VAIL SUCKS

[2Planker]

Hope the new mgmt is ready to put in some sweat

Ha Ha Ha
I'm sure the New GM (former Food & Bev. Manager) will be hauling hoses, and walking down the trails all night long making snow....
At least he's qualified to flip burgers and make pizza.

What a Shit Show. Most of the WC veteran seasonal "on snow" employees have moved on to greener pastures.
Lift Ops, Lift Maintenance, Patrol, Snomaking, Grooming are all in need of more than a few good people.

 

[snoseek]

Man all the local businesses must be freaking thenpast couple years.

I do hope they pull it together as unlikely as it seems. They do a decent job in vt. Crotched and sunapee as well. All of the resorts are terrible about communication and that's probably by design although it makes zero sense to me.

 

[JimG.]

It makes me a bit sad that any ski resort on a megapass is a place I will no longer ski at.
But very happy that many of my go to places will not ever be on a megapass. Those would be Plattekill and the ORDA areas. I give K a pass because it is not a full-blown IKON area, just an affiliate.

 

[gittist]

Still no announcement on when nh opens. Weather is a lame excuse at this point as is lack of snow.

2 more "New" snomakers just bailed on Att/WC...
And these guys both had 5+ years previous snomaking experience at other places.
Definitely, not good.....

Hunter (Vail-NY) is open.
Mt Snow, Okemo, and Stowe (Vail-VT) are open.
Gore (NY) is open,
Killington is open, no surprise there.

I don't know about others except no place in PA is open.

I already complained about the lack of any meaningful communication. The last Wildcat post on social media was Nov 21 talking about buying your EPIC pass, and Attitash was Nov 23. If posting on social media is so easy as I was informed by someone at Vail, why don't they do it?

 

[mbedle]

Yeah I brought that up in a post sometime in the past year. Tons of resorts in the West with just one or two base areas....compared to the big Eastern resorts, all of which have at least 3 many with 4 or 5+.

When I went to Crystal in mid-December last year on crappy snow there were 10-15 minute lift lines at peak times to get out of the base with the parking lots 1/3-1/2 full. That must be awful during peak season. They put in a low capacity gondola to help get people out of the base maybe 10 years ago that they want to upgrade already with more cabins. I couldn't imagine what it was like before that was installed.

Which eastern ski resorts have 3+ base areas?

 

[JimG.]

Hunter (Vail-NY) is open.
Mt Snow, Okemo, and Stowe (Vail-VT) are open.
Gore (NY) is open,
Killington is open, no surprise there.

I don't know about others except no place in PA is open.

I already complained about the lack of any meaningful communication. The last Wildcat post on social media was Nov 21 talking about buying your EPIC pass, and Attitash was Nov 23. If posting on social media is so easy as I was informed by someone at Vail, why don't they do it?

All 3 ORDA areas open.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Which eastern ski resorts have 3+ base areas?

killington. stowe. sugarbush (i think gate house vs super bravo/valley house vs mt ellen counts here). sunday river. cannon has 3 distinct parking areas by different lifts. etc.

 

[Smellytele]

killington. stowe. sugarbush (i think gate house vs super bravo/valley house vs mt ellen counts here). sunday river.

Super bravo is what 150 yards from gate house at most???

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Super bravo is what 150 yards from gate house at most???

they serve completely seperate pods of terrain and have their own buildings. each main lift at the lincoln peak base has its own building. if the point of the question is spreading out crowds in separate facilities and on separate terrain pods, it qualifies imo

 

[icecoast1]

If you count Sundance, Mount Snow technically has 3 base areas

 

[KustyTheKlown]

If you count Sundance, Mount Snow technically has 3 base areas

i havent been to mount snow in ages and don't remember, but if it has its own parking and lift and building, it should count.

 

[icecoast1]

i havent been to mount snow in ages and don't remember, but if it has its own parking and lift and building, it should count.

Its got the lodge as well as lifts. It was actually a nice place to park before it became part of the paid parking this year

 

[jaytrem]

Pretty sure Holiday Valley has at least 3.

 

[deadheadskier]

Loon not mentioned. It has 3.

 

[Not Sure]

By far the worst drivers in the nation. We have a thing here whereby if we see a MA plate we give a WIDE birth.

They aint called Massholes for nothing.

That chart must be upside down!

 

[Smellytele]

they serve completely seperate pods of terrain and have their own buildings. each main lift at the lincoln peak base has its own building. if the point of the question is spreading out crowds in separate facilities and on separate terrain pods, it qualifies imo

Still wouldn't call it a separate base area

 

[jaytrem]

Hunter just needs a lodge for 3.

 

[Smellytele]

killington. stowe. sugarbush (i think gate house vs super bravo/valley house vs mt ellen counts here). sunday river. cannon has 3 distinct parking areas by different lifts. etc.

Sunday River does.
Other big ones that don't Jay and Sugarloaf

 

[eatskisleep]

2 more "New" snomakers just bailed on Att/WC...
And these guys both had 5+ years previous snomaking experience at other places.
Definitely, not good.....

Yikes! Vail treating them that poorly??

 

[Mainer]

Cranmore is opening Friday. Looks like it might be 2 years in a row they beat wildcat. Sad days for skiing in the mount Washington valley.