VAIL SUCKS

[JimG.]

The best approach would probably be an active members only chat subforum. Then a separate subforum for specific questions by less active members. Thing is though, nobody is making any money on this or most forums. Honestly, we are lucky it still exists. Dont like the banter? Go start your own forum. Some members have tried over the years but have never been successful in replicating the AZ traffic.

This.

 

[raisingarizona]

How much is a burger at Vail these days?

 

[kingslug]

16 bucks with chips

 

[p_levert]

If I may interrupt this hamburger, chicken and pot discussion, Vail is raising prices after Labor Day: https://www.epicpass.com

I guess this means that the 20% reduction goes away, or at least it will be scaled back.

Although this discussion has wandered all over the place, it has stayed interesting and friendly. So I am totally cool with the burgers and pot stuff. Sooner or later, we will loop back to Vail as they are always in the news.

 

[raisingarizona]

16 bucks with chips

For real? That’s not as bad as I thought it might be.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

i havent skied a vail resort in a long minute, but i checked stowe's cliff house summer menu and a burger is $20 and i assume it comes with fries and i also presume that is sit-down with a server.

 

[snoseek]

Wall bar at kirkwood was 18 bucks for a burger like 5 years ago with fresh chips.

12 oz sirloin at night was something like 42 I think. That's not prime or dry aged just plain old IBP packer beef. I felt bad and over weighed those fuckers and cleaned them up real nice but still a shit deal.

 

[machski]

i havent skied a vail resort in a long minute, but i checked stowe's cliff house summer menu and a burger is $20 and i assume it comes with fries and i also presume that is sit-down with a server.

Cliff House believe is white table cloth, sit down serviced. One of the more high end on hill dining establishments in the East.

 

[ss20]

So now we're talking about food...at Vail-owned resorts...compromise at it's finest, people!!!

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[dblskifanatic]

no one should be complaining about threads staying completely on topic in august on a ski forum with ~20 active members.

Heck it happens during ski season! Forums just have a tendency to shoot off on a beaten path.

 

[jimmywilson69]

yeah ebb and flow of conversation.

We can't constantly hate on vail, that's too negative

 

[dblskifanatic]

i havent skied a vail resort in a long minute, but i checked stowe's cliff house summer menu and a burger is $20 and i assume it comes with fries and i also presume that is sit-down with a server.

Actually at Larkspur slope side at Vail

The "Larksburger"

$26.75

 

[cdskier]

Heck it happens during ski season! Forums just have a tendency to shoot off on a beaten path.

It is just normal human nature. Actual real life conversations often go off topic quite easily. So naturally it is easy for forum topics to evolve and go off-topic as well at times until someone brings things back on topic.

 

[deadheadskier]

yeah ebb and flow of conversation.

We can't constantly hate on vail, that's too negative

Oh I got plenty left in the Vail hate tank

 

[snoseek]

They're gonna be pulling that discount pretty soon I think. I'm torn on reupping my pass...was originally a firm no but the southern nh areas are so close for lazy days when I dont want to drive 2 hours. What they did with wildcat and attitash last years was tragic though and I would be a total hypocrite giving them a dime. Either way I'll hedge with a cannon pass. I just need something for an easy drive sometimes

 

[kingslug]

Larkspur Restaurant - Vail, CO on OpenTable

Larkspur Restaurant, Casual Elegant Contemporary American cuisine. Read reviews and book now.

www.opentable.com

I'll up you a grilled cheese sandwich for 25.75...

 

[2Planker]

For real? That’s not as bad as I thought it might be.

Cat was $12ish for a very good burger
Attitash was more and it SUCKED, COLD, small, and served on a very stale bun

 

[abc]

What they did with wildcat and attitash last years was tragic though and I would be a total hypocrite giving them a dime.

Hypocrite is too strong a word for it. Self interest always takes precedent.

I'm renewing my Epic pass. That's a definite YES. I have a credit from the previous season that's carried over to the next. That, combined with the 20% discount, means I can get the Epic Local for under $500!

The only hesitation is me trying to decide if I want to upgrade to a full Epic.

 

[snoseek]

Hypocrite is too strong a word for it. Self interest always takes precedent.

I'm renewing my Epic pass. That's a definite YES. I have a credit from the previous season that's carried over to the next. That, combined with the 20% discount, means I can get the Epic Local for under $500!

The only hesitation is me trying to decide if I want to upgrade to a full Epic.

It's hard to pass a sub 500 dollar full pass. I'm also a midweek skier so that makes it even harder. If I was a weekend guy I would never consider it at any price

 

[KustyTheKlown]

yea i mean thats the real make or break on an epic pass imo. if you can get away with a lot of mid-week days then the obvious glaring issues don't effect you.

for me, I'm a total weekend warrior who gets maybe 2 ~10 day extended trips a season. the epic northeastern weekend scene would just make me mad and probably give me a stroke. and the ikon/indy destination resorts work perfect for me for the longer trips, so epic doesn't really win me over for their destinations. would be nice to go back to whistler one day or check out telluride and crested butte for the first time, but I'm more than content with big sky, revelstoke, etc as my destination options without having to join the vail club