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Part had to be brought in for repairs. Not related to the driveshaft issue of last week. The lift was reopened to the public at 4PM 1/28/25.Not sure if anyone actually skis Crotched, but just noticed that Rocket is closed again and they buried that news halfway through the snow report. I can't believe that lift was built at Ascutney in 2000, it looks like it's from the 80s and that's definitely not a good thing.
Article highlighting the LATE APEX (shareholder) request:
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Shareholder of Vail Resorts pushes for executive overhaul, including removal of CEO - TownLift, Park City News
PARK CITY, Utah – An investment firm holding a stake in Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) has publicly called for sweeping changes to the company’stownlift.com
and the LATE APEX - Vail Overview & Plan ... 88 page presentation, echoing a lot of what's included in these 614 pages.
Yeah. They dont answer the phone at Attitash. Wildcat sometimesI've been following this thread for a few years but have never had anything to add, skiing mostly in my competently-run Boyne ecosystem.
Yesterday, my daughter's school was closed for Lunar New Year, and a friend invited her to go skiing at Sunapee. Sounded good - I figured it'd be pretty fun on a weekday and would get her out of our hair. Well. That website was a cluster. I tried to book her ticket and rentals (her skis were in Maine) on two different days with no luck - you'd get partly through and then the links would stop clicking through. Tried different browsers, used the app - nada. Mr. Parahelia looked at the code to try to figure out what was going on; one of their servers was just out to lunch. Of course no one was available at tech support (our friend mentioned that they seem lightly staffed, even on weekends). We had to pay walk-up prices as a result (not too $$ on a weekday). A bug or a feature? Who knows.
It was snowing so she ended up having a great time, but super frustrating that they can't even manage basic internet commerce. And I'm glad that I can always get someone on the phone at my home mountain.