VAIL SUCKS

[thetrailboss]

LOL I highly doubt there are more than 1 or 2 people who regular post who are "too young" for this reference. Even that may be a stretch!

Oh, right. Touche!

 

[AdironRider]

Yeah, the truth is always somewhere in the middle. Many people roll their eyes at the McDonald's Coffee Lawsuit form back when. But the evidence was that McDonalds served coffee at some ridiculously hot temperature that was unnecessary.

They were serving coffee at a temp that most customers who weren't total idiots wanted, which was to be warm when they got to their destination.

The grandma sued McD's after she balanced a cup of coffee on her knee in a running car and naturally it spilled. Completely idiotic behavior but in the good ol USA things can never be your fault so here we are.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Sorry not sorry but Lawyers and lack of regulation for dumb shit like this have ruined this country on just about every level...

 

[thetrailboss]

Sorry not sorry but Lawyers and lack of regulation for dumb shit like this have ruined this country on just about every level...

"Phew! Glad someone ELSE is taking the heat in this thread!"

[No pun intended]

 

[kbroderick]

Nobody handed a kid a cup of anything. Beverages are all self service.

The article reports:

Brittany Burns ordered her daughter a hot chocolate at the to-go counter. The worker gave the drink to the girl, who immediately tried to take a sip.

If that bit isn't factual, I'd expect the suit to get dismissed pretty quick.

 

[pinion]

This is pretty good trolling on Facebook.

Maybe the sponsored posts (Pepsi, Toyota, etc) will help underwrite more snowmaking next year

 

[KustyTheKlown]

cocaine and champagne baby

 

[eatskisleep]

Haha that’s “Epic!”

 

[KustyTheKlown]

cocaine jokes aside, pepsi sucks. coca cola classic 4 life.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Nobody handed a kid a cup of anything. Beverages are all self service.

Mmm....... not necessarily true. My kiddo gets hot cocoa at snack break every week at a Vail Resorts property in the full day clinic, and it is "given" to them along with lunch as part of the program.

I guess that too will be going away now, because azzhats & lawyers ruin everything.

 

[RichT]

The article reports:

If that bit isn't factual, I'd expect the suit to get dismissed pretty quick.

Brittnay Burns................that's classic if that's really her name!

 

[eatskisleep]

Brittnay Burns................that's classic if that's really her name!

Okay! I was waiting to see if anyone else caught this!! Took more posts than I thought it would haha okay now I feel bad…

 

[pinion]

I'm only going off what I read here. People have been less down on Vail

The weather was obviously favorable, but honestly I would have been even more pissed off by the lack of December snowmaking aggressiveness. At least in some prior years they had weather partially to blame for the slow roll out.

Maybe those saying it's been better have reached the "acceptance" stage of grief.

I can only speak for my experience this year at Wildcat... far from acceptance but willing to admit that operations have stabilized a bit this year. The biggest thing holding them back is budget for key things. Like snowmaking.

It was great to see snow made on Alleycat and Middle/Lower Catapult - and that is paying off now - but it was very much too little, too late. Not a knock on the snowmakers or groomers, just a knock on the Vail bookkeepers.

POND SKIM UPDATE – As you may have noticed, yesterday we announced that we will be shifting the pond skim down to the Attitash for April 4th to ensure that we can guarantee the event will take place this year. Although our snowpack is doing alright in the base area right now, we rather keep it where its needed to ensure that we can ski & ride into April. We still plan to host our Spring Fling weekend, so come prepared with your best island flair, and expect some more details to come around other activities!

Wildcat never had the best pond setup for skimming. The ones setup near the bridge were too small and too hard to get speed on, and the years pre-COVID when it was setup outside Bobcat Lodge was weird because you had to bank a hard right bombing down Lower Catapult past Bobcat lift to make it across. Still, it was a ton of fun, and people came out for it and had a great time. Band setup outside, the decks and the pond areas all full of people (having a good time AND spending $$$... seems like a win/win for Wildcat). Those days I think are gone, and that vibe 100% has shifted over to Black.

 

[jimmywilson69]

If the mountain wants to allow kids to participate vail limits how long the pond can be. First hand info from the GM at roundtop.

Thanks Lawyers...

 

[drjeff]

If the mountain wants to allow kids to participate vail limits how long the pond can be. First hand info from the GM at roundtop.

Thanks Lawyers...

I can say with 100% confidence that the pond at Mount Snow last weekend was 100 ft long, by 16ft wide, was between 2.5-3ft deep for the majority of it, achieved its color with about 3 hours of snowmaking water filling it and 8 ounces of blue pond dye solution. Kids were allowed to compete as long as parent signed the liability waiver for them (everyone had to sign a liability waiver at registration)

 

[jaytrem]

Lately I've noticed a few pond skimming videos with the pond "rescue" crew in the water wearing dry suits while the skiers are coming down. Seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

Almost saw something like that at Aspen Highlands. Naked guy jumped in and a skimmer missed his head by inches. He was facing the other direction, would have never known what hit him. That event was bonkers. No organization, just skiers hitting the pond randomly, multiple people coming at once. I'd be shocked if they still run it that way.