Stowe Thread

[Hawk]

Lots of people say they bought an Ikon pass this year. If that is the case SB could be a zoo this year….

It will never be as big a zoo at Stowe. We have beter infrastucture to spread people out.

 

[hovercraft]

As long as there is enough snow to spread them out. Either way a zoo is a zoo…….

 

[Kingslug20]

 

[mbedle]

I'm thinking the new left is going to take a lot of pressure off the quad. It should also take pressure off the lower intermediate trails used to get back to the quad. Most people avoided lower tyro, standard, gulch and lord, since they only lead back to the slow triple and require skating to get back up to the quad. Stowe's biggest problem is and will continue to be the underutilized spruce peak terrain. It's almost as if they operate spruce solely for racing and lessons. The lack of snow making on the upper trails doesn't help.

 

[MidnightJester]

The Zoo animals appear restless

Stowe Gets Roasted For Paid Parking Passes

The general response to Stowe's (VT) new paid parking system has been...how do I say this...uhhh...not positive. Stowe announced last week that a season

unofficialnetworks.com

I wonder how the other ski area populations accepted the new parking fee's. Are they really getting more push back here on the east coast and in VT

 

[KustyTheKlown]

unofficial networks is such crappy writing. snowbrains too. i get that they are just little ski blogs, but its always so cringey

 

[jimmywilson69]

Crappy writing is not limited to those "news sources" Major "news sources" also have crappy writing. While I'm not savant at writing, when I see/read terrible writing you know its bad. Its like no one reads their shit before posting it.

Also wondering about the pushback other places. I mean there's been paid parking in Vail for as long as I've skied there, but at 1 time there wasn't. Same with Breck and the free parking is such a hassle.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Crappy writing is not limited to those "news sources" Major "news sources" also have crappy writing. While I'm not savant at writing, when I see/read terrible writing you know its bad. Its like no one reads their shit before posting it.

Also wondering about the pushback other places. I mean there's been paid parking in Vail for as long as I've skied there, but at 1 time there wasn't. Same with Breck and the free parking is such a hassle.

i think i70 is different. its just not culturally part of skiing here in the east, where everything is just a bit less destination resort and more day trippy. summit and eagle county been ski disney world for a long time. and the ski areas are also in tight canyons where there isn't room for big close parking, so its never really been odd to me that, for example, copper charges to park in all of the remotely convenient lots. it just sort of comes with the territory there. at least vail, in my recollection, had a pretty reliable bus system to shuttle you to the base areas. but here, in vermont? no.

 

[hovercraft]

I'm thinking the new left is going to take a lot of pressure off the quad. It should also take pressure off the lower intermediate trails used to get back to the quad. Most people avoided lower tyro, standard, gulch and lord, since they only lead back to the slow triple and require skating to get back up to the quad. Stowe's biggest problem is and will continue to be the underutilized spruce peak terrain. It's almost as if they operate spruce solely for racing and lessons. The lack of snow making on the upper trails doesn't help.

I agree on the new lift taking pressure of the quad. I would be surprised if it didn’t do that. Plus all the people getting an IKON pass will help as well.

 

[deadheadskier]

It's not the new lift that will help with crowds guys. It's the epic parking plan obviously!

 

[jimmywilson69]

Well crowding on the slopes and parking/traffic issues are 2 separate but related issues. If the paid parking can increase carpooling and reduce traffic that is a win. I do agreed that having a 2nd high speed lift on the mansfield side from the base will also alleviate crowding at the 4Runner and potentially even the Gondola. As was said previously a lot of the intermediate trails were underutilized on that side of Mansfield because of the slow triple and the slog back to the 4 runner.

And obviously more restricted access to Stowe via the ultra inexpensive pass would help too.

 

[kendo]

Flying towers this week and both terminals looking good...

Stowe | ELU Flight Day 3 | A lot has been happening with our #epicliftupgrade! Let's check in with Scott Reeves, Senior Director of Mountain Operations, about all of the milestones... | By Stowe Mountain Resort | Facebook

A lot has been happening with our #epicliftupgrade! Let's check in with Scott Reeves, Senior Director of Mountain Operations, about all of the milestones...

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[hovercraft]

Season Parking Pass sold out in 13 minutes. I wonder how many they put up for sale?

 

[oldfartrider]

That blows my mind

 

[Kingslug20]

Lots of people..have lots of money...
Although 450.00 is pretty much lunch money..

 

[hovercraft]

If you think about it local pass was 650+ 450 for the parking is only 100 more then the full ikon if you were switching over. Not endorsing paid parking by any means…..

 

[Tonyr]

Lots of people..have lots of money...
Although 450.00 is pretty much lunch money..

Monthly parking garages in NYC within the expensive neighborhoods are well over 1k per month. A $450 annual parking pass at Stowe is a bargain for people who are already used to getting ripped off in New York and Boston....

 

[NYDB]

I would have gotten it if I were KS. I’m sure he did. Keep the wife happy. Smart move

 

[cdskier]

If you think about it local pass was 650+ 450 for the parking is only 100 more then the full ikon if you were switching over. Not endorsing paid parking by any means…..

True...but why would you choose to compare a full pass against a local pass? Either compare full Epic + parking to full Ikon or compare Epic local + parking to Ikon base for an apples to apples comparison.

Also not one bit surprised it sold out that quickly. I bet they didn't actually offer too many to begin with, plus as others mentioned, there are plenty of people around Stowe that don't consider $450 a lot of money or they know $450 is cheaper than paying $30/day if they plan to ski more than 15 days at Stowe.

 

[hovercraft]

True...but why would you choose to compare a full pass against a local pass? Either compare full Epic + parking to full Ikon or compare Epic local + parking to Ikon base for an apples to apples comparison.

Also not one bit surprised it sold out that quickly. I bet they didn't actually offer too many to begin with, plus as others mentioned, there are plenty of people around Stowe that don't consider $450 a lot of money or they know $450 is cheaper than paying $30/day if they plan to ski more than 15 days at Stowe.

Fair, full epic was 847 + 450, so 300 more. If you have two people in the household its 2150 vs 2000 full ikon. I would think there is a lot of family’s that have at least two passes. Still curious how many they put on sale