely not a MHM problem, it's a Mt Hood problem
Portland's metro population has by 10% in the last 10 years. Over 500,000
This is happening all over from the backlash of cheap passes. Want to fix the problem, passes need to be at least $1,000 per ski area. But since the Mega-Corps have found a gold mine, this is the way it's going to be
And yes, the slopes aren't crowded, it's the issue of too many bottle necks on the way to MHM. That long line I posted a pic of, Vista, maybe 20 min wait, 25 at most. In the days of old double chairs, the wait time would be 30 min at every lift in the 1980's on weekends and powder days
https://summitatsnoqualmie.com/summi...tarting-jan-15Last edited by k2skier112; 01-12-2022 at 01:32 PM.
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01-12-2022, 02:47 PM #633
Afternoon update on lift conditions at MtB
- per lift ops super, crews have scavenged (“harvested”) all needed parts from Alpenglow to make Sky run again. Goal is still Saturday
- pro patroller says he’s taking the over on Saturday restart
- plan is to start Summit Thursday PM assuming the sleet event doesn’t get in the way
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01-12-2022, 03:57 PM #634
def with TFT on option #4
falling snow is worse than smoking
avalanches are terrible
stay away from the mountain
it's too dangerous
go shopping!
lots of parking at Washington Square Mall or the outlets
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01-12-2022, 04:03 PM #635
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01-12-2022, 04:11 PM #636
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01-12-2022, 04:37 PM #637
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01-12-2022, 04:42 PM #638
More jonesy railroad track pics requested, don’t see any in there
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01-12-2022, 04:52 PM #639
invading this thread for the weekend ~
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01-12-2022, 05:44 PM #640
Well be up Saturday
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01-12-2022, 06:23 PM #641
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01-13-2022, 06:52 AM #642
Just checked 'dynamic pricing", holy hell, MHM is $199 for the holiday weekend! I thought $149 was the top mark. That should keep some peeps away...
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01-13-2022, 07:08 AM #643
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01-13-2022, 07:46 AM #644Registered User
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01-13-2022, 07:53 AM #645
oh, the lots will still fill up, with pass-holders...
doesn't really matter, MHM can easily move skiers with short (ish) lines when all lots are full. just gotta know how to work the system. only time full lots suck is a powder day with the upper mountain closed
I'm more of a glass half full guy during the pandemic about skiing, it's going to be crowded everywhere, deal with it and have fun
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01-13-2022, 07:59 AM #646
I don't ski to "deal with it." Nor do I want to ski at a hill that says. "Be Patient." Skliing is supposed to be an escape from the bs of daily life. Meadows brings that daily grind to the hill with its crowds, traffic, and general agro attitude from some. Best terrain? Sure... Questionable... Uncrowded? It's all relative... The clusterpluck that is a rope drop in Heather is anything but an escape. You better not fall, because 100 people will be right there to take your line. I'll keep all my secret lines that are available two days after storms with nobody hot on my tails.
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01-13-2022, 08:07 AM #647
What’s the over/under on the guy that went three wide up around Windy Corner/Rockfall/Chain-up past Silent Rock, when we were all doing fine and dandy at 45 to pass the fuel truck who was just fine and dandy themselves rolling up at 35 on the ice, to get to the MHM parking lots, being a day ticket or a pass holder?
Because if they were a day ticket, Thank You Meadows!"Let's be careful out there."
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01-13-2022, 08:10 AM #648
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01-13-2022, 10:22 AM #649
Should be a real busy weekend for the patrollers and Providence Clinic. Conditions will likely be pretty sporty in a lot of the high traffic areas off MHX/SSX.
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01-13-2022, 10:54 AM #650
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