VAIL SUCKS

[Smellytele]

Be specific

How will you be paying for it?

I have a line item on my checks for SS and Medicare taxes. Nothing else but fed and local (which I don't have the latter in nH) on there.

These needed Covid relief packages are subsidies. There are many subsidies throughout the economy. Never gotten a bill for one of them. You?

Our tax percentages go up and down a few points as administrations change. It's all politics for the most part and none of it all that targeted individually towards specific government money prints.

We’ll just borrow more from China

 

[jimmywilson69]

can we get back to Vail sucking instead of the mindless dribble about economy and whatever the fuck else you people have been blabbering on about for 2 days?

Seriously most of you must really suck in person since all you do here is argue and try to 1 up each other.

Its "discussion" and I use that word loosely like this that has driven most of the people and traffic from the site.

 

[Edd]

Just arrived at Sunapee with blizzard conditions. That was the worst winter drives I’ve had in years.

 

[BenedictGomez]

We’ll just borrow more from China

Yeah, it's simple. And so long as it doesn't appear as a line-item on your paycheck it's "Free" for us!

That Xi Jinping, what a sucker!

 

[abc]

can we get back to Vail sucking instead of the mindless dribble about economy and whatever the fuck else you people have been blabbering on about for 2 days?

I guess not?

BTW, does Mount Snow never have a web cam at base area? Thought I get a sense of what the lift line looks like... but only see summit cam listed (and NOT working!)

Don't know if it's being Vail, or just being Mount Snow?

 

[jimmywilson69]

Vail has been terrible at bring online their cameras. Its silly

 

[abc]

Also, wasn't there a long running Mount Snow thread? Odd there's zero chatter on that.

OK, I know it's still early in the season.

On the other hand, with much of the Christmas party scene not happening, I would have thought more people would start skiing early...

Reservation for Mount Snow and Okemo are still wide open for the weekend!

 

[sugarbushskier]

Also, wasn't there a long running Mount Snow thread? Odd there's zero chatter on that.

OK, I know it's still early in the season.

On the other hand, with much of the Christmas party scene not happening, I would have thought more people would start skiing early...

Reservation for Mount Snow and Okemo are still wide open for the weekend!

I set up at Mt Snow Intel thread a couple of weeks ago, but it's been buried as only ~25 posts. But, I do plan to hit MS tomorrow so I'll add to it as they've gotten quite a bit of snow and supposedly dropped lots of ropes!!

 

[sugarbushskier]

Okemo with supposedly 30 inches of snow, nothing much open for some reason (unprepared) and their snow report directs you to go to Twitter? C'mon Vail!

 

[icecoast1]

BTW, does Mount Snow never have a web cam at base area?

Don't know if it's being Vail, or just being Mount Snow?

There used to be one at the main base and one at Carinthia but they seem to have disappeared. Probably for the better, no need to give any extra ammunition to the people that want to see the resorts shut down

 

[drjeff]

Okemo with supposedly 30 inches of snow, nothing much open for some reason (unprepared) and their snow report directs you to go to Twitter? C'mon Vail!

Honestly, can't fully blame Okemo for not being fully staffed today as not too many road crews anywhere can keep roads safe for travel to allow employees to get to work when it's snowing at about 4-6" an hour as it was for a good amount of the early morning and morning hours.

And it's not like with the current COVID situations they could of had a bunch of employees stay over at the resort crammed into numerous hotel rooms.

The snow report delivery method, fully agree with you there!

Not having staff to spin more lifts when this much snow fell this rapidly, gotta give them a safety of employees pass due to weather in this case

 

[raisingarizona]

Is okemo even skiable with 30 inches of fresh? Doubt it.

 

[FBGM]

Surprised Vail didn’t just close Okemo due to “our guests like groomers and no pow, so we will close today to groom”

 

[NYDB]

I haven't been to O in years but I remember the south face had some decent terrain. Probably closed anyway

 

[Not Sure]

Surprised Vail didn’t just close Okemo due to “our guests like groomers and no pow, so we will close today to groom”

Been an awful long time since I've been there but seem to recall not much pitch . Is the place steep enough to even ski Powder?

 

[FBGM]

Been an awful long time since I've been there but seem to recall not much pitch . Is the place steep enough to even ski Powder?

Not as flat as Mount Blow but close. Must be a wallow fest there today

 

[jg17]

Was going to take today off and head to Jack Frost, but bailed due to worries about getting there. They didn't even update the snow report this morning and the website still shows the same trails open as before the storm. Glad I didn't end up wasting a vacation day.

Boulder opens tomorrow, two trails and zero features. Doesn't make much difference to me, but Vail has completely erased the reputation that was built up. What a joke.

Heading up to Hunter on Saturday, at least they got a lot of terrain opened with the storm. But those crowds today, yikes.....

 

[abc]

Heading up to Hunter on Saturday, at least they got a lot of terrain opened with the storm. But those crowds today, yikes.....

Today's bad? Wouldn't Saturday be wore? (or maybe not worse, just as bad?)

How bad anyway? How long a wait on average?

 

[Edd]

Been an awful long time since I've been there but seem to recall not much pitch . Is the place steep enough to even ski Powder?

The one day I skied there it was a 17” pow day and I thought it was a blast. Plenty of trails were steep enough for that.

 

[Funky_Catskills]

Today's bad? Wouldn't Saturday be wore? (or maybe not worse, just as bad?)

How bad anyway? How long a wait on average?

Well - it was a powder day so everybody came out for it. And they weren't ready for it.
Saturday could be worse. I'm banking on the Northface lift being open. Have reservations.