VAIL SUCKS

[BenedictGomez]

One might think that folks decided that today was a good day to take off after the recent storms and the Super Bowl. Unfortunately now there are a lot of folks in UT that think the same way......

This Saturday was the most crowded I've ever seen Park City. Everyone was shocked & none of us could figure it out. The line at the cab went into the parking lot and then all the way past the drop-off line onto the "road". Never seen that before. The line at OBX just to get on the mountain took 36 minutes. Even the 3 'D' lifts which usually dont have lines had 5 minutes or so waits. Got a text that the Cab lot was "full" by 9:15, and on Sunday it was full at 8:58, which is before lifts even start spinning.

My hypothesis is that all the people who cancelled their Park City vacations in January due to the strike simply rebooked here instead of going elsewhere, and so now they're just all stacking up their vacations on top of each other, causing crazy crowding. Just my hypothesis, no idea if I'm correct or not.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I could ski Alta the rest of my life and be very happy.

Were you not able to get a job there? Or Snowbird?

 

[Former Sunday Rivah Rat]

I still cant really fathom living in Draper and skiing PC instead of Alta to begin with.

Neither could I, we didn't want to deal with either BCC or LCC traffic. So my wife and I looked at houses in Midway + Heber City. Then I looked at the map and realized it gave us a choice of an Epic pass at PC (too crowded) or Deer Valley (too much $). That's why we bought North of SLC and settled on Snowbasin, much better than PC.
The Epic pass has become the KMart of skiing.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Ehhh....the skiing at PC is much better than the skiing at Snowbasin though. Neither Powmow or Snowbasin impress me much.

 

[thetrailboss]

This Saturday was the most crowded I've ever seen Park City. Everyone was shocked & none of us could figure it out. The line at the cab went into the parking lot and then all the way past the drop-off line onto the "road". Never seen that before. The line at OBX just to get on the mountain took 36 minutes. Even the 3 'D' lifts which usually dont have lines had 5 minutes or so waits. Got a text that the Cab lot was "full" by 9:15, and on Sunday it was full at 8:58, which is before lifts even start spinning.

My hypothesis is that all the people who cancelled their Park City vacations in January due to the strike simply rebooked here instead of going elsewhere, and so now they're just all stacking up their vacations on top of each other, causing crazy crowding. Just my hypothesis, no idea if I'm correct or not.

Or folks were excited because it snowed…..

 

[BenedictGomez]

Or folks were excited because it snowed…..

No doubt, 11" up top and 7"'ish mid-mountain drew people in especially given how terrible of a season it's been for snow this year, but still, that cant explain all of it.

 

[ThatGuy]

Ehhh....the skiing at PC is much better than the skiing at Snowbasin though. Neither Powmow or Snowbasin impress me much.

Plus their snow is worse

 

[ThatGuy]

No doubt, 11" up top and 7"'ish mid-mountain drew people in especially given how terrible of a season it's been for snow this year, but still, that cant explain all of it.

I think it explains alot of it. Bad snow year with a weekend storm and Fridays/Mondays are getting crazy everywhere now, people just turn it into a three day weekend. Also alot of people are opting out of the Cottonwood madness and turning it into the PC madness

 

[ThatGuy]

After today..I think im done with pc...
If you cant get away from a zoo on a monday..im done..

Just gotta go later in the day and out of bounds. Didn’t wait in any lines and had 4 untracked runs.

 

[Hastur]

freaking hilarious. and my favorite thing on this forum now.

A bunch of northeast transplants wondering why it’s so crowded in UT.

looks good that guy. Avy risk mitigated?

 

[BenedictGomez]

freaking hilarious. and my favorite thing on this forum now.

A bunch of northeast transplants wondering why it’s so crowded in UT.

I can't speak to the "Cottonwoods Madness", but the recent crowds at PC this season has nothing to do with people moving here in the last 2 months. Everyone's skis have square sticker's on them.