Thanks TBS, let's try again.
https://www.theinertia.com/mountain/...p-dismantling/
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Thanks TBS, let's try again.
https://www.theinertia.com/mountain/...p-dismantling/
Maybe off topic, but I'm headed to Park City this weekend. Any info on current conditions? Mostly concerned if I should bring my rock board or not...
The ski resorts are not to blame for the traffic, parking woes, and long lift lines. Skiers are. Yeah, I get it, the majors sell "cheap passes" so roughly the same number of people ski many more times per season. Isn't that a good thing--that people can afford to ski more often. A lot of us would like passes to be priced so that we can just afford them but people with less money or less passion for the sport don't. But what if they raise pass prices too much and YOU get priced out. Is so-called ski culture (telemarking in knickers on wooden skis with one long pole?) only for the rich? Is passion for the sport measured by how much you are willing to spend. If you want to complain about how long the lines are, go ahead and take a picture and post it, but make sure you're in the picture too.
Thanks @skistack
I don’t have much issue with anything in that 88 pg presentation.
The big question - is the author a big enough player in MTN stock to get anybody’s attention? Especially when you are calling for wholesale changes in the BoD. I can’t find how much MTN they own (definitely less than 1%).
Regardless, I just hope Vail is not the buyer of Mt Brokenchair.
This is a very good take on the situation
https://www.powder7.com/ski-blog/req...or-a-ski-town/
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the ills of the corporation over the prior 5 years? I’m on their side that Vail corporate sucks, but the optics are pretty bad for Late Apex on this one.
^ That was well-written, introspective, informed, and thorough, but I have to say it didn’t introduce a lot of new info. All that is pretty well-known and acknowledged by the people who have lived in or interacted closely with mountain community members (or former ones). What’s missing in that article, and all the similar ones, is an effective, comprehensive solution that will change the direction mountain towns and skiing are headed in.
I’m feeling pretty pessimistic today I guess. I think we’re fuct.
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I not that pessimistic. Someone will think of something to reduce costs to the general public. I love the idea of BCC and LCC state parks. However, I don't know how that would work with the existing homes on private land. Also, there are a lot of multi-billionaires out there who must love skiing and the skiing culture, who can start a foundation to buy and run a resort as a non-profit. PC would be perfect for that. I wish that I was rich!</p>
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Bump for Keystone patroller agreement
Vail Resorts gives union Keystone ski patrollers a new contract that delivers up to $8 hourly wage increase
https://coloradosun.com/2025/02/24/v...trol-contract/Quote:
The 81-member Keystone Ski Patrol Union on Saturday voted to approve an employment contract that delivered a pay increase of more than $8 an hour for veteran patrollers and $2 an hour for newer hires.
The first contract for the ski patrol union that formed in the spring of 2024 also provides additional pay for patrollers with emergency medical, nursing and paramedic certifications. Patrollers with fluency in other languages also get extra pay as do patrollers who are certified sawyers and chairlift evacuators.
^ Cool.