Catamount is the worst in the EAST !!!!

[SKidds]

In the first place, I didn't bad mouth Thunder Ridge; I expressed the opinion that Catamount is much better. Surely you are not suggesting that we cannot make a direct comparison between two ski areas?

The OP's statement that Catamount is the "worst" in the entire Eastern United States is in a very different category, as it's practically impossible for anyone actually to have visited all of them.


I'm not sure they're giving it away anywhere. At the aforementioned Thunder Ridge, for instance, the peak-day adult rack rate is $50—not a huge difference.

I was too lazy to throw in the proper smilie, Oak....but I was just screwing with ya!

 

[dmc]

Awww, come on....admit it. You love a smattering of this crap!!! Keeps the place lively, eh?

I'm pretty covered in crap here...

 

[campgottagopee]

Remember guys, for better or worse, I don't think scaring away people is a good thing, even if we don't like how they deliver the message.THINK

Who's scaring people away??

Just treating him like he did Catamount....no second chances.

 

[RootDKJ]

You haven't skied the worst, unless you've been to Mountain Creek. Try taking your kids there and report back.

/thread

 

[threecy]

My kids are beginners so I took them to the magic carpet. Their was no organization (people cutting the line) and their was no lift attendant at the top all day and the attendant left the bottom.

I believe most Magic Carpets only have one operator.


In regard to kids falling all over the place, where were the parents and/or instructors?

 

[SKidds]

I'll prolly get in trouble cause this is off topic, but the problem at Hunter isn't the interemediates on the front side.....it's the beginners/intermediates who think they belong on Westway and 'Purna!!

 

[dmc]

I'll prolly get in trouble cause this is off topic, but the problem at Hunter isn't the interemediates on the front side.....it's the beginners/intermediates who think they belong on Westway and 'Purna!!

It's late in the year... They've learn to stay away..

 

[SKidds]

Who's scaring people away??

Just treating him like he did Catamount....no second chances.

Tough luv!!!

 

[dmc]

Who's scaring people away??

Just treating him like he did Catamount....no second chances.

...likey...

 

[Sotto]

In NY state were the said carpet is located you are only required to have an operater at the bottom if they can see the unloading zone.

 

[Grassi21]

In NY state were the said carpet is located you are only required to have an operater at the bottom if they can see the unloading zone.

Then this could be a loophole. Does the magic carpet fall on the MA or NY portion of Catamount? :lol:

 

[threecy]

In NY state were the said carpet is located you are only required to have an operater at the bottom if they can see the unloading zone.

I thought the carpet was located in Massachusetts?

 

[SKidds]

Boooo.....how you gonna teach him (or is JB a her?) how to properly affect change at Catamount if you can't properly teach him (her?) how to post?

Me thinks you should be saying to him (her?)..."JB, I really appreciate the time your've taken to express your opinions, and any objective relating of experiences can only be good for the community, but I will recognize you for the noob (and I mean that in the nicest of way) poster you are and further recognize the fact that you are opining on a busy day and, as such, agree you were destined to have a bad experience....but, to get your point acroos in the most effective manner you should have.........."

Where's the luv, people? Two wrongs, baby, you know what they don't make.

 

[2knees]

In regard to kids falling all over the place, where were the parents

This is the first thing that popped into my head when i read this trainwreck. i take my kids to alot of smaller "retro" type areas that dont even use a carpet. rope and handle tows. kids falling everywhere. parents pick them up, not the lifties. i expect that kind of thing going in. maybe the op should also.

although leaving the thing unattended is a bit over the top.

 

[ctenidae]

Where's the luv, people? Two wrongs, baby, you know what they don't make.

Same thing as it takes 3 lefts to make?

 

[campgottagopee]

The most important thing for young kids to have with their earliest exposure to skiing is fun. Being dragged up a carpet, even if just at .00008 is not gonna be fun for a 5 year old. As rediculous as it might sound, it could scar some for life........to skiing at least, and maybe as adults they only have hardwood in their homes, I don't really know.

I will recognize Catamount for the feeder hill that it is, but that don't mean I'm gonna flip em breaks. Heck, it's that much more important they deliver a pleasant experience, even on the holidays. Espcially on the holidays.

And I'm sure they do that for a lot of people, but maybe in this case they didn't.

True, it does go slow, but their are metal guards on each side with joins / seems all the way up that snag cloths or cut skin / cloths as you are dragged along.

Makes me wonder how I ever learned to ski.

 

[legalskier]

My kids are beginners so I took them to the magic carpet. Their was no organization (people cutting the line) and their was no lift attendant at the top all day and the attendant left the bottom of the lift between 2:45 and 4pm. ( which would be great for those who don’t want to buy a lift ticket)
This is a BEGINNER LIFT – with no attendant to put the kids on straight, kids were falling and dragged. Also since their was nobody to space people getting on, this caused a jam at the top of the magic carpet.

If I'm reading this right, the OP is saying there was no operator for an hour and a quarter.

 

[marcski]

I also find it VERY hard to believe that on a holiday weekend, there weren't any lift attendants at the bottom of the Magic Carpet. There was probably a young kid just sitting back doing nothing.

 

[gmcunni]

I thought the carpet was located in Massachusetts?

yes

 

[dmc]

Boooo.....how you gonna teach him (or is JB a her?) how to properly affect change at Catamount if you can't properly teach him (her?) how to post?

Why should we teach? it's not my responsibility..

Maybe you can hold some internet classes at the local Y...