VAIL SUCKS

[mbedle]

Has nothing to do with J1s. The work and travel program restarted months ago. The problem now is visa processing time and access to vaccines in some of the source countries.

Good to know, I wasn't aware that the J1 visa program had restarted and didn't fall under the travel ban. Hopefully those people have already submitted their visa applications back when the program restarted and at least are in the system. As far as vaccine status, hopefully they are coming from a country that offers the approved versions in the US/WHO. Unfortunately, there are a couple unapproved ones being use in South America, but it looks like those countries also offer the approved ones. Not sure how it all works down there (i.e., can you go back and get a second vaccine?).

 

[gittist]

Just for kicks I went on to 'buy ticket' section of the Wildcat site and noted that I could buy Wednesday tickets so hopefully all of the "weekends only" is a joke?

Maybe the 'wash out' trail at Wildcat is the begining of a half pipe or a new extreme skiing trail .

 

[Smellytele]

Just for kicks I went on to 'buy ticket' section of the Wildcat site and noted that I could buy Wednesday tickets so hopefully all of the "weekends only" is a joke?

Maybe the 'wash out' trail at Wildcat is the begining of a half pipe or a new extreme skiing trail .

It was a joke but I wouldn’t put it passed them.

 

[MogulMonsters]

Attitash? Yankee?

 

[ericfromMA/NH/VT]

Grandpa was born in Poland. His dad smuggled Felix out as a child before his son had to suffer Hitler. My parents married in 1969, they honeymooned at the Pico inn then when the snow wasn't good enough they packed up and headed to Jackson. Per my dad, there was so much snow in 1969, wildcat had to bulldoze the liftline.

Sad that vail has taken away my last chances to ski the cat with dad.

We will ski SR or ragged, vail needs to be put out of business.

Not sure if youve been to Ragged but if not, I highly reccomend it. Very nice mid sized mountain with a ton of off trail skiing, good park, and a good amount of trails. If you must ski steeps, look elsewhere they have 1 fairly steep but short run, think bodes run at BW but 3 times as long. So many fun trails. Downside- there will be tons of kids all over certain trails. just avoid them or wait till most of them disappear after lunch. But its waaay closer than SR. Had season tickets there the last 5 years. good luck!

 

[ericfromMA/NH/VT]

And to build off of that, Disney is now offering the chance, at an extra fee, to help increase the odds of one getting to ride their incredibly popular Star Wars rides and a few others for a fee of currently $15 per person via their virtual queue system....

Ski areas are catching on to what theme parks are doing with making it easier for them to get more of your money in as many ways as possible with as many layers of confusion as possible

Killington just announced a Fast pass for $49 per day to basically jump the line....

 

[drjeff]

Mount Snow about 30 minutes ago. Temp is upper 30's and dropping. Can't see any patches of white on Long John from my angle, so all the snowmaking efforts there have been above the Carinthia turn. Not sure from my angle either if any terrain on the Northface has received any gun time yet either

 

[skiur]

Killington just announced a Fast pass for $49 per day to basically jump the line....

No way!!! Do you think people will be happy or mad about this new deal???

 

[machski]

Killington just announced a Fast pass for $49 per day to basically jump the line....

Correction, pricing for this starts at $49. The pricing is dynamic.

 

[2Planker]

What is the pay / benefit advantage to patrol at Sunday River or Bretton Woods vs Atticat?

Last year lots of people made it excuses that staffing was hard during the pandemic. But, my view of the competition was that while perhaps not staffed to the levels they normally would be, they were all doing so much better than Atticat.

Has nothing to do with J1s. The work and travel program restarted months ago. The problem now is visa processing time and access to vaccines in some of the source countries.

It takes about 5 months....
We hired a Guatemalan MD/PhD in May.
Took us 2 months to get the "paperwork" done. The it took the US State Dept another 3 months to process his work visa.
He just arrived this past Monday 11/1

 

[drjeff]

Vail does offer some solid employee benefits... just saying... (not that I *might* be learning about them first hand right now....)

 

[Hastur]

Vail does offer some solid employee benefits... just saying... (not that I *might* be learning about them first hand right now....)

Are you exiting the dental practice to bump chairs this winter?

 

[ss20]

Are you exiting the dental practice to bump chairs this winter?

I wouldn't be surprised if @drjeff took over a snow cat grooming position

 

[Zand]

Nah...hes definitely gonna be in the parking toll booth.

 

[drjeff]

Are you exiting the dental practice to bump chairs this winter?

Negative on leaving the primary job!

Going to be part of the events crew to help set up and run the various on snow events/races/competitions associated with the alpine training center and the ski school.

Those programs have given my 2 kids so much over the last 15yrs or so, and the events crew is short staffed, so I felt the time was right to start giving something back to the youth programs at Mount Snow and help the young athletes involved with the programs have as many events as possible in a typical season.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Kudos Dr Jeff!

I have heard that the benefits aren't too shabby even for part time employees. I've considered a part time gig there but I work too much for my primary job

 

[ss20]

Kudos Dr Jeff!

I have heard that the benefits aren't too shabby even for part time employees. I've considered a part time gig there but I work too much for my primary job

Back in the Peaks days all their ski school pay info and benefits was available online. It was a pretty decent package from what I remember.

 

[eatskisleep]

Back in the Peaks days all their ski school pay info and benefits was available online. It was a pretty decent package from what I remember.

I wonder how it compares from Peaks versus Vail

 

[Kingslug20]

Lot of jobs posted at Stowe.

 

[ss20]

I wonder how it compares from Peaks versus Vail

I only have a couple connections to instructors in Vail-owned schools but I hear it's pretty bad. One guy who taught exclusively children told me they doubled class sizes and took away the apprentices/assistants (a lifesaver if you've got a group of 6+ 4/5yo's.). He did one or two years at Okemo after Vail took over for the pass then walked away after something like 8 or 9 years total at the mountain.