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Who will open First?

First to Open?

  • Loveland

    Votes: 4 10.5%
  • Arapahoe Basin

    Votes: 14 36.8%
  • Mammoth

    Votes: 1 2.6%
  • Killington

    Votes: 9 23.7%
  • Sunday River

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Some random ski area I've barely heard of

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • Total voters
    38
  • Poll closed .

Jully

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A Basin now. Any longer line and there's no skiing. Just line
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Absolutely nuts. Its a Friday!! IIRC it gets less crazy on non-Saturdays.
 

BenedictGomez

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A Basin now. Any longer line and there's no skiing. Just line
f2848cdfae6cda637a64b95484a90654.jpg

Why anyone would have any desire to do this, I have no idea.

And it's like this every year presumably, because last year someone posted the same picture and it looked even worse.
 

Jully

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Why anyone would have any desire to do this, I have no idea.

And it's like this every year presumably, because last year someone posted the same picture and it looked even worse.

Actually saw a nice timeline someone put together on PugSki showing how the line has gotten WAY worse starting in 2007. Could easily have just been when the pics were taken, but 10 increasingly horrific line pictures in a row really piqued my interest.
 

machski

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Why anyone would have any desire to do this, I have no idea.

And it's like this every year presumably, because last year someone posted the same picture and it looked even worse.
Really? Many do it in the east too at Killington and SR every year. And neither in the east is a HSQ.

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ss20

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A minute from the Alta exit off the I-15!
A Basin now. Any longer line and there's no skiing. Just line
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That's cute...

[video]http://unofficialnetworks.com/2017/10/13/a-basin-is-open-for-business-and-the-colorado-ski-season-has-officially-begun/[/video]

When you need a helicopter to capture footage of the whole line....:-?
 

Jully

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That's cute...

[video]http://unofficialnetworks.com/2017/10/13/a-basin-is-open-for-business-and-the-colorado-ski-season-has-officially-begun/[/video]

When you need a helicopter to capture footage of the whole line....:-?

You gotta think that opening day alone makes a big dent in how much it costs to run early season with snowmaking.
 

Not Sure

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That's cute...

[video]http://unofficialnetworks.com/2017/10/13/a-basin-is-open-for-business-and-the-colorado-ski-season-has-officially-begun/[/video]

When you need a helicopter to capture footage of the whole line....:-?

That line has more vertical than some ski areas ...literally a third of the open vert:sad:
 
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