Article on "mega pass" being bad for the sport

[machski]

But it is not normally THIS busy THIS late in the season, especially for DV.

When we visited earlier in February, I didn't get the feeling DV was ever set up as a resort for day/visiting skiers. They may need to revisit their day lodges/parking moving forward within Alterra.

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[lerops]

Somebody told me that DV is asking for “reservations” for Ikon passes. You can’t just show up. Is that true?


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[thetrailboss]

Somebody told me that DV is asking for “reservations” for Ikon passes. You can’t just show up. Is that true?


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Yep. That’s because they cap ticket sales.

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[thetrailboss]

Bump.

Aspen responds to Ikon hate.

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/loca...-19-20-season/


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[BenedictGomez]

In an annual update to Aspen City Council on Monday, Mike Kaplan, Skico’s president and CEO, spoke about specifics of last season’s surge of Ikon Pass holders at Aspen-Snowmass resorts. Most of those visitors came on the weekends, choking parking and traffic at Aspen Highlands, as well as lift lines.

Wait, a ski area CEO is actually publicly admitting that a big part of the major increase in crowds is from IKON passholders & not simply due to a great snow year?


WE HAVE A TURD IN THE PUNCHBOWL!

This is NOT a drill.

REPEAT.

We HAVE a turd IN the punchbowl. OVER?

[mbedle]

Wait, a ski area CEO is actually publicly admitting that a big part of the major increase in crowds is from IKON passholders & not simply due to a great snow year?


WE HAVE A TURD IN THE PUNCHBOWL!

This is NOT a drill.

REPEAT.

We HAVE a turd IN the punchbowl. OVER?

I'm confused, didn't Eldora and Abasin also state that fact when they left the partnership with Vail?

[slatham]

A-Basin announced leaving EPIC in Feb/March. Joined Ikon a few weeks ago.

Eldora was Ikon last season.I don't recall them ever being Epic but not an expert on that mountains pass status.

[Domeskier]

I like how he lays the blame on sneaky young Californians and Front Rangers who "look and act like a local," whatever that means.

[JimG.]

Adding more chairs to the lifts will ensure that next season skiers complain because the trails are overcrowded too.

[ThinkSnow]

Adding more chairs to the lifts will ensure that next season skiers complain because the trails are overcrowded too.

Just exactly how is that done? Chairlifts are designed for a specific capacity and have to pass load tests prior to use. Or is the implication that they've been running their lifts under capacity until now?