Parking lot Shenanigans

Morwax said:

Maybe more of a rant or pet peave than an actual problem.. Huge parking lot right in front of the only high speed quad to the top. Get up early to make some fresh turns. They stack the rows perpendicular to the lift so even if the lot is only a couple rows of cars you may end up at the far end of the row maybe 500 yards from the lift base. What happened to first come first serve? Someone that shows up 15 minutes after me is parking right next to the lift and im forced (by the lot nazis) to park way the &^%$ over there. Yes I boot up at the car and really dont want to walk the extra 500 yards on gravel with my ski boots. When people circumvent the lot gestapo they come running over for a good talking to.. What gives Gunstock?

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Cannonball said:

Gunstock's entire parking lot is 500 FEET long, not yards. I think this belongs in the "first world problems" thread.

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Morwax said:

Nope.. this is happening weekdays, I dont go near the place on weekends as they are parking WAY beyond the enjoyable capacity of that mountain. Bussing them in from the campground and old alpine ridge side. I have no problem with "managing" keeping the cars tight and in a line.. BUT four guys waving furiously to park over there by the pond when Im not there for paddleboating is STUPID!

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deadheadskier said:

I think it would be weird to orient the parking in the other direction at Gunstock. And let's face it, the vast majority of early arriving skiers are looking to park close to the lodge and not the lift. If parking was the other direction you'd piss off even more people.

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Morwax said:

Arn't the first arrivals the ones that want to get on the HSQ? How many here head for the lodge first thing? I thought those people got there at 10am

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Edd said:

Hell, no. Not trying to be contrary but I only change at the car when it's extremely warm. I find it uncomfortable and awkward and I am historically a true early bird until spring.

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deadheadskier said:

Thread has happened before. I'm sure if you searched for it, you could bump it

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wwf-vt said:

i thought this thread was going to be about partying or stupid things people do in the parking lot.
Not whining about having to walk to a lift

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gmcunni said:

i would suspect it is about maximizing the efficiency of the parking lot rather than being "fair" to people who get there first.

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Morwax said:

Yea screw the local taxpayers that have subsidised the mountain for 25 years. We just need to jam as many mass plates as we can into the lot while the gettins good. TOTALLY makes sense

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Morwax said:

Yea screw the local taxpayers that have subsidised the mountain for 25 years. We just need to jam as many mass plates as we can into the lot while the gettins good. TOTALLY makes sense

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deadheadskier said:

You do realize Gunstock has run in the black all but a handful of its 75 years in existence? It's a positive cash contributor to Belknap county.

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gmcunni said:

i didn't realize they were giving preferential treatment to out of staters, that is really unfair.

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deadheadskier said:

You do realize Gunstock has run in the black all but a handful of its 75 years in existence? It's a positive cash contributor to Belknap county.

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