Is that parking lot in front of the lift line one of the pay to park lots with 3 cars in it?
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VAIL SUCKS
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eatskisleep
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I do my best!!
No. Just a drop off area. The paid parking is to lookers left of the base lodge
eatskisleep
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Not the Onion:
www.vaildaily.com
Vail skier Tanner Miller was recently scolded by a line attendant for using his device in the Phone Free Zone at Chair 2 in Vail.
Miller said he couldn’t help but feel slightly insulted as an initial reaction.
“They won’t even let me fight the boredom of their enormous lift line by checking Epic Mix,” he said. “And this is coming from the same resort that equipped the gondola with WiFi.”
Vail Resorts’ plan to reduce lift lines includes ‘Phone Free Zones’
VAIL — It seems like something out of a dark comedy at this point in the season, with an enormous lift line occupying a full page of the Wall Street Journal. But believe it or…
www.vaildaily.com
Vail skier Tanner Miller was recently scolded by a line attendant for using his device in the Phone Free Zone at Chair 2 in Vail.
Miller said he couldn’t help but feel slightly insulted as an initial reaction.
“They won’t even let me fight the boredom of their enormous lift line by checking Epic Mix,” he said. “And this is coming from the same resort that equipped the gondola with WiFi.”
machski
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I don't think Vail has any intention of running the Double Double again. The Quad to replace that IS going in this summer. Yes, I know that was mentioned on the forest service app along with the Cripple replacement, but the Double-Double isn't into Forest service land. Probably just an additive to context the summit lift too.
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Good discussion here:
Attitash Double-Doubles are no more
Earlier it was noted the West Double-Double was stricken from the lift report with a mention on the Epic Mix app and a presser that West was permanently closed due to “imminent replacement.” Well today I can announce Attitash has… 1.
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pinion
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While it makes sense that they want guests focused during the loading process, what kind of root cause analysis identified this as a major contributor to line lengths?Not the Onion:
Vail Resorts’ plan to reduce lift lines includes ‘Phone Free Zones’
VAIL — It seems like something out of a dark comedy at this point in the season, with an enormous lift line occupying a full page of the Wall Street Journal. But believe it or…
Vail skier Tanner Miller was recently scolded by a line attendant for using his device in the Phone Free Zone at Chair 2 in Vail.
Miller said he couldn’t help but feel slightly insulted as an initial reaction.
“They won’t even let me fight the boredom of their enormous lift line by checking Epic Mix,” he said. “And this is coming from the same resort that equipped the gondola with WiFi.”
Talk about warped thinking on Vail’s part:
“Hey, there’s 10,000 people waiting for this quad and THAT jerk just got distracted by his cell phone. Gotta put a stop to that cell phone stuff during loading. Lift slow downs will make us look bad”
RichT
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I went to get a cup of soup today at Hunter...........$11.50! Eat me! I left it on the counter and walked out!
I get your point, but they can barely get anything open and they are putting a non-existent lift on their trail map before it goes in? Seems like overpromising...
Hold it--Flying Yankee is not open midweek?!Good discussion here:
Attitash Double-Doubles are no more
Earlier it was noted the West Double-Double was stricken from the lift report with a mention on the Epic Mix app and a presser that West was permanently closed due to “imminent replacement.” Well today I can announce Attitash has… 1.
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The cynical part of me thinks it's really just a stab at getting people to stop taking and posting photos and videos of the lift lines by pushing them to keep their phones in their pockets
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Isn't it less with an Epic Pass discount?
And if you don't have an Epic Pass, good God what are you doing at Hunter on a Saturday?
drjeff
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They made some parking $$ at Mount Snow today. First time I believe that they filled all of the pay lots, even the 2 $30 lots! Fresh snow, no wind, sunshine and temps that felt warmer than the teens it reached in the afternoon
Edd
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Pretty sure it was like that all last season also.
Whoa. That is effed up.
Yup. No Flying Yankee midweek. No more double doubles. The Abenaki and Kachina chairs I don't believe have spun a single time all season. It's god damned insulting to regulars who have supported Attitash for decades
So sorry. BW was pretty sweet today. Fully groomed out but minimal crowds. Great lunch at the 44 up top
I'm not angry from personal experience this year. I'm angry because AttiCat is where I wanted to raise my kids skiing and Vail has taken a steaming dump on both.
I was at Pats today. Sold out day, but all lifts 5 minutes or less to get on. 100% open, great grooming, tons of staff. The way skiing should be.
I'll be at Gunstock tomorrow and will find a similarly well run operation.
It's beyond the pale that the richest ski company in the world sucks so hard at ski resort operations like Vail does.
I have to think that it is the beginning of the end for Vail. This is worse than ASC.
Edd
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Have you noticed how cold that joint is? Thought it was a first year glitch last season but still seems to be going.
