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Okemo - RFID

yeggous

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I invested in a new shell jacket just to ski at Jay. I bought something with a pocket on the bottom of the sleeve just to store the RFID.
 

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Definitely a downgrade for the locals. Where are those ticket scanners going to work if they want to stay in the community. I think the effect on local unemployment would be noticeable.

Semi-large resort caring anything about local unemployment....that's a new one for me, but maybe Okemo ownership, along with other VT/NH resort ownerships, is different from the entities who own SR & SL.
 

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IIRC Ragged experimented with the RFID gates for a season. Glad it didn't work out, gates were a pain to go through.
 

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Had issues with them every place I have been to that has them. Jay, Stowe and Squaw to name a few. As other said if they still need 2 people there tyo get people through and it is costing them money to buy the stuff just how are they saving money? The people who try skiing with out a ticket may just decide to not go to that ski area. No real savings because the lifts will run anyway. Also someone mentioned that a picture pops up when you go through. I don't remember having my picture taken at Jay or Squaw. Stowe yes.

A few Park Rats at Blue saw my Elk ticket and started laughing , "Oh man that's old school" a few gates had issues , no big deal without a crowd . Latter in the day it was a Pia .
Maybe it saves them money as you reload your ticket online . It's a pain to me .
 

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Semi-large resort caring anything about local unemployment....that's a new one for me, but maybe Okemo ownership, along with other VT/NH resort ownerships, is different from the entities who own SR & SL.

Not picking on anybody, but comments on resorts not caring about local unemployment have surfaced on this forum multiple times. What exactly is SL and SR doing that gives that expression?
 

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If you use the tickets properly I have never had a problem getting them to work. The best way to use them is if your gloves have a hand warmer pocket on the back of the hand. Stick it in there and just wipe your glove past the reader. The problems come when peoplw do not follow the instructions. Putting cell phones, credit cards, some keys and many other devices in the same pocket will make them not read.

At the mtn I was quite familar with they installed rfid readers a few years ago. Many skiers commented to higher ups how the mtn just seemed less crowded. When they compared the actual #'s to the old they were equal, but all the people who didn't buy tickets were now gone.
 

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My issues with the RFID at Jay have been during the spring season when the snow depth is low and the readers are at chest height. I'm typically wearing a T-shirt and have the RFID ticket in my pants pocket. I'm not tall (5'8"), but I literally have had to jump to get the thing read. Obviously young kids have even bigger issues with thing working properly.
 

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If you use the tickets properly I have never had a problem getting them to work. The best way to use them is if your gloves have a hand warmer pocket on the back of the hand. Stick it in there and just wipe your glove past the reader. The problems come when peoplw do not follow the instructions. Putting cell phones, credit cards, some keys and many other devices in the same pocket will make them not read.

At the mtn I was quite familar with they installed rfid readers a few years ago. Many skiers commented to higher ups how the mtn just seemed less crowded. When they compared the actual #'s to the old they were equal, but all the people who didn't buy tickets were now gone.

Who are all these phantom people skiing without buying tickets? I am very skeptical. Most places are militant about checking passes.


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Who are all these phantom people skiing without buying tickets? I am very skeptical. Most places are militant about checking passes.


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Trust me! There are people who know times when they stop checking. I was skiing with someone that had not purchased a lift ticket at Killington all morning during spring skiing. When he saw them scanning he got one. I did not know he was doing that until he actually went and purchased it.

As far as using Jay Peaks or Stowes system never had a problem. Then again I kept it in the hand warmer pouch of my mitten/glove. I have seen people struggle with sensors being too high or low though.


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Who are all these phantom people skiing without buying tickets? I am very skeptical. Most places are militant about checking passes.


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You can probably print out a ticket from you computer without much difficulty.


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The problems come when peoplw do not follow the instructions. Putting cell phones, credit cards, some keys and many other devices in the same pocket will make them not read.

I'm the first to agree that people are stupid but hey have issue just like everything else. I have been sure to have to have an entire side all to the card and I have still have issues, as have people I skied with.

At the mtn I was quite familar with they installed rfid readers a few years ago. Many skiers commented to higher ups how the mtn just seemed less crowded. When they compared the actual #'s to the old they were equal, but all the people who didn't buy tickets were now gone.

LOL
 

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My issues with the RFID at Jay have been during the spring season when the snow depth is low and the readers are at chest height. I'm typically wearing a T-shirt and have the RFID ticket in my pants pocket. I'm not tall (5'8"), but I literally have had to jump to get the thing read. Obviously young kids have even bigger issues with thing working properly.

I'm the reverse! I'm 6'3" before I put my boots on and step into my bindings!! My chest pocket on my coat where I've put my RFID pass at a few places I've been that have them have been too high!! Once I learned, via the person stationed by the RFID scanner to crouch a bit while going through them, all is good!!
 

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I'm the reverse! I'm 6'3" before I put my boots on and step into my bindings!! My chest pocket on my coat where I've put my RFID pass at a few places I've been that have them have been too high!! Once I learned, via the person stationed by the RFID scanner to crouch a bit while going through them, all is good!!

Put it in your glove.


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Years ago (2000 & earlier) I remember being at Big Sky & also Mount Sainte Anne where your lift ticket was a plastic card similar to an RFID card. You had to go through a turnstile just like you do with an RFID card. Difference was you had to insert the card into a reader for the turnstile to open, similar to inserting a card into a ATM. Many people had a retractable string to hold the card to make it easy. You could attach it to your clothing just like a lift ticket. Worked pretty well. Still have my retractable string thing from Big Sky. I see people use the same thing to carry their season passes even today to make it easier for hand held scanners.
 
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How so? Most scanners are located close to the lift. How do they know how many people are on line before they even go through the scanner?

Dual RFID's is my guess - one where you enter the queue and the other near the final loading area
 
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