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VAIL SUCKS

hovercraft

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njdiver85 said:
Aggressive closing of trails has been an issue at Mount Snow as well this year. There have been a number of intermediate natural trails that had decent coverage yet remained closed, at the same time as advanced natural trails, with far worse coverage were left open. I've since learned directly from management that in fact, they are considering the level of skier that would go down a trail based on the trail designation. So a blue trail with good coverage could be closed to prevent inexperienced skiers from having to deal with less than optimal conditions. This is definitely a policy shift since Vail took over. Yet another reason why Vail sucks!
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I hope that isn’t true. If so, that is one of the most ridiculous statements I have heard in a while!!!
 
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Having an argument with my friend. I’m not doing epic again. I live in the MWV. He wants to do it again, atticat definitely is the best terrain in the valley. I say remember wildcat express wasn’t open until mid January, basically one trail for the first 6 weeks.Attitash had no yankee midweek except for a month in feb/March. No Abenaki until feb, all the lifts kept breaking too. But the price is so much cheaper then everyone else, king pine is more. I say remember when all the parking lots were full but not all the lifts were running. Doesn’t matter he says, still the best deal. Epic is still going to kill it next year. But I’ll be skiing somewhere else and it makes me sad. But I won’t be be saying wtf all winter at the ruination of my favorite ski areas.
 
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hovercraft said:
Not sure if this has been posted, interesting read…
vtskiandride.com

Why Is Everyone So Angry At Vail Resorts? – VT SKI + RIDE

Look at it one way and it’s the classic American business success story: Young Wharton Business School grad gets tapped
vtskiandride.com vtskiandride.com
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And herein lies the problem:

“You can’t offer unlimited access to something that has a limited supply. It’s as if you had a restaurant with 40 seats and then told an unlimited number of people they can come in and have a meal. You’re going to run out of space, materials and what a staff can deliver,” says Jonny Adler, a Stowe local and a partner in The Skinny Pancake restaurant business.
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Mainer said:
Having an argument with my friend. I’m not doing epic again. I live in the MWV. He wants to do it again, atticat definitely is the best terrain in the valley. I say remember wildcat express wasn’t open until mid January, basically one trail for the first 6 weeks.Attitash had no yankee midweek except for a month in feb/March. No Abenaki until feb, all the lifts kept breaking too. But the price is so much cheaper then everyone else, king pine is more. I say remember when all the parking lots were full but not all the lifts were running. Doesn’t matter he says, still the best deal. Epic is still going to kill it next year. But I’ll be skiing somewhere else and it makes me sad. But I won’t be be saying wtf all winter at the ruination of my favorite ski areas.
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If you're gonna do epic it absolutely needs to be looked at as a supplemental pass at this point
 
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