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06-05-2018, 10:47 PM #101
Absolutely. You'd think if their goal was really to get the Seattle visitors, they wouldn't have done away with the 3 day edge card. I probably used that 15 years in a row, but now find the 5 day to be too much of a commitment (not to mention increased lodging costs).
The whistler option is a great deal for Stevens skiers, but worth absolutely nothing to me with hwy2 traffic and parking as it is.
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06-05-2018, 10:53 PM #102
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06-05-2018, 11:37 PM #103
Crested Butte and Stevens pass get Epic (as in bought by Vail)
I’m not too concerned about this crested butte purchase. The resort simply is too far from Denver and doesn’t have enough lodging options to ever become the shitshow that breck is on the weekend. The resort was seriously struggling, so maybe vail can put some actual money into the mountain and make things better. Without the extreme terrain open the place feels really small. An expansion would be good.
As to concerns about terrain opening, I feel like vail resorts has opened terrain as soon as it is ready to be opened (sometimes too early imho)
Seriously look at Breck. Patrol there does an incredible job opening some of the most avalanche prone and wind loaded in bounds terrain in all of Colorado. Not to mention all of the other high alpine terrain at breck that vail resorts is pretty aggressive about getting open.
I think crested butte is going to be just fine, and now my pass includes days there which is fucking dope. Locals in CB now have tons of Colorado options which is great for them considering how frequently CB has been experiencing lean years lately
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06-06-2018, 02:06 AM #104
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06-06-2018, 08:56 AM #105
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06-06-2018, 09:42 AM #106Registered User
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I wouldn't pat vail on the back for getting terrain open that quickly
like any corporate business model shitty wages reign supreame
someone in an office in broomfield sees the snow totals and makes a call up to breck demanding that terrain be open as fast as it can so their social media can play out nicely
the flip side is ski patrollers are making much less today than they did twenty years ago
there is a lack of skilled people on the mountain and the ones that are certified are not compensated well for their knowledge and they are pushed hard to open terrian as fast as they can
Breck is about one crew short for what they need to open terrian in a timely manner, but since vail refuses to pay well, ski patrol is now a short term job in between college and real life
They have a mandatory two year commitment for new hires, so once they do their two years they are out the door and have to start training all over again
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06-06-2018, 12:35 PM #107
Snodgrass would be a game changer for CB luring in more vacationing skier tourists. If anyone can get it done it's Vail.
As mentioned before CB is killer for experts when they have the snow but lacks good intermediate skiing. I tried skiing there one early season and I was really bored after an hour or two.dirtbag, not a dentist
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06-06-2018, 01:41 PM #108Registered User
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06-06-2018, 01:45 PM #109Banned
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Nah, dude, CB needs a tram from town to the top of Mt. Emmons.
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06-06-2018, 02:17 PM #110Registered User
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Well the town needed burned and bulldozed 60 years ago. So do that and turn it into a parking lot!
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06-06-2018, 02:22 PM #111Registered User
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06-06-2018, 02:42 PM #113Rope->Dope
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Snodgrass looks like it would need a transfer lift. Lame.
I have a feeling that the Teo expansion and the new extreme terrain past 3rd Bowl (if it ever opens ) will scratch the itch.
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06-06-2018, 04:39 PM #114
I don't think ski patrol salaries have fared any worse than other resort dwellers, except now there are more resort summer positions they can step into instead of doing construction, raft guiding, or patrolling the southern hemisphere.
lack of qualified
ski patrol is now a short term job in between college and real life
Most patrollers have always made their real money in the summer until they got really senior.Originally Posted by blurred
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06-06-2018, 04:48 PM #115
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06-06-2018, 05:11 PM #116Banned
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Yes, really. I'm not proposing they keep the entire 40 mile stretch over to Erickson Springs (I know the west-side closure is actually higher than that, but for the sake of conversation), but I don't think it would be that onerous to keep it open to Lake Irwin year round. Anyway, this navel gazing is at best tangentially related to the issue at hand.
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06-06-2018, 05:23 PM #117
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06-06-2018, 05:42 PM #118Registered User
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06-06-2018, 06:57 PM #119
Are we talking about the same road that goes up to Irwin Lodge?
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06-06-2018, 09:03 PM #120Registered User
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Yup^^^^
Seems innocent enough, but there's at least a half dozen avi paths, and places where it can bury the road 15 or 20 feet deep.
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06-07-2018, 07:11 AM #123
^Doesn't mean its feasible for Gunnison County to do it (its a county road).
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06-07-2018, 07:30 AM #124
This.
Jesus, guys. It's not that they CAN'T keep Kebler open - it would simply cost a shitload of money for the county and for what? There are precious few private houses up there that I know of, and spending shitloads of money just so people could drive to within a couple miles of Irwin Lodge seems... unwise.
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06-07-2018, 07:49 AM #125Registered User
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Not to mention that the folks at Irwin probably like the fact that it is only accessible by snow machine in the winter.
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