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BenedictGomez
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I didnt understand the seemingly bizarre hate directed at a ski resort. Makes sense now. Wealth bigotry....sadly on the rise in this country.
MadMadWorld
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Haha jealousy not so much I just choose to surround myself with the types of people that go there and it has nothing to do with their bank account. Not to mention the lift ticket price should be based on the skiing/riding experience and not how many slope side spas and restaurants there are. Why would I pay $114 for a 1 day lift ticket at Deer Valley when I can 2 days of skiing at Brighton for $120! The terrain is basically identical and folks are a lot friendlier.
Oh and they let kids 7 or younger ski for free!
abc
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He IS mad. Just that he doesn't know that. Instead, he think the world is mad.
MadMadWorld
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You forgot to add the steadier, more consistent, deeper snow. DV is a fun change but the Wasatch back in general isn't what I want to ski when in Utah. Honestly I'll be the weirdo that says they prefer The Canyons on that side
BenedictGomez
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It all sounds awesome to me. Cant wait to do a Canyons/DV/PC/SB/Alta trip someday and do a day at each. Would have already happened by now if not for the fact my gf is a teacher and cant get away long in the winter. We're actually considering a Portillo trip because of that.
Cook her something nice, buy her something, then break it to her that you need two weeks to "grow as a person".
steamboat1
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ScottySkis
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X mas week is not to crowded in Utah. Can't she go then?
4aprice
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Not this year :angry: but in past years the public school spring break here in NJ has been at a nice time to go to Utah. I would say skip Park City and substitute Solitude but that's just my opinion.
Alex
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Scruffy
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Just do it, you pussy. Man up and take your GF on a trip, show her you care :lol: You only live once. You'll be year older next year and all that crap.
Presidents week. Sucks for flying because of the crowds, but if you can get a flight into SLC in the AM, you can be at Alta by noon for 1/2 day. You could just go for 3-4 days during the mid-week that week, and when the traveling crowds should be light. Alta shouldn't be as crowded as the other resorts that week. Stay on the mountain if you can. Alta Peruvian lodge is nice for the $$, and you can ski the Bird from Alta with the duel ticket.
Not surprising, Alta has moved to dismiss the case:
http://fox13now.com/2014/03/24/alta-asks-judge-to-toss-snowboarders-lawsuit/
http://fox13now.com/2014/03/24/alta-asks-judge-to-toss-snowboarders-lawsuit/
MadMadWorld
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In other news, everyone on flight 370 is dead.
ScottySkis
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Alta thinking about allowing snowboarding . I think they should
http://www.powdermag.com/stories/great-alta-debate/
[h=1]The Great Alta Debate[/h] [h=2]Alta filed a motion to dismiss the case against its skiers-only policy. But that doesn't mean snowboarders are out.[/h] by: Kade Krichko published: April 7, 2014 19 Comments
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First chair on Alta’s Wildcat lift. Whether snowboarders will ride this lift in the near future is still to be seen. PHOTO: Jim Harris
It seemed like a long time coming, but Alta’s “skiers versus snowboarders” quarrel finally boiled over from barroom to courtroom this January, when a group of snowboarders filed a formal complaint in federal court alleging the Utah resort’s no-snowboarders policy violates their Constitutional rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
After months of silence, a stoic Alta finally spoke its piece at the end of March, and did so emphatically, filing a motion to dismiss the case entirely. The snowboarder’s argument, according to the mountain, would never hold up in court, didn’t deserve a trial, and was a gross misinterpretation of the law.
Said Alta’s lawyers in their most recent court filing, “It demeans the Constitution to suggest that the amendment that protected the interests of former slaves during Reconstruction…must be expanded to protect the interests of those who engage in a particularized winter sport.”
Working in conjunction with snow sports advocacy group Wasatch Equality, snowboarders Rick Alden, Drew Hicken, Richard Varga, and Bjorn Leines had originally claimed that Alta’s no-snowboarders policy—a policy dating back to the 1980s—was discriminatory by nature and should not be allowed on the public land that Alta leases from the United States Forest Service. The group maintained that snowboarders were being kept from public land unlawfully, and that they were being denied access to that land because of a general dislike, or animus, by the Alta organization and community—a violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
http://www.powdermag.com/stories/great-alta-debate/
[h=1]The Great Alta Debate[/h] [h=2]Alta filed a motion to dismiss the case against its skiers-only policy. But that doesn't mean snowboarders are out.[/h] by: Kade Krichko published: April 7, 2014 19 Comments
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First chair on Alta’s Wildcat lift. Whether snowboarders will ride this lift in the near future is still to be seen. PHOTO: Jim HarrisIt seemed like a long time coming, but Alta’s “skiers versus snowboarders” quarrel finally boiled over from barroom to courtroom this January, when a group of snowboarders filed a formal complaint in federal court alleging the Utah resort’s no-snowboarders policy violates their Constitutional rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
After months of silence, a stoic Alta finally spoke its piece at the end of March, and did so emphatically, filing a motion to dismiss the case entirely. The snowboarder’s argument, according to the mountain, would never hold up in court, didn’t deserve a trial, and was a gross misinterpretation of the law.
Said Alta’s lawyers in their most recent court filing, “It demeans the Constitution to suggest that the amendment that protected the interests of former slaves during Reconstruction…must be expanded to protect the interests of those who engage in a particularized winter sport.”
Working in conjunction with snow sports advocacy group Wasatch Equality, snowboarders Rick Alden, Drew Hicken, Richard Varga, and Bjorn Leines had originally claimed that Alta’s no-snowboarders policy—a policy dating back to the 1980s—was discriminatory by nature and should not be allowed on the public land that Alta leases from the United States Forest Service. The group maintained that snowboarders were being kept from public land unlawfully, and that they were being denied access to that land because of a general dislike, or animus, by the Alta organization and community—a violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
AdironRider
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Hey sissypants, we don't live in a bubble and lifts like this exist all over the country. When was the last time you fell over sitting down? Im guessing never.
MadMadWorld
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I miss my chair at work at least once a week
Puck it
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At one point non of the lifts at Alta has safety bars. Even the newer ones.
Smellytele
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People still fall off lifts with safety bars so you can only protect us so much from ourselves
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