VAIL SUCKS

[urungus]

On Monday, alongside its earnings, Vail Resorts announced a $254 million upgrades and improvements capital investment plan for the 2025 calendar year, focusing on enhancing its ski resorts across the United States, Australia, and Switzerland.

Vail Resorts Announces $254 Million of Resort Improvements and Upgrades for 2025 - SnowBrains

On Monday, alongside its earnings, Vail Resorts announced a $254 million upgrades and improvements capital investment plan for 2025

snowbrains.com

No mention of any capital investment in their Eastern resorts

 

[drjeff]

No mention of any capital investment in their Eastern resorts

Typically they have announced improvements in mutliple stages. The "big" projects at this time of year earnings report, and then often there will be some others, including lifts at times in the mid to late ski season time frame, often not too long before next season's Epic Passes go on sale. Who knows if that will or won't be the case this year? Time will tell I guess

 

[crystalmountainskier]

Typically they have announced improvements in mutliple stages. The "big" projects at this time of year earnings report, and then often there will be some others, including lifts at times in the mid to late ski season time frame, often not too long before next season's Epic Passes go on sale. Who knows if that will or won't be the case this year? Time will tell I guess

Nope, this is it for lifts. They announce in either September or December earnings, more recently September. Maybe in 2026.

 

[deadheadskier]

Vail doesn't need to improve a thing in the East..... except their snowmaking budgets.

 

[thetrailboss]

No mention of any capital investment in their Eastern resorts

“YOU WILL TAKE IT AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!”

 

[Former Sunday Rivah Rat]

On Monday, alongside its earnings, Vail Resorts announced a $254 million upgrades and improvements capital investment plan for the 2025 calendar year, focusing on enhancing its ski resorts across the United States, Australia, and Switzerland.

Vail Resorts Announces $254 Million of Resort Improvements and Upgrades for 2025 - SnowBrains

On Monday, alongside its earnings, Vail Resorts announced a $254 million upgrades and improvements capital investment plan for 2025

snowbrains.com

Read about our big plans. Just don't pay attention to this

Vail Resorts Q1 2025 Results: Net Loss of $172.8 Million and Pass Sales Volume Down 2% - SnowBrains

Vail Resorts announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 on Monday, which ended on October 31.

snowbrains.com

 

[drjeff]

Nope, this is it for lifts. They announce in either September or December earnings, more recently September. Maybe in 2026.

Not true. The Sundance 6 pack and Sunbrook Quad lift upgrades for Mount Snow were announced in the February/March timeframe back in 2022.

Most of their lift announcements, for sure, are announced at this quarterly shareholders call historically, but not all of them.

I would be surprised if they make any lift announcements in a few months, this season though

 

[BenedictGomez]

Some of those "newly announced" projects this "centers on", arent even newly announced, but were announced months ago.

 

[crystalmountainskier]

Not true. The Sundance 6 pack and Sunbrook Quad lift upgrades for Mount Snow were announced in the February/March timeframe back in 2022.

Most of their lift announcements, for sure, are announced at this quarterly shareholders call historically, but not all of them.

Nope. These lifts were announced in September 2021 earnings release.

Vail Resorts Announces $320 Million Capital Plan with 19 New Chairlifts Across 14 Resorts to Enhance the Guest Experience for the 2022-23 Season

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — September 23, 2021— Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced an unprecedented number of on-mountain projects planned for the 2022-23 North American ski and ride...

news.vailresorts.com

 

[thetrailboss]

Nope. These lifts were announced in September 2021 earnings release.

Vail Resorts Announces $320 Million Capital Plan with 19 New Chairlifts Across 14 Resorts to Enhance the Guest Experience for the 2022-23 Season

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — September 23, 2021— Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced an unprecedented number of on-mountain projects planned for the 2022-23 North American ski and ride...

news.vailresorts.com

"YOU UNGRATEFUL ASSHOLES!"

 

[drjeff]

Nope. These lifts were announced in September 2021 earnings release.

Vail Resorts Announces $320 Million Capital Plan with 19 New Chairlifts Across 14 Resorts to Enhance the Guest Experience for the 2022-23 Season

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — September 23, 2021— Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced an unprecedented number of on-mountain projects planned for the 2022-23 North American ski and ride...

news.vailresorts.com

I will stand corrected then. Sometimes the memory blurs a bit over time! Just one of the joys of the aging process

 

[doublediamond]

Vail routinely puts out their lift instals in September to push Epic Pass sales. The fact that only 1 lift was announced this fall indicates they are going to have a very slow summer of improvements.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Vail routinely puts out their lift instals in September to push Epic Pass sales. The fact that only 1 lift was announced this fall indicates they are going to have a very slow summer of improvements.

The number of lifts Vail needs to seriously consider replacing now to soon is pretty surprising. Safe to say that's not happening at a publicly traded company, so the aging process will simply continue.

 

[doublediamond]

That and their debt will come due soon. Yes they have whatever $1.0 Bn of cash on hand but it’s going to evaporate real quick and the house of cards will collapse.

 

[deadheadskier]

Nope. These lifts were announced in September 2021 earnings release.

Vail Resorts Announces $320 Million Capital Plan with 19 New Chairlifts Across 14 Resorts to Enhance the Guest Experience for the 2022-23 Season

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — September 23, 2021— Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced an unprecedented number of on-mountain projects planned for the 2022-23 North American ski and ride...

news.vailresorts.com

Ah man, why you gotta do the good doctor dirty like that and pee in his Vail Koolaide.

 

[machski]

Well, at Crotched today and Rocket just went down. Guess they lost power last night and it got pissed off. Seemed to run fine my first 2 rides, then it started stopping a lot.

 

[joshua segal]

Well, at Crotched today and Rocket just went down. Guess they lost power last night and it got pissed off. Seemed to run fine my first 2 rides, then it started stopping a lot.

It was unfortunate: There was a power outage at 3:15PM yesterday for an extended region that involved the ski area and (according to Eversource) about 1000 homes in the area. Strangely enough, only half the Mountainside Condo complex was affected. It was finally repaired at about 7:00 PM.

Within a half hour of the power outage, the diesel backup motor was on and all those on the lift were safely off the lift. I was unfortunately stuck at Tower 11 which is the "wind tunnel" and was relieved when the lift crew responded so quickly and so effectively. I wasn't there today, so I can't tell you what was going on today

 

[machski]

It was unfortunate: There was a power outage at 3:15PM yesterday for an extended region that involved the ski area and (according to Eversource) about 1000 homes in the area. Strangely enough, only half the Mountainside Condo complex was affected. It was finally repaired at about 7:00 PM.

Within a half hour of the power outage, the diesel backup motor was on and all those on the lift were safely off the lift. I was unfortunately stuck at Tower 11 which is the "wind tunnel" and was relieved when the lift crew responded so quickly and so effectively. I wasn't there today, so I can't tell you what was going on today

Not sure, first few rides lift seemed fine. But around noon, started stopping and eacht ime they tried to restart it, it would creep forward and stop. Several of those in a row then it would run at speed for a few minutes then stop again. FInally they pulled the plug. Valley fired right up and was fine as an alternative for the afternoon.

 

[ctdubl07]

That and their debt will come due soon. Yes they have whatever $1.0 Bn of cash on hand but it’s going to evaporate real quick and the house of cards will collapse.

Remember, each successive new CEO gets to change direction....its Mgmt pivot 101.
Nothing the prior CEO did is ever bad but new CEO always gets to rewrite narrative. "we've learned, customers spoke, demand changed, climate exposiure adjustment, opportunity to consolidate to core commonalities, etc, etc. (happens enough then you eventually come full circle)
Debt will be restructured. Those aggregated random local Mtns that were supposedly feeders, get sold, you dont have to feed them any pass revenue or deal with ever shortening seasons or address lift infrastructure and you get some cash, maybe .30/$1.

 

[catskillman]

They spent a lot at Hunter this summer, new lift that goes only about 100" higher than the what they replaced, but it is a 6 vs 4 pack. Stopped about 8 times today when I was on it. Closed to the public for maintenacne, briefly..... the off loading is built for 6 year olds, so so low, and then it is flat so snowboarders can't move out of the way fast enough.... And now there are lift towers in the middle of the midstation area and the gun hill trail....noone can figure out the logic.........

Crazy investment.