Official KSL Bitch AND Bitch about people bitching about KSL thread

[heckacali]

..... If only we knew how good we had it with the Cushing's...

"WE CARE" !!!

[old goat]

If they would just refund my pass I would be stoked.

That shouldn't be hard to arrange. A public letter to Andy with a lot of name calling should do the trick. I wonder how late in the season that will work.

[Tommy Boy]

Has anyone else noticed that the 'live' webcam at the top of Silverado is often a taped feed during dynamic weather events? Check it out this morning. I understand the windholds and operational challenges this winter, but the deliberate misrepresentation of the truth is troubling on many levels. After asking about this in Squaw's live chat, I was accused of making up a story. Classic Squaw.

[heckacali]

I stopped paying attention to the cams when they showed beautiful blue skies "live" at 10 at night.
Or live blue skies on one cam and a grey sleet out on another. Seriously WTF.

[TahoeJ]

Yeah, something weird is going on with the cameras this year for sure. Round shot cam used to be cool but it's always behind... right now it's showing a picture from 2 days ago with people skiing up there.

[mandudebro]

Wrt the mtn cams, I doubt it's intentional. For the tinfoil hat crowd, looks like Sierra's at it too-

[jdl]

"WE CARE" !!!

Alex actually read and personally responded to all of the "Tell Alex" comment cards dropped into the various boxes around the mountain.

[heckacali]

Alex actually read and personally responded to all of the "Tell Alex" comment cards dropped into the various boxes around the mountain.

I still have my We Care old school tall ski hat from when I was a snowboard instructor there in 1995.
Hated the red stripe jackets and corporate personal grooming policy (hey, I was a dirtbag boarder, I didn't want to shave, cut my hair or even shower back then) but other than that it was ok. I was far from any politics and we had lots of snow and terrain to ride so I was happy.

[meter-man]

Just curious - how was Monday at the Squaw? Snowbrains now appears to be a paid advertisement for Squaw ops, so looking for a wee bit of truthiness. What time did KT open? How were the lines?

Over at the shitty little area that rocks NW of SV-AM, twas totally empty with Dis and Babraham spinning by 10, but was curious how the big boy resorts fared.

[hercule33]

Just curious - how was Monday at the Squaw? Snowbrains now appears to be a paid advertisement for Squaw ops, so looking for a wee bit of truthiness. What time did KT open? How were the lines?

Over at the shitty little area that rocks NW of SV-AM, twas totally empty with Dis and Babraham spinning by 10, but was curious how the big boy resorts fared.

Alpine is closed because of a power outage. Squaw is closed because it snowed :/ Squaw is running the tubing though cause that's why their passholders want to ski there.

[stanmarsh]

Squaw is opening at 11. Have you been here the past 24 hours?

[hercule33]

Also on Snowbrains, Vail bought Stowe, VT. I wonder if Vail is waiting a year or two after this season to buy Squaw and Alpine. Something tells me that pass sales and ticket sales next year will take a dip next year and that village will end up being a lot tougher to build (traffic and parking being big obstacles). KSL has a choice: dump soon or be there for the long haul.

I would say dump soon because the whole idea to make Squaw/Alpine a destination resort idea will not work. East coasters now can ski Stowe, Colorado, Utah and California with one pass. And Vail opens their resorts after it snows. Good luck competing with that.

[meter-man]

Alpine is closed because of a power outage. Squaw is closed because it snowed :/ Squaw is running the tubing though cause that's why their passholders want to ski there.

I was asking about Monday February 20 (yesterday)....

I'm not surprised things are fucked today with 175+ gusts last night and 2-3 feet of snow. Sucks it's closed though!

[hercule33]

Squaw is opening at 11. Have you been here the past 24 hours?

No because I didn't want to get stuck in the Holiday shitshow. I live in Roseville and the rain and wind was bad there so I can believe the 200 mph winds.

[hercule33]

I was asking about Monday February 20 (yesterday)....

I'm not surprised things are fucked today with 175+ gusts last night and 2-3 feet of snow. Sucks it's closed though!

My bad. I don't know. Decided to stay home but my friends got stuck on 80 yesterday and spent the night in Reno.

[stanmarsh]

Just curious - how was Monday at the Squaw? Snowbrains now appears to be a paid advertisement for Squaw ops, so looking for a wee bit of truthiness. What time did KT open? How were the lines?

Over at the shitty little area that rocks NW of SV-AM, twas totally empty with Dis and Babraham spinning by 10, but was curious how the big boy resorts fared.

KT opened round 10 yesterday, and ran till 3 when they shut it citing avy danger.

Place was empty all day.

[hercule33]

Squaw is opening at 11. Have you been here the past 24 hours?

Where did you hear that Squaw was opening at 11. Nothing about that on their real time operations page.

Woops, looks like they just updated their website.

[hercule33]

KT opened round 10 yesterday, and ran till 3 when they shut it citing avy danger.

Place was empty all day.

Good to see KSL running lifts during the storm instead of giving excuses.

[hercule33]

Here is question. Is it usual for Alpine to be closed for power outages this much because I don't remember it happening so often. Also, does anyone know why Alpine loses power but Squaw doesn't?

[stanmarsh]

Good to see KSL running lifts during the storm instead of giving excuses.

KSL does not decide which lifts to open. Lift ops, ski patrol, and mountain management does.

[meter-man]

KT opened round 10 yesterday, and ran till 3 when they shut it citing avy danger.

Place was empty all day.

Fuck yeah. Bet that was rad. I love holiday weekends. Is that Squaw was like before the cheap passes?

[smallies]

Speaking of parking I like how Californians park like 5 feet from the next car. I parked properly at Mammoth and parking guy let out an audible freak out noise.

[smallies]

and when you're camping out in the middle of a 75 mile deserts crater they will again, park 5 feet from you.

[LightRanger]

Fuck yeah. Bet that was rad. I love holiday weekends. Is that Squaw was like before the cheap passes?

Yes, mostly.

[FormerKnuckleDragger]

Fuck yeah. Bet that was rad. I love holiday weekends. Is that Squaw was like before the cheap passes?

It was...really good.

We saw a skier get caught in his sluff off the top of Red Dog (looker's left) around 10:00 AM. It gathered some other snow and turned into a 10-15 foot wide mini-avy that swept him down almost into the top level of trees. He was partially buried but dug himself out before we got off the top of the chair. I'm frankly surprised that KT stayed open until 3:00, given how things were moving and how heavy the snow was.