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What the heck is going on at Magic?
- Thread starter slatham
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Oh come on. Are you saying after hitting the groomed runs (like Talisman) for 12 runs or so before 2 PM your legs were not thrashed by Witch, Magician, Goniff, Black Line and ok I poached Twilight Zone once they opened? I could have had one more run on Black Line's goodness but I was so thrashed I called it quits. Lift speed- that is recovery time. I bet up until 2 PM Talisman was offering as nice groomed steep skiing as anywhere in VT. Magic was just plain ripping today.
Lift speed is silly. With almost no lines it was close to three runs, up and down, per hour today.
Yeggous is a Wildcat skier. When you are used to getting 2100 vert of consistent pitched terrain off a chair that takes six minutes to access it, long slow fixed grips for lesser vert is an adjustment.
drjeff
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Firm and fast at Magic today! Stiff headwind on the way down above roughly the top of Showoff - snow made for perfect, firm, consistent conditions for my daughters race today - for just skiing, basically if it wasn't groomed you didn't want to ski it!! Still lots of snow though!!
Free burgers in the BLT after 3 was a nice touch (they cooked way too many for the race today and were just going to throw them out after the cafeteria closed about 2, so they brought a platter of probably 50 burgers upstairs and put them by the Bloody Mary bar and just told everyone to have at them!
Free burgers in the BLT after 3 was a nice touch (they cooked way too many for the race today and were just going to throw them out after the cafeteria closed about 2, so they brought a platter of probably 50 burgers upstairs and put them by the Bloody Mary bar and just told everyone to have at them!
Yes, this. I am spoiled. I also have developed an allergy to lift lines.
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jrmagic
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I noticed that in the afternoon and took a few laps on the Karel 98 in a 181. I have to say I was pretty impress with this ski.
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JamaicaMan
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LOL got pulled over and threatened w/ pass clipping by head patrol at the base area for coming down Witch to Black Sat afternoon. Yeah right. Told him it was great and to drop the damn rope. It was gone by the time I got back up. Unfortunately patrol loses all credibility and support when they only move quickly to close trails, not open them when conditions change. A positive attitude to match the Magic vibe would go along way too. Oh, and to be on skis more and snowmobile less...
jimmywilson69
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What??? That is ridiculous.
Tin
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Seriously? At Magic?!
soposkier
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About a month ago I had patrol at Magic tell me to put the bar down. It was at the spot near the top where the lift levels out for the final stretch, right where the lift line is roped off. He told me to put the bar down per Vermont state law. Immediately after I heard him say into his radio "chair XX" (whatever the number was of the one behind me). At the unload station there was another ski patrol waiting who clipped the pass/ticket of the group behind me. Not sure why they did it to them and not me. First time I have ever seen that happen.
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It is a state law but never seen/heard of this done at Magic before.
Up at Smuggs they had/still have a PA system on the M1 lift and will broadcast "chair #65 put your bar down" a few times. If the offending chair did not put the bar down after several requests, the lift was stopped. Nothing worse drawing the ire of a full lift corral on a busy weekend!
xwhaler
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They were yelling pretty good at Bolton Valley a couple wknds ago on the Wildnerness lift when bars were not down.
Maybe something they are collectively working harder to try and enforce lately?
I don't like riding a lift without the bar down personally.
Maybe something they are collectively working harder to try and enforce lately?
I don't like riding a lift without the bar down personally.
drjeff
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It's pretty simple. The VT state gov't is HURTING for $$ right now. I'm guessing that they sent a message out to ski resorts saying something to the extent of "if you aren't actively enforcing the state law about the lowering of safety bars, and we catch you on random inspections, we will fine you..."
Places like Magic as we all know can't afford the be writing any extra checks out, especially checks for things that are fully preventable
Places like Magic as we all know can't afford the be writing any extra checks out, especially checks for things that are fully preventable
twinplanx
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Regardless of there motivation I have to call them out on poor customer service. Ticket clipping seems excessive. I warning would have sufficed. The only time I have a problem lowering the bar is without foot rests. A bar without foot rests sucks!!
jrmagic
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They have done it on rare occasions over the years. Not sure what the driver is though I suppose drjeff could be right.
gmcunni
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are you skipping part of the story? no warning or anything like that?
JamaicaMan
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Probably many don't know that it is state law, and frankly a simple one to save a life. Lift signs are a good way to educate. I think people would have received a warning at Magic from patrol first.
soposkier
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I received a warning with no clipping, guess they were being selective
