Alpental passholders ski/ride free next year.
This just in: season pass holders at the summit at snoqualmie have their passes carried over to next year. Maybe Crystal and Stevens will follow suit.
March 22, 2005
Dear Season Passholders,
First and foremost, we want to thank you for the incredible support and patience you have shown throughout the past three months. No question, the "winter" of 04-05 has treated the Northwest very poorly and has affected many lives in unkind ways. I know that all of you purchased your pass with the anticipation of many days of great skiing or riding amidst the plentiful Northwest snowfalls to which we've all become accustomed.
We want you to know that you, Big S Passholders, are our most valued customers. Many of you have held passes for many seasons and have intentions of holding passes for years to come. Others may have purchased for the first time and we are honored you selected The Summit this year to call your home mountain. It has always been, and most certainly remains, our goal to have the Big S Pass known as the best value in Northwest skiing and riding.
With this in mind, we are very pleased to announce to you that we intend to extend the skiing and riding privileges for all 2004-05 Big S Passholders at no charge for the entire 05-06 season! As you can well imagine, this represents a serious financial commitment on our part, but given the nature of this past season, we feel strongly that to protect the trust and loyalty you have placed in us, it is the right thing to do. It is with great pleasure and anticipation that we look forward to welcoming you back next year to a very snowy season! We will be in touch directly with you in the coming weeks with more information and details regarding the extension.
We are also pleased so many of you have taken advantage of using your pass privileges at our sister resorts, Northstar-at-Tahoe, and Sierra-at-Tahoe. Both resorts have loads of snow and are expecting great spring seasons. Our offer of free skiing at both resorts with your Big S Pass is still valid for the remainder of the season so if you get the chance, we encourage you to get some turns in sometime in the next few weeks.
Lastly, we still have not completely given up hope on snow this year! If we are lucky enough to get adequate snow in the next week or two, we may re-open for limited operations yet this year. It just isn't in our nature to give up! We know many of you would still love to get some turns in this year, and if we are so lucky, we look forward to helping make that happen.
Once again, I want to personally thank you for the huge amount of support you have all shown through this very difficult year. While this has certainly been the most difficult season I have experienced in my 25-year career at The Summit, I am very proud of the tremendous efforts our team has put forth to make the most out of a difficult situation. Thank you to so many for noticing and letting us know. Your positive feedback has been greatly appreciated by the entire Summit team.
We look forward to seeing you next year.
Sincerely,
Dan Brewster
General Manager
"Alpental Kicks Ass" [in Cartman voice]
That is some really good news- probably the best news from the NW all year! Eagerly anticipating opening day TR: Alpental Opening Day 2005-06 :biggrin: Ullr, you best be stepping up to the plate to offer a season full of grand slams for this great karma (and a little taking one for the team in 2005)
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Originally Posted by midget
So for all of you pNW people........there's a 2-3 foot storm coming to utah.....
Dammit! Please save those for mid-April when I can travel!!!
be warned--mt hood meadows rant
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Originally Posted by Platinum Pete
Mt. Hood Meadows has done so much to piss off the communities in NW Oregon, I am not sure they'll recover from this years crap snow and lack of sympathy for screwed pass holders. I know I won't buy a pass there ever.
Alpental kicks some serious ass! But Meadows--10% off next year. BFD. :fuckyou: Dave Riley et al. Think of all the much needed good will meadows could muster if they had followed a-tal's lead. Of course this is not an area known for good will, to either its customers or employees.
I was a passholder for years, but I'll never buy a pass there again--and it's in my backyard--due to this and meadows' rampant, offensive, environmentally destructive attempts to push through development in the hood river valley and on the mountain, regardless of the wishes of local residents; their outrageous price increases in recent years, mostly for increased "amenities"; their piss poor ability to get terrain open in a timely fashion (how fucking long does it take to open heather?); and several first hand experiences of bad service from disgruntled (and rightly so) employees. The list goes on. Meadows' greed and lack of customer service know no bounds.
Bet Riley tries to sue me for libel now.
I would hope angry customers would run meadows out of business, except for the fact that a few friends' livelihoods depend on the frickin place.
