VAIL SUCKS

[Kingslug20]

Better???

 

[ThatGuy]

The Slug is evolving…

 

[Former Sunday Rivah Rat]

LOL. I wonder what a Native American would think about your complaints that outsiders destroyed “your” mountains and forests starting in the early 1900s

How much of your $$ have you donated to Native American charities? You seem to care so much about them.
Or is your posing only restricted to meaningless platitudes online or on corporate zoom meeting acknowledgements about being on Turtle Island, the land of indigenous peoples?

 

[FBGM]

Edit - maybe not Vail owned. I was just jumping on Vail hate train to quick.

Looks like “a Vail owed property” in NH is looking for a new GM of Mountain Operations. Can confirm they are not recruiting restaurant managers at this time, yet…

 

[Andrew B.]

Family of Man Asphyxiated on Vail, CO, Chairlift Reaches Rare Settlement in Wrongful Death Lawsuit - SnowBrains

The family of a man who died on a Vail Mountain, CO, chairlift in February 2020 has settled its lawsuit with Vail Resorts.

snowbrains.com

 

[thetrailboss]

Family of Man Asphyxiated on Vail, CO, Chairlift Reaches Rare Settlement in Wrongful Death Lawsuit - SnowBrains

The family of a man who died on a Vail Mountain, CO, chairlift in February 2020 has settled its lawsuit with Vail Resorts.

snowbrains.com

I may be wrong, but I believe that this was the case where the lift attendant failed to lower the seat rest and the skier sat down and slid through the frame of the chair and got caught. Nobody at the lift base saw this and he rode up and was strangled as he hung through the chair frame. Pretty terrible accident and surely NOT something anyone buying a pass would say, "oh, yeah, I agree not to sue because of that."

I also believe that this same accident had occurred before on this same lift and Vail was on notice that lifties, for some reason, were distracted. That other incident did not result in a death IIRC.

Interestingly enough, I saw the same situation nearly unfold at Baldy Express at Snowbird this season. A chair came around the terminal with the seat in the "up" position and the lifties were not paying attention. A few of us yelled to alert them before the passengers boarded.

 

[ThatGuy]

Lifties don’t pay attention for shit for the most part…always keep your eyes and ears on alert when getting on. Jiminy Peak is a disaster with that, constantly stopping the lift and people misloading/falling off. Had a kid drag me off a ~10’ drop from the lift earlier in the season when they fell. Lucky the snow was soft.

 

[crystalmountainskier]

As a result of that incident, all chairs on all lifts at all Vail resorts are now permanently strapped down. No flipping up at night. Some snow on the seat is probably better than falling through, although the guy who died at Breck the other day was attempting to clear snow off the chair because it wasn't flipped up overnight.

 

[LuckyStrike]

$6.60 for a can of Bubbly at Stowe. I put it back and drank out of the water bubbler at the top of the gondola

 

[Kingslug20]

11 bucks for a sip of sunshine...

 

[thebigo]

$6.60 for a can of Bubbly at Stowe. I put it back and drank out of the water bubbler at the top of the gondola

I will pay for a good draft beer but there is no greater ripoff than bottled water at ski areas.

Most places are finally putting in bottle fillers: sunday river, loon, attitash, sunapee, pats off the top of my head. Loon goes the extra step and leaves a pile of paper cups on the filler. Ragged does most everything right but only one place to get water and it is an inconvenient old style bubbler. I started bringing a 2.5 gallon to the race room every weekend.

 

[deadheadskier]

Gunstock has the water fillers, but you have to bring your own vessel.

They charge 55 cents for an empty cup!!. I bet that paper cup cost them a penny. And you're tying up a cashier for a transaction making the check out line longer for people buying food.

Seems dumb. Just put a stack of cups next to the water fillers. Resorts should be encouraging hydration not viewing water as a profit center.

 

[drjeff]

As an FYI at Mount Snow atleast, and I am guessing that it's at most Vail properties, when they got rid of disposable cups for the fountain beverages as part of their commitment to reduce landfill amounts, if the fountain beverage dispenser has a water lever, that glass of ice water in the plastic, reusable cup is free..

No $$ for Katz on that one

 

[SenorQuesadilla]

11 bucks for a sip of sunshine...

At least that's a solid beer....usually you're paying that much for worse. Speaking of VT breweries...would love to see some Hill Farmstead on tap at more hills around VT.

 

[drjeff]

At least that's a solid beer....usually you're paying that much for worse. Speaking of VT breweries...would love to see some Hill Farmstead on tap at more hills around VT.

Used to have a couple of HF offerings on tap at Mount Snow.... then Vail took over and the HF on tap went away...

Atleast a local store in Wilmington, specializing in locally sourced VT food, drink and some crafts, started carrying some brews from Foam in the last few weeks. The locals getting it done!

 

[Edd]

11 bucks for a sip of sunshine...

$12 at Cannon for a Stoneface IPA can. Friggin insane.

 

[thebigo]

Gunstock has the water fillers, but you have to bring your own vessel.

They charge 55 cents for an empty cup!!. I bet that paper cup cost them a penny. And you're tying up a cashier for a transaction making the check out line longer for people buying food.

Seems dumb. Just put a stack of cups next to the water fillers. Resorts should be encouraging hydration not viewing water as a profit center.

Keep one of these in your bag, pay for itself many times over. I had one pop a few years back but have otherwise proven durable.

 

[thebigo]

$12 at Cannon for a Stoneface IPA can. Friggin insane.

$10 at loon for a can of Cisco.

 

[Kingslug20]

Keep one of these in your bag, pay for itself many times over. I had one pop a few years back but have otherwise proven durable.

Got one..use it every day

 

[Kingslug20]

New restaurant opened up by my house...all the top shelf beers 7, 8 bucks...
Even had Brooklynn black ops on tap...that's friggin rare...