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02-08-2020, 10:39 AM #26
MC wasn’t that bad. Every additional day was paid out of pocket by the skier.
Ikon is a bit different in that each skier has free days. Marginal cost is zero, so why not head to Jackson for free skiing on the greatest mountain in North America.
I wonder what they will do after three years.
My guess is the money is too good to quit.
Even if ikon reimbursement is small, the marginal expense is zero, so as long as they aren’t losing season ticket sales, they keep on whoring the mountain. . .
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02-08-2020, 11:07 AM #27
There can be - I’ll put them on slide share
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02-08-2020, 11:10 AM #28
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02-08-2020, 11:15 AM #29
Maybe Powder Mountain has the right idea with limited internet sales. But, that place has become sort of a hybrid club of sorts with the profit motive low on the priority list.
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02-08-2020, 11:16 AM #30Registered User
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02-08-2020, 11:17 AM #31Registered User
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I have to think a decent factor in powder day crowding is the increased accuracy and availability of weather data where more people can position themselves at areas for a big powder day. Add in no incremental lift ticket cost from mega passes and relatively inexpensive airfare, more people do this.
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02-08-2020, 11:21 AM #32
And AirBnB
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02-08-2020, 11:28 AM #33Registered User
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I wonder if some sort of prioritization and reservation scheme comes into play. So if you're a Jackson Hole local and buy the JH pass, you're able to ski whenever. But some lesser pass - either because its not a JH local pass (your local hill is, say, Stratton), or its a less expensive JH version - you have to make a reservation in order to ski. Limited number of slots, advance booking required, fee charged if not used. If you live in Jackson and get boxed out, go to Grand Targhee. If you're coming in from NYC, you have to plan ahead. If you want to chase powder last minute, you might be forced to ski at a lesser traveled mega pass resort or, god forbid, go independent. Just a thought....
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02-08-2020, 11:33 AM #34
Yup
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02-08-2020, 11:33 AM #35Registered User
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quality skiing peaked in the 90's
used to hike 20 mins or more to good terrian, now theirs a lift
equipment is 10x better than it used to be so people with shitty fitness can keep up
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02-08-2020, 11:39 AM #36Registered User
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this explains colorado to a tee
no one was here last weekend, quiet, sure the conditions weren't the best, but people who really ski, ski shit snow, have fun after a couple runs and go home and be happy
posers gaper dip shits have all these excuses why they can't ski unless the conditions are "perfect" then they flail around in deep snow wait in epic lines
people are now willing to drive 3 hrs each way because it snowed in denver and it dumped in the mountains
Monday will be money up here
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02-08-2020, 11:42 AM #37Registered User
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The "fuck load" of demand at most resorts is only xmas, presidents holidays, and a few other weekends. Most hills are quiet 300+ days a year, complete ghost town a lot of that too.
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02-08-2020, 11:44 AM #38
Except that epic is all the same owner.
Vail was smart to buy the two shitty bumps in Wisconsin so that they had a captive audience for their western vacation clientele
Ikon is different in that they are ruining the independent mountains.
MC was not as bad. Ikon is a game changer. . .
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02-08-2020, 11:46 AM #39
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02-08-2020, 11:50 AM #40
This is something I’ve been kicking around as well. Would help push SOME multi-resort weekend traffic to midweek - which is exactly the load balancing the resorts want. Might also be interesting if your multi resort pass had more blackouts on weekends for sister resorts, making it really only feasible to use them on weekends and some limited weekends
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02-08-2020, 11:57 AM #41
Interesting. JH used to have the weekday warrior pass.
I knew many folks that did other shit on the weekend and saved money on the pass.
Maybe ikon should consider this?. . .
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02-08-2020, 12:02 PM #42
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02-08-2020, 01:02 PM #43
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02-08-2020, 01:09 PM #44
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02-08-2020, 02:05 PM #45
The sense of entitlement in this thread and especially in this post is breathtaking. "I want to keep away all those other people who don't deserve it, so I and my bros who do deserve it--because we're 'local', or because we understand the soul of skiing, or because we're so core--can ski fresh pow all day without anyone in our way. I want the cost of skiing to be low enough so that I can afford it but expensive enough that no one who has less money can afford it." Got it.
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02-08-2020, 02:56 PM #46Registered User
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This. Even Whistler is a ghost town Mon-Thu (as long as there hasn't been 50cm of cement delivered straight from Hawaii into the alpine, in which case the place is a gong show).
Bitching about resort crowds is like complaining about traffic. You're just as much of the "problem" as anyone else. Don't like it? Change your scheduling obligations up. Don't want to make the sacrifice of a smaller family/house, lower income, or whatever? Fine, but don't complain about it.
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02-08-2020, 02:59 PM #47
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02-08-2020, 03:23 PM #48I 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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02-08-2020, 03:43 PM #49
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02-08-2020, 03:56 PM #50
I would have welcomed a few lift lines the past couple of days. I'm old and my body hurts, I could use the occasional rest.
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