Yesterday morning was a bit of a shit show, but keeping upper mt closed was the right call. 100mph gusts are no joke especially with chairs at half capacity. Beers in the sun at Campbell basin were pretty good though
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Yesterday morning was a bit of a shit show, but keeping upper mt closed was the right call. 100mph gusts are no joke especially with chairs at half capacity. Beers in the sun at Campbell basin were pretty good though
A friend and I spent a collective 8 hours on hold trying to get the canceled-but actually-skied-reservation warnings removed. They claimed to add the same 'notes in the system', to our files, but previously on a call I was told there was no way to add notes to my file.
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Originally Posted by timeo
Yeah, this is a total clusterfuck on the reservation end, I can't believe they will actually try and enforce it based on all the problems they are having. I have no problem w/ the requirement for reservations to manage COVID but the system clearly isn't working.
If I have to buy day tickets to keep skiing if they ban my pass I will just add the $$ on to the lawsuit or more likely dispute the Ikon pass charges and/or day tickets on my credit card and make Alterra battle my CC company for the $$.
Just noticed reservations are available for tomorrow and Sunday....
I think we will see a lot of weekends opening up in the last two days before as people who locked those days in have change of plans. Likely a lot of folks making last minute decisions to do Xmas stuff instead of ski tomorrow. I know I planned to ski tomorrow but had to cancel to get some work done.
Don’t expect Jan/feb storm days to free up though.
Pretty day. little bit of breeze, groomers doing a good job but rocks showing up. Big lift lines by 11.
Notes to self:
Fuck weekends in COVID
Never use the singles line.
Rocks on Lucky Shot in December?
Say it's not so!
Thought it was actually skiing pretty decent for early December. Pretty easy to avoid rocks. Green valley had some nice soft snow in spots. Good day of skiing minus the wind.
Crystal operations on the other hand....
Got directed into H lot at 830am thinking how is everything full.
Shuttles were a fucking mess. People loading in b, c, e and then riding down and back up so no one could get on. Waited for ten minutes and walked. Got to b, fucking empty. Asked the director why they were pushing to h lot. "were trying to fill it early so the sledders won't park in our lots" wtf.
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Is this a ski area parking policy they teach at the Wharton School?Quote:
Originally Posted by pyromaniacman129
This has to be the dumbest idea yet.
Frank, please take note.
Normally I would have just driven up to b anyway to see if there was anything but we asked the guy if b was full. "yeah that's why you need to park here in H"Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
Okay sure.
Walk up the hill.
What the fuck?
Lying to your customers.Quote:
Originally Posted by pyromaniacman129
What a great way to brand build!
If anyone has a res for this weekend (either day) that isn't planning to use it, please let me know! Girlfriend has the weekend reserved but I was not so lucky.
Everyone knows they never direct anyone to B. Go there anyway.
Has Crystal/Alterra/Ikon actually penalized anybody yet for showing up without reservations and/or skipped days when they had reservations? I don't mean sending a warning email, I mean actually doing the 30-day ban or whatever the consequence is. I haven't heard a single report of someone facing real consequences from abusing the reservation system, so I'm confused as to whether or not they're actually enforcing things.
Irate to find that again today, Crystal had failed to stock the portapotties with TP. I know this is a hard year for everybody. My expectations for a satisfactory pooping experience are very low.
Crystal stocked and hoarders stole the port-a-potti tp.
Hey man they're just maintaining the Shitter Dungeon experience.
countdown to someone bitching at you to harden the fuck up....Quote:
Originally Posted by counterfeitfake
I thought everyone was supposed to just shit in their car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
The porta potty based finger painting at Xtal just got serious.
BYOTP. Someone needs to make a sticker.
I’ll bring my own TP, but I’d like them to at least clean them before the shit mountains get above the lip of the seat.
In Crystal’s defense this is a common fail for first time portajohn customers. The vendor only supplies two rolls with each cleaning. You kinda have to get burned once to learn to prestock extra rolls.Quote:
Originally Posted by counterfeitfake
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Yeah, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out how often you need to clean a half dozen porta shitters which serve most of B-Lot.
What kind of newb doesn't bring wipes into a portashitter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
There was a stall at Alpental someone finger painted “I cook your food”Quote:
Originally Posted by 2Harsh
Amazing. Clever, gross, and funny at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by snoqpass
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Crystal: $40 to park and you get to bring your own Camping Money.
That should be their new slogan. It's a winner...
This may be true but this isn't the first year they've had the toilets out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by nickwm21
They've also got locks on half of them, I don't know their intended purpose but I can't see a way it points to good planning.
Literal shitshow.
Harden up like a frozen poocano.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
Shitlagmite?
Here's the email Crystal just sent out to people with reservations this weekend
So basicallyQuote:
A WORD ABOUT YOUR UPCOMING RESERVATION AT CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN
As we head into our fourth weekend since opening in November, there is a lot to be thankful for. Early snow made for good skiing and riding. While we have now seen the need for new snow the last few days, a sustained snow cycle looks like it is headed our way beginning Saturday into the afternoon with big accumulation coming Sunday and beyond. If it delivers, we should be set up for the holidays with all 2600 acres open for skiing and riding.
First and foremost, our primary objective is to manage Crystal Mountain capacity to provide skiing and riding to the greatest number of guests that we can accommodate without compromising our COVID mitigation standards. Many will remember we acknowledged getting it wrong the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We adjusted and, based on the feedback we heard, it’s been much improved since. With room still to get it further dialed in.
We also want to thank our valued Ikon passholders for many things. Your commitment to Ikon and Crystal. Your support of the new normal – planning, booking, and reserving ahead, your patience, your respect for your fellow guests and most of all your support of our collective COVID mitigation behavior. Your practices are helping to keep all of us safe and keep Crystal open.
As we head towards this weekend, here’s a few helpful tips:
We are seeing a fair number of canceled reservations each day. Some well in advance, and most on the day before or day of the original reservation.
For this coming weekend, we’d graciously remind all our Ikon Pass holders, if you are not going to visit Crystal please log into your account to cancel your reservation(s), as far in advance as is practical. This as a courtesy to others who can’t currently get a reservation. Think of the penny trays at convenience stores – take one or leave one. Your cancelation will allow your fellow passholder to ski/ride, and their future cancelation will do the same for you. We hope you will Cancel with Care – for others. Our friends at Mt. Bachelor in Oregon call it ‘Cancel Karma’ and we like that idea too.
For those who have not been able to obtain preferred reservations, do not give up hope – the reality is that so far this season, there have been unclaimed reservations available every single day we’ve been open, even on weekends.
Equally – as we also experience cancelations from our other ‘local’ pass holders, we will be adding in new reservation capacity for Ikon Pass holders – another reason to revisit the site often. The number of available reservations is dynamic and tends to grow rather than shrink.
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change for a nickel... from the tray at the convenience store
I'm so f*cking pissed. I recently planned a JH trip for feb. Jumped on the site yesterday as I knew the deadline for purchasing passes was yesterday. After searching and digging deep in the site figured out the upgrade to include JHMR is called a base plus and for some reason you can't upgrade online and you have to call them. So I try calling them yesterday afternoon and wait on hold until the line goes dead at 3PM PST (which is 4pm PST). They close at 4 so they just drop all the holding calls at that time? No where on their site did it mention a deadline for that upgrade. What a poorly run fucking company. It's not that hard. Staff accordingly or lease it out. JFC! I tried calling again today and gave up after an hour. Not acceptable. What flunkie is running the show there?
Looks like Crystal has added more spots on their reservation system? I see every weekend in January/February has availability now...
Flunkie? You can't flunk outta business school. Alterra full of the best of the best MBA hacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenmachine
Thanks for the heads up. Skiing at Crystal this year is like a four month long chess game.Quote:
Originally Posted by powder_to_the_people
Well this confirms that you can ride 3x without a reservation before any consequences are imposed. That news isn't gonna help with the pow day overcrowding.
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Long shot, but looking for a reservation for two on 12/24. Let me know if you will be canceling one for that day.
Shout out to the jongiest, hooked me up for 12/24!
I made a reservation for a family member who decided not to go. I could not cancel her ticket on my eventbrite page, so I edited it and filled it out with bogus information.
I know I could have cancelled the entire reservation, but I didn't want to lose the three remaining reservations.
Maybe I missed an option, any hints here? I'm not going to cancel the whole reservation and hope that I can recover the tickets from these sold out days.
That said, Frank seems to be getting dialed in on the masks. Yesterday on another F lot parkout day, staff was surveying the lines for mask compliance and that had a positive effect on mask searing. Good to see folks taking it seriously.
Some good storms coming in.