Yeah, they're long answers, but they seemed mostly sales pitchy and defensive to me...
Still some good info out of it!
Still some good info out of it!
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WILDCAT: The 2005 AlpineZone Ski Area Challenge
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riverc0il
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my following response to this statement is going to be catty and snide and completely irresponsible of me but i don't care:
that's when the tomcat lift is actually open. i have skied wildcat on a quad windhold day when this lift was not turning despite trails being serviced from that lift being open.
fwiw, i think using the AZ challenge to air personal stories about bad ski days is not a good idea. it puts the media relations person instantly on the defensive and is a topic better brought up directly to the management team in person. examples are good, but examples that cause a defensive response are not. i think the ten questions are better utilized by asking straight questions without resorting to a specific bad experience. just my two cents after seeing a few defensive replies here that really didn't move the challenge forward at all.
Thats a good point Steve, I never really thought of it that way...
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I would have to agree here. Thanks for the feedback, Steve.riverc0il said:
NHpowderhound
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Mr. Franchi gave myself and 2 of my friends a ride from the Great Glen overflow parking area in his own car! He was using it as a shuttle to get his customers to the mountain! It was crazy that day! Perhaps the buiesiest day I ever saw at the 'Cat. That day was the second of three chair evacs i've been lucky enough to be part of.
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Greg said:
SInce my first (and only) trip to Wildcat last year was so awesome *droool*, It is very possible that I am "on the Kool-Aid"...but I liked the responses. I read all the feedback posts from the responses first, which got me interested in the actual repsonses.
I didn't see the "defensive" attitude. I did see a bit of the marketing stuff...but in corporate life, and in the case of a Type-A boss (no idea if this is the case @ Wildcat), there may be specific descriptions for Wildcat's assets...specific phrases used to explain the common events etc.
I experienced a race event when I was up there also. Crowding on the Middle Wildcat trail (race was on Bobcat and the backup created a clog) was a mild annoyance. I don't remember seeing a sign about the race. After ripping up Cheetah a few times, I stayed on the opposite side of the mountain. In no way am I intending to minimize (sorry, forget the poster's name) the poster's pain. I meant to back him up on the signage comment. Sorry to hear about your son's fall on terrain that was over his head. I have experienced similar tragedies with my wife and daughter. Fortunately, the last time my daughter and I found ourselves over her head...we were able to pop off the skis and walk down (the edge) of the slope. Again, no intent to minimize your son's pain. Hope he "jumped back on the horse".
Lastly, not sure about the Customer Service folks....but the folks in the gift shop and the barmaid were very customer friendly. And having a sip of beer on the deck with the music playing (ok, so maybe every other place does this and I just suffer from living a sheltered life) is a selling point for me.
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Probably right, sky. I'm sure there are some stock "quotes" that are copied and pasted as part of challenge responses time to time. One litmus test for me is whether the rep communicates their message in a personable way. I feel Irene did that. Marketing blurbs aside, all questions were also answered completely.Sky521 said:
sky - glad to see you're enjoying the challenges this season...
Sky
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Greg said:Marketing blurbs aside, all questions were also answered completely.
sky - glad to see you're enjoying the challenges this season...
HEH! Yes, although I've not asked any questions, I'm enjoying the discussion. Glad to see AZ is carrying the credibility to obtain the access.
Kudos to you and the moderators.
Agree that the Wildcat responses were complete (or is it the Kool-Aid?) *smirk*
Been to Wildcat only once on closing day this past season on 4/22. Several trails were open, but I stuck on the one top to bottom bump run skier's left of the quad. Nice, fairly firm corn, nice bumps.
The lift was really fast; cranked out 15 runs in no time. There was no wind. When my son David and I arrived, another skier came up to us and asked if we had tickets. We didn't, so he gave us 2 extra vouchers he had for free tix. Nice!
I'll be going back this coming season for a more complete tour. Hey Austin, wanna guide my sons and I around?
The lift was really fast; cranked out 15 runs in no time. There was no wind. When my son David and I arrived, another skier came up to us and asked if we had tickets. We didn't, so he gave us 2 extra vouchers he had for free tix. Nice!
I'll be going back this coming season for a more complete tour. Hey Austin, wanna guide my sons and I around?
awf170
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JimG. said:
Sure... then the next day you can guide me and my dad up tux
Deal!
awf170
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JimG. said:
How old is your kid anyway???
Sky521 said:Greg said:Marketing blurbs aside, all questions were also answered completely.
sky - glad to see you're enjoying the challenges this season...
HEH! Yes, although I've not asked any questions, I'm enjoying the discussion. Glad to see AZ is carrying the credibility to obtain the access.
Kudos to you and the moderators.
Agree that the Wildcat responses were complete (or is it the Kool-Aid?) *smirk*
We aim to please.
Hopefully the selection of questions was proper...I did have to tame some of them, but riverc0il is right...sometimes the personal tales do set the respondent on the wrong foot
awf170 said:
My 2 oldest are 11 and 9 right now; don't worry, they're real skiers and can handle just about anything.
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JimG. said:
probably better than me :wink: i remember when i did gondi line at wildcat for the first time when i was 7(this is the trail you were talking about that you skied the whole day on closing day) i think i counted over 30 falls... man was i determined :lol:
when did they learn how to carve anyway(just curious) cause my parents waited to I was 9, which i think was way too late. I was the master of the wedge, i was even skiing double blacks
awf170 said:
David (11) started to really use his skis properly at about age 8. Before then he could make parallel turns, but would skid out at the end of his turns.
Peter (9) is progressing at about the same pace. My big issue with him is keeping his hands up and in front of him which is what I remember working on with David at this age. Peter really got into bumps last season and David got into them when he was 8 or 9.
awf170
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JimG. said:
Oh, i meant it in a diffent way, i wedge until i was like 9 then skid until like 12.... So david is probably already better then me by now. How many days do they ussually get a season
Somewhere around 30 days each...I don't always take both of them with me to Hunter because David is clearly better right now and it causes sibling rivalry issues. Peter listens to me better when he isn't consumed with beating his older brother down the hill. Dude, I think we've kind of hijacked this thread.
And now, we return to our regular schedule of Wildcat programming.
And now, we return to our regular schedule of Wildcat programming.
JimG. said:
Yes, I believe you did! Consider youselves on super double top-secret probation! :-?
Thank you sir, may I please have another!
