VAIL SUCKS

[Former Sunday Rivah Rat]

You’re a douche! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you, princes of Maine, you kings of the New England pot shop industry!

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the pot shops

 

[machski]

Last year at SR was a shit show. We had enough of :

• Walking through dirt parking lots in ski boots.
• Upon arrival you get to be constantly harangued by Mainer's telling me to "Pull my mask up" if God forbid it slipped under my nose.
• No bag storage at all last year.
• This made warm days fun wearing the mask up to the eyballs as Nazi ski patrollers watched long lift lines. Want to drop a layer? Hike to the truck and back.
• The waiting in very long lift lines, on warm days desperate to get on a lift, sweating through the mask, watching a 20 something after 20 something get on the middle seat of a 6 pack for the solo ride up to "feel safe".
• What made me want to scream was realizing they paid half price for their Nitro pass.
• Watching 20 something extreme morons do insanely fast runs, blind jumps and nearly kill my wife on Escapade.
• Being from MA and made to feel like a criminal for going to my second home in Maine.
• Hearing that Maine actually proposed a 2nd tax on vacation homes shows the deep seated resentment Mainers have for other states, particularly MA.
• Driving from 95 to SR through shithole rural blight towns, abandoned homes litter what should be valuable real estate.
• The funny thing is some of these Mainers have more tattoos than teeth and common sense put together. I think we have had enough of Maine.

Most of the places I went this was the norm LAST year. Even Bachelor late April was similar experience. If you found a hideout from the BS last season, good on you. SR has been better this seaon, but still blocking bags from being left in the lodges (as I said, South Ridge and Barker have outside cubby storage, WC had not yet maybe will get some). but you can bring in to boot up/change. Mask usage is vastly reduced, lifts can load full but hearing lift ops is not forcing the issue, especially on Chondi cabins.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

lol. Ok boomer.

 

[MogulMonsters]

Attitash just announced on FB that they will be running the triple, flying bear, learning center and snow belt for a Christmas break.

Once a family mountain - their lift accessible terrain is for high intermediate or super beginner. They forgot about the people in the middle.

This is going to force folks who don’t belong up top.

 

[Former Sunday Rivah Rat]

Most of the places I went this was the norm LAST year. Even Bachelor late April was similar experience. If you found a hideout from the BS last season, good on you. SR has been better this seaon, but still blocking bags from being left in the lodges (as I said, South Ridge and Barker have outside cubby storage, WC had not yet maybe will get some). but you can bring in to boot up/change. Mask usage is vastly reduced, lifts can load full but hearing lift ops is not forcing the issue, especially on Chondi cabins.

Glad to hear it's gotten better. After last year we switched to the White mountain superpass.
No lift lines at all at BW and also get first tracks 30 minutes early for a little extra $. BW is an older more mature crowd. Nice not having wind holds affect so many ski days as SR had many wind hold, lost days and also lift breakdowns. SR is kinda run down from what it once was. Add that to the less than 100 inch snow seasons and it was time to get out.

 

[snoseek]

Looks like broomfield made a copy/paste social media post for wildcat/attitash/Steven's pass that really gave no explanation other than the old covid excuse. The comment sections are gold...particularly the Steven's pass ones

 

[machski]

Glad to hear it's gotten better. After last year we switched to the White mountain superpass.
No lift lines at all at BW and also get first tracks 30 minutes early for a little extra $. BW is an older more mature crowd. Nice not having wind holds affect so many ski days as SR had many wind hold, lost days and also lift breakdowns. SR is kinda run down from what it once was. Add that to the less than 100 inch snow seasons and it was time to get out.

That is an advantage to BW currently, it more recently hit it's big expansion and kept getting investments so key lift infrastructure is one of the youngest around. SR was that way, 25 years ago. If Boyne actually puts it's plans into full action, SR will get back to where it needs to be. I will say this, Boyne's priority in upgrades is spot on in the HUGE investments it is has been and continues to make modernizing the snowmaking system. New, fancier lifts are nice (especially to replace maintenance heavy mongoloid lifts) but without a good snow product, who cares.

 

[RichT]

That is an advantage to BW currently, it more recently hit it's big expansion and kept getting investments so key lift infrastructure is one of the youngest around. SR was that way, 25 years ago. If Boyne actually puts it's plans into full action, SR will get back to where it needs to be. I will say this, Boyne's priority in upgrades is spot on in the HUGE investments it is has been and continues to make modernizing the snowmaking system. New, fancier lifts are nice (especially to replace maintenance heavy mongoloid lifts) but without a good snow product, who cares.

BW????? = Bretten Woods??

 

[Edd]

BW????? = Bretten Woods??

Yes

 

[thebigo]

Per snow report, bretton woods currently has 126 acres open. Sunday river has 362 acres open.

Loon, which I would consider a more direct competitor to bretton woods, has 201 acres open. South peak should increase the number significantly tomorrow.

 

[JimG.]

Gore will have all lifts except hudson and maybe burnt ridge (and almost all blue runs) open for Christmas so, as is the case with Cannon, yet another state-operated area blowing away a certain competitor

Will be at Gore next week for first time this season.

 

[JimG.]

This is certainly true, but the terrain itself is pretty fun, low angle trees when they have the snow.

Plus the clientele there prefer groomed runs so powder can remain untouched for days.

 

[FBGM]

Vail already has a job posing for new GM at Seven Springs and other 2 areas there. That didn’t take long….

 

[eatskisleep]

Looks like broomfield made a copy/paste social media post for wildcat/attitash/Steven's pass that really gave no explanation other than the old covid excuse. The comment sections are gold...particularly the Steven's pass ones

Can you post anything for those of us without social media?! Thanks! Merry Christmas to all!

 

[RichT]

I wish Hunter would get rid of their GM!

 

[ThatGuy]

Can you post anything for those of us without social media?! Thanks! Merry Christmas to all!

Wildcat Mountain Corporate on Instagram: "Merry Christmas from your favorite #vailresorts corporate stooge! - - I hope that (insert name here) knows how much (resort name here ) truly cares about their guest experience. (Generalized pfaff about the ‘

71 likes, 8 comments - wildcatmountaincorporate on December 24, 2021: "Merry Christmas from your favorite #vailresorts corporate stooge! - - I hope that (insert name here) knows how much (resort name here ) truly cares about their guest experience. (Generalized pfaff about the ‘rona and guest...

www.instagram.com

 

[gittist]

?: Who doesn't hate Vail Resorts?

A: There's a good possibility a lot of the non-Vail ski areas b/c skiers that are unhappy with Vail are skiing somewhere else. Oh, and BTW, all of the food service people at WC who are getting paid to not do much whilst the snow gun are...oh, I guess it might be the snow gun person, or two?

 

[deadheadskier]

Can you post anything for those of us without social media?! Thanks! Merry Christmas to all!

Dear Wildcat guests,

Before I jump into lift and terrain updates for the coming weeks (for which I know we are all eager!), I wanted to first say thank you. Thank you to you, our guests, and to our incredible Wildcat team members on the ground.

I know that this has been a challenging start to the season and we hear your feedback that you wish more terrain was open. Trust us, we do too. I wanted to take a moment to give you some more insight as to why that is. It is no secret that we, like so many others in the travel and leisure industry, are facing a staffing shortage that is creating challenges for certain departments at Wildcat. This is in addition to the continuous impacts of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, all while working through our busiest time of year when demand for outdoor experiences is higher than ever.

If you’ve had the chance to visit our resort already this season, you’ll have seen firsthand how hard our team has been working to provide you with a great experience. Without much help from Mother Nature, our team has been working hard to make snow, run lifts and keep you all safe – all with a smile on their faces.

So, as you plan for your holiday skiing and riding, we want to share an update on which lifts are open this week so you can plan accordingly. Beginning this Saturday, we’re planning to operate the Snowcat, Tomcat and Snowbelt lifts daily. Unfortunately, summit access is still not available but we will continue to reevaluate lift schedules and provide an update as soon as possible. Up-to-the-minute details are always available on SkiWildcat.com.

Our amazing team remains focused on delivering the best possible on-mountain experience for our guests and keeping guest safety as our top priority.

We are grateful for your patience – and understanding – and we look forward to seeing you on the slopes soon.

All the very best,
JD Crichton
General Manager, Wildcat

 

[Smellytele]

Dear Wildcat guests,

Before I jump into lift and terrain updates for the coming weeks (for which I know we are all eager!), I wanted to first say thank you. Thank you to you, our guests, and to our incredible Wildcat team members on the ground.

I know that this has been a challenging start to the season and we hear your feedback that you wish more terrain was open. Trust us, we do too. I wanted to take a moment to give you some more insight as to why that is. It is no secret that we, like so many others in the travel and leisure industry, are facing a staffing shortage that is creating challenges for certain departments at Wildcat. This is in addition to the continuous impacts of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, all while working through our busiest time of year when demand for outdoor experiences is higher than ever.

If you’ve had the chance to visit our resort already this season, you’ll have seen firsthand how hard our team has been working to provide you with a great experience. Without much help from Mother Nature, our team has been working hard to make snow, run lifts and keep you all safe – all with a smile on their faces.

So, as you plan for your holiday skiing and riding, we want to share an update on which lifts are open this week so you can plan accordingly. Beginning this Saturday, we’re planning to operate the Snowcat, Tomcat and Snowbelt lifts daily. Unfortunately, summit access is still not available but we will continue to reevaluate lift schedules and provide an update as soon as possible. Up-to-the-minute details are always available on SkiWildcat.com.

Our amazing team remains focused on delivering the best possible on-mountain experience for our guests and keeping guest safety as our top priority.

We are grateful for your patience – and understanding – and we look forward to seeing you on the slopes soon.

All the very best,
JD Crichton
General Manager, Wildcat

That explains nothing

 

[Mainer]

If wildcat would bump up pay for snowmakers to $20, I’m sure they could find and retain people. There is only 3 of them it would cost an extra $600 a week. Big fucking deal.
That letter should at least explain if the lift or the snowmaking is broken. I feel bad for the few people working at wc/attitash this upcoming week, they are going to be harassed hard.