Yuppie Backcountry - this can only end in tears

[ak_powder_monkey]

AKPM,
Guide: $495/5 people ~= $100 per person per day.
Heliskiing: $600/1 person = $600 per person per day.

yea but if your paying for one on one guiding you are a loser / gaper

[Lostinthetrees]

I see dangerous ramifications of the "pay more to play better" policy adopted by many ski areas. Seems like this is becoming fairly pervasive at many ski areas, ableit in different forms. Just when you thought ticket prices are expensive enough, you realize you are getting second rate access for your hard earned money. All on your public land.

Could be coming to a mtn near you. "Set-asides" or semi-private members-only ski area.

Proposal was being floated last year in CH to create members-only pistes and off-piste areas adjacent or within general ski area. Verbier was mentioned. Lots of wealthy property owners unable to get their pow turns in because the hoards chew up their pow before the weekend. Also, a way to maintain a certain ambiance(sp?) by keeping out the "gangs" of youth on boards.

They do have a point in that they work hard all week and by weekend they have to compete with the hoards of day trippers. But, they (the property associations and town council) did build-up Verbier to be a destination resort and continue to promote it as "hardcore". They got what they deserved - a magnet for the young maggots, wannabe's, tourists, and the curious. Now, some want a way to get back to the "peace and privacy" with a members-only area. Too bad they spent so much on advertising and promotion to pump up Verbier.

litt

[Cornholio]

yea but if your paying for one on one guiding you are a loser / gaper

You're forgetting the 1,2,3 of posting on TGR again, dood.

[Cornholio]

What's wrong with giving people the chance to pay a guide? If I didn't happen to have friends knowlegable and patient enough to help me learn, I'd need a guide too.

Living in a mountain town doesn't grant one exclusive rights to BC exploration. Some people that live there are lucky enough to have the equipment and knowledge to go BC alone (where, sometimes, they discover one or the other lacking!), but if Ms. Swett wants to spend her vacation skiing something unique and fun, big deal. I think we'd all agree that having this experience be guided is much better than not.

Also, I'm happy that people are excited about paying to hike and work a little harder for a ski experience in an industry increasingly catering to only the minimum of effort. I'm happy that Ms. Swett will have returned to New York with the smile we all get after even a shitty BC day.

Live and let live, I suppose.

unless you've got an inflatable santa in your yard.

[Lostinthetrees]

What's wrong with giving people the chance to pay a guide? If I didn't happen to have friends knowlegable and patient enough to help me learn, I'd need a guide too.

... I'm happy that Ms. Swett will have returned to New York with the smile we all get after even a shitty BC day.

Live and let live, I suppose.

unless you've got an inflatable santa in your yard.

well written response. i agree with it ...even the inflata-santa comment. ;-]

[mildbill.]

no way brah, you flew here for the week, i drove here 3 months ago--the backcountry is for ME ONLY! ONLY! AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES!

and my inflatable new england patriot could kick your inflatable santa's ass

[Cornholio]

and my inflatable new england patriot could kick your inflatable santa's ass

my inflatable jesus will send your inflatable new england patriot to hell. so there.

[Aldo]

Hannah Swett, 35, Is she single? this seems to be the only question that matters(seldon, sorry man but depending on her assets, I'll have her hypnotized in no time)---cause rich gapers are exactly that, nothing more

The real problem with all of this is that it gives mountain managers ideas like charging extra for out of bounds access

Hey hotshot, you better be able to talk some big sailing game if you try that trick. I think you guys should google that name, she's not exactly the gaper you think. Seldon, she'd chew you up and spit you out.

[mildbill.]

i thought you had to write something in big letters in order to write a hijack in small letters

and inflatable frosty has the new england patriot's back, they and the inflatable leprechaun are gonna take that sandal wearing motherfucker back behind the house and introduce him to their friend inflatable tire iron

[Cornholio]

Hey hotshot, you better be able to talk some big sailing game if you try that trick. I think you guys should google that name, she's not exactly the gaper you think. Seldon, she'd chew you up and spit you out.

Different Hanna(h) Swett. I know Hanna Swett (the sailor), she lives in San Diego. Hannah Swett the Manhattanite lives in the Bronx.

My inflatable Osama 'N Saddam Sing Christmas decoration will have already blown the shit out of your infidel house, so there won't be any back to go to.

[Meathelmet]

Seldon, she'd chew you up and spit you out.

Even a 6yr. old Skank-Ho could do that so what´s the game?

[mildbill.]

funny how google can cause such mix-ups

and i knew something seemed familiar about two of those inflatable wisemen at the inflat-o-nativity scene. who was the third inflatable wise man?

[The AD]

Hannah Swett the Manhattanite lives in the Bronx.[/SIZE]

Or as Chris Berman calls her Hannah "Gonna Make You" Swett.

[Cornholio]

This thread has taken a very odd turn.

Those were the shepards. The wise men were Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. It's a very ironic nativity.

[Aldo]

Still think she's not a gaper. Gotta tow the line regardless. It's a family thing.

[sea2ski]

Hannah Swett the Manhattanite lives in the Bronx.

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I think you may have had a few drinks from inflatable bottle of Chivas.