VAIL SUCKS

[Kingslug20]

Met a lot of NH people at Stowe yesterday

 

[pinion]

Just when it looks like Attitash might turn things around, they deliver another disaster.

Attitash keeps digging their own grave.

Wildcat running Express and Tomcat but the quad is basically dumping into Catapult only since Upper Polecat is ungroomed. Middle Wildcat is a complete shitshow, bodies everywhere. The powder is great though. Trees even better.

 

[lobster-catcher]

Just when it looks like Attitash might turn things around, they deliver another disaster.......

Sooo close to turning it around, then they take a dump in the punch bowl...on the best day seen in a looooong time.

Things I've heard this year.

1. Lifts can't run because it's cold out.
2. Lifts can't run because it's hot (?!?).
3. Lifts can't run because the sun is out.
4. Lifts can't run because it snowed yesterday.
5. Lifts can't run because they stole parts to make another POS chair run.

What else ya got?

 

[Edd]

I’ve never been a huge fan of Attitash but it has good points. Somehow, incredibly, Vail made it worse. That’s a mean trick. I thought Vail buying Atticat would be good, for investing in the mountains. I’m obviously naive. I always am with these acquisitions.

 

[IceEidolon]

They just need to spend about $20m in automated snowmaking and $20m in brand new lifts. Then they can run small snowmaking crews and save big on lift maintenance! (For maybe five years until deferred maintenance fucks them again.)

Edited to clarify: Sarcasm.

 

[2planks2coasts]

Well, since I have an Epic and have to go out to Columbus, OH for recurrent, doing a first and dragging my ski gear with. Suppose to dump out there tomorrow so figure I'll go ski the POW at Mad River, OH. Doesn't cost me a thing!

#crewlife We used to have a plane with a tail locker that my skis would fit in. Now I just rent when the layovers allow me to ski. REI has much better rates than the mountains. Was in BFI twice last week. Hit Crystal then a pow day at Snoqualmie. In DTW now and thought of hitting the local bumps, but there's no IKON or Indy in the neighborhood.

Obviously not legit. But that's really not the point.

The commercial has a hint of Europe. Their slopes are kind of like that at times (home run at the end of day). So there's no "anxiety". Quite appropriate actually.

Reminds me of those famous bull run in Spain during their festival. To me, it seems crazy. Way stronger word than "anxiety" to describe it. But hey, it's considered "fun" by the locals!

Having failed to outrun the bulls in Pamplona (well, one bull in particular), I can assure you that many, likely even most, of those running are not locals. A slope that crowded would have me hanging out in the lodge drinking til the crowd thinned.

 

[Kingslug20]

 

[thetrailboss]

Olympic Commercial Is Nightmare Fuel For Skiers & Snowboarders

Have you guys seen the VISA commercial that's running during the Olympics? It features, what appears to be, 37,000 skiers and snowboarders all descending

unofficialnetworks.com

Vail Resorts on a weekend. Someone already labeled the picture at the bottom as 'EPIC"

Hence the no-drones policy!

In all seriousness, someone posted pictures of crowded ski runs in China for the Olympics. I don't think this one of those photos because they have little or no real snow for the ski trails....

 

[BenedictGomez]

That's not even the worst VISA commercial for these Olympics, The one that equated being a black athlete with being as much of a hardship as surviving 12 rounds of chemotherapy or learning to play hockey with a prosthetic leg was a real cringeworthy gob-smacker. I predict it gets pulled.

 

[Katahdin]

I believe yellow is just a power line.

Yes, that’s just a power line. It extends to the cell tower near the summit. Lots of brush on that line, it’s not skiable. Here’s straight shot from today:

 

[gittist]

Things I've heard this year.

1. Lifts can't run because it's cold out.
2. Lifts can't run because it's hot (?!?).
3. Lifts can't run because the sun is out.
4. Lifts can't run because it snowed yesterday.
5. Lifts can't run because they stole parts to make another POS chair run.

What else ya got?

Sounds like the excuses for when the gasoline prices go up by 5 and 10 cents at a shot.

 

[gittist]

The one that equated being a black athlete with being as much of a hardship as surviving 12 rounds of chemotherapy or learning to play hockey with a prosthetic leg...

Let's not go there...

 

[Mainer]

Another beautiful attitash day. Flying bear and Yankee broken. Abenaki late opening. Just the good ole triple to start the day

 

[pinion]

From today’s AM update from Attitash:
“The Bear has some power issues, and the Yankee has some icing problems from the storm.”

Icing problems from Friday night? It’s Sunday……

 

[Mum skier]

From today’s AM update from Attitash:
“The Bear has some power issues, and the Yankee has some icing problems from the storm.”

Icing problems from Friday night? It’s Sunday……

So it seems Crotched, Sunapee and Attitash basically have no lifts running, even though their web sites and Epic app says lifts are running. Ice happens, but they need to have huge announcements on the front page of web sites and use every social media platform available to warn people about limited uphill capacity. At 4.00 pm on Friday evening the Sunapee Facebook post said “Mother Nature is giving us a helping hand today, so get here early tomorrow“ So basically saying “hey all of MA drive to Sunapee tomorrow“. Felt so sorry for anyone buying a day ticket who didn’t realize what was going on until too late.

 

[machski]

So it seems Crotched, Sunapee and Attitash basically have no lifts running, even though their web sites and Epic app says lifts are running. Ice happens, but they need to have huge announcements on the front page of web sites and use every social media platform available to warn people about limited uphill capacity. At 4.00 pm on Friday evening the Sunapee Facebook post said “Mother Nature is giving us a helping hand today, so get here early tomorrow“ So basically saying “hey all of MA drive to Sunapee tomorrow“. Felt so sorry for anyone buying a day ticket who didn’t realize what was going on until too late.

Vail snow reports and communication are THE worst in the industry.

 

[icecoast1]

Vail snow reports and communication are THE worst in the industry.

They expect you to download an app or create a twitter account to actually get up to date information, I remember the days you could just look at a snow report and see all of that

 

[thetrailboss]

As seen on the SR Facebook Group. Someone decided to bare skin for Vail.

 

[MogulMonsters]

From today’s AM update from Attitash:
“The Bear has some power issues, and the Yankee has some icing problems from the storm.”

Icing problems from Friday night? It’s Sunday……

Did those lifts ever open?!?

 

[Mainer]

So cold at wildcat today, huge line. No tomcat no bobcat. My kids had cold feet after a couple runs, like emergency situation (for a 5 yr old) Go to lodge for first time at wc. Thank god my wife had her phone with her, but a screaming 5 yr old With cold feet sucks to listen too while you u scroll through your pictures looking for your vax card so u can sit down and take off her boots. Also sucks to walk back to c lot to get your phone so u can sit with your family to warm up. The 3 groomed trails were pure yellow ice. Ungroomed was nice. Fuck vail, they have completely ruined atticat. For atticat: bobcat, tomcat, kachina, flying bear, flying yankee, double double were closed for a February weekend. Summit triple, Abenaki (maybe), wildcat express and snow cat were open. So much worse than last year if that is possible. I fucking hate vail with a passion. Look at the attitash Facebook page for a good laugh