Actually the Sununu Family owns it....and one family member is the Governor of NH, so close enough.
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Actually the Sununu Family owns it....and one family member is the Governor of NH, so close enough.
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KustyTheKlown
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ya i meant the governor, not the government. but thank you for the clarification. smacks of self interested $ bullshit masquerading as NH libertarianism.
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Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the ski area sits on the WMNF and WV leases it.
Seems very, very odd that these ski areas remain open, especially with guidance last night that restaurants and bars close and that gatherings be limited to 10 or less.
And the amount of entitlement and shear stupidity in response to Alta's closing is breathtaking:
https://www.alta.com/stories/covid-19
This comment was particularly dumb and shows a lack of understanding of WHO is buying IKON passes--they are not tourists, they are locals:
Now you can all see why I desire a break from Alta for a while.....
BenedictGomez
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He's almost certainly losing money by remaining open.
If $$$ was your true concern, you'd have shut down as quick as possible using COVID19 as cover.
KustyTheKlown
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so why be open at all? i just dont understand the motivation for them being contrarian on this. its craziness.
legit question, not politically sparring with you. why do you think they remain open? it seems to me he's irresponsibly trying to monopolize the business coming from the very stupid SB87 types out there and inviting a worse crisis in his rural state.
legit question, not politically sparring with you. why do you think they remain open? it seems to me he's irresponsibly trying to monopolize the business coming from the very stupid SB87 types out there and inviting a worse crisis in his rural state.
Edd
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Losing $ during the week, yes. Probably not this past weekend, though. I think they’ll all cave pretty soon.
If the next weekend is a $ loser, it’s game over, I think.
4/5 lifts you ride on the weekend are from out-of-towners (easy to tell from the way they'll drop the bar on your head if they don't say it first.
I always find that people who say get upset about the chairlift bar being "dropped on their head" are just people who don't like using the bar at all. I was out west this year and clearly asked if anyone "ready for the bar?" to go down. Some guy on the chair started freaking out at me that I "didn't warn him" and being super passive aggressive. And Utah and Colorado locals think us east-coasters think we're the mean ones? Get a mirror and look back at yourself!
Sorry that I come from a state that actually uses the safety features built into a lift. Also I like resting my poles on the bar to make an armrest for myself.
I always find that people who say get upset about the chairlift bar being "dropped on their head" are just people who don't like using the bar at all. I was out west this year and clearly asked if anyone "ready for the bar?" to go down. Some guy on the chair started freaking out at me that I "didn't warn him" and being super passive aggressive. And Utah and Colorado locals think us east-coasters think we're the mean ones? Get a mirror and look back at yourself!
Sorry that I come from a state that actually uses the safety features built into a lift. Also I like resting my poles on the bar to make an armrest for myself.
BenedictGomez
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Live POTUS presser going on as I type, White House's medical expert just begged dentist offices to shut down.
KustyTheKlown
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my dad shut it down yesterday. better late than never.
I like using the bar. I also dont like having it slammed on my head before we've even left the lift terminal
Edd
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I’ve got nothing against the bar being down, but I’ve been whacked on the head many times with people panic dropping it. I never say anything because I’m wearing a helmet but it’s annoying.
Edd
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Also Bretton Woods and Gunstock.
...and asked construction companies to donate their masks to hospitals.
I don't see a single acceptable reason to stay open at this point. The only thing I might slightly get is a desire to keep people employed and making money, but lift ticket revenue alone can't be coming close to covering that.
It's just reckless. It will give me pause when considering supporting their businesses in the future, but that's a slippery slope as it's the line level employees who get hurt the most when people boycott businesses.
Here's my message to ski area operators. Close immediately and consider apologizing for not doing so sooner.
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KustyTheKlown
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yea at the moment i'm very upset with NH and smuggs. smuggs holding on as long as they did was not good, and as mentioned previously, tone of their comms was awful.
Edd
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You all pumped up or something?
KustyTheKlown
Well-known member
yea i think he's celebrating their being open.
onto the pile of shame with sb87, 2planker.
people are really stupid and reckless.
onto the pile of shame with sb87, 2planker.
people are really stupid and reckless.
Slidebrook87
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I’ll almost always use the bar on detachable lifts but on many fixed grips I won’t bother. It is pretty random for me.
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