Killingtime
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Don't forget Mt. Peter!.
Didn't they just put in a new quad?
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Don't forget Mt. Peter!.
Didn't they just put in a new quad?
About the end of your post regarding business - hello ya things are hopping for sure. This has been the busiest season so far since we have been out here. Conditions have been phenomenal. As far as mega passes, well I am a huge fan after taking advantage of then for a few years.Interesting post and I applaud your candidness. I am so far removed from this mindset that I am curious how it came about for you. I usually have next season mostly planned out before the last one ends. Did someone propose the trip to you and entice you to participate late in the schedule? Were you attracted to the good snow fall out west this year and wanted to storm chase? Did an unexpected opening in your work allow for free time? Did you come into some money
Thanks.
About the mega passes, all I can say is the numerous western resorts I've been to this winter (A-Basin, Crested Butte, Snowbird, Park City, Big Sky are all hopping. Business is good out here!
You're in Colorado, the base of Epic and Alterra.As far as mega passes, well I am a huge fan after taking advantage of then for a few years.
this is a first for Deer Valley: running out of parking on WEEKDAYS.
The Snow Park Parking Lots are currently full. We encourage guests to use the free public transit system instead of parking
Deer Valley posted this message again today:
It's March 23rd, yet ski resorts are still packed?
At a destination area on a Saturday, that doesn’t blow my mind.
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.But it is not normally THIS busy THIS late in the season, especially for DV.
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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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?
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?Adding more chairs to the lifts will ensure that next season skiers complain because the trails are overcrowded too.