2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[the_kid]

just realized my moonlight pass gives me mon-thurs access to big sky. STOKE

Where did it say that? Link to the page please; I looked and couldn't find it.

[BigMontana]

Where did it say that? Link to the page please; I looked and couldn't find it.

The silver pass yes, they are the same owners now...

It's in the MOONLIGHT silver pass fine print, I didn't see the same for big sky.

The Silver Season Pass is valid Monday through Thursday on Big Sky Resort's 4,050 acres, and is non-transferable and non-refundable. Access to the North Summit Snowfield requires a Biggest Skiing in America pass or purchase of a daily lift ticket. Silver Season Pass Holders have benefits at other Boyne owned resorts. Read more on our Boyne Sister Resort Benefits.

[BigMontana]

No never mind wrong page, I can't find that either.

[Norseman]

Nice shots, Tone and Z. What a great zone.

[Bobcat Sig]

Bridger was a goat show Saturday. Thank God for dawn patrol. Death to the beaters that post-hole the skin track; I don't need things harder on the skin track.

At least the views were sweet.





Soon ... very soon.


Almost full enough to ski:

[goldenboy]

yeah Z and Tone, stoked you guys got to make some turns.

[Climber Joe]

The silver pass yes, they are the same owners now...

It's in the MOONLIGHT silver pass fine print, I didn't see the same for big sky.

The Silver Season Pass is valid Monday through Thursday on Big Sky Resort's 4,050 acres, and is non-transferable and non-refundable. Access to the North Summit Snowfield requires a Biggest Skiing in America pass or purchase of a daily lift ticket. Silver Season Pass Holders have benefits at other Boyne owned resorts. Read more on our Boyne Sister Resort Benefits.

So you are saying my $300 college pass to Moonlight just became a moonlight pass+weekday pass to Big Sky?

I am so happy right now.

[slatertheslayer]

The Moonlight Pass is valid for the 2013/2014 season on Big Sky Resort's 1,900 acre Moonlight territory, and is non-transferable and non-refundable. Access to the North Summit Snowfield requires a Biggest Skiing in America pass or purchase of a daily lift ticket. Moonlight Pass Holders have Silver level benefits at other Boyne owned resorts. Read more on our Boyne Sister Resort Benefits.

this is the link to boyne sister resort benefits-http://bigskyresort.com/corporate/bo...esort-benefits

if i read everything correctly, if you own a standard moonlight pass, it gives you silver benefits to all boyne owned resorts, including big sky. WOOHOO. i paid 420 for mine so FUCK yeah

[BigMontana]

No silver level BENEFITS i think are like the lodging and direct to lift stuff

[BigMontana]

These benefits, which includes ticket price discounts, not pass skiing is how I read the word "benefits" in that sentence.


SILVER AND MOONLIGHT PASS

At Big Sky Resort:
Monday -Thursday Direct to Lift access at Big Sky Resort, MT 4,050 acres
$25 off daily window rate tickets when not direct to lift, $5 off early and late season window rate
15% discount at resort retail stores
25% off Saturday Adult Group Lessons
Lodging Discounts with Big Sky Central Reservations

At Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Loon Mountain, Boyne Mountain, and Boyne Highlands:
50% discount on full-day lift tickets when staying in Boyne Resorts-owned/managed lodging
$20 off up to 10 full-day lift tickets per resort when not staying in Boyne Resorts-owned/managed lodging

At Brighton, Crystal Mountain, Summit At Snoqualmie, and Cypress Mountain, BC:
50% discount on up to 10 full-day lift tickets per resort

[slatertheslayer]

bigmontana, i don't get what you are saying...it says we have direct to lift access mon-thurs. that means you can ski, monday-thurs.

[jlboyell]

bigmontana, i don't get what you are saying...it says we have direct to lift access mon-thurs. that means you can ski, monday-thurs.

thats how i read it, but it seems like a "to good to be true" situation

[Bunion 2020]

bigmontana, i don't get what you are saying...it says we have direct to lift access mon-thurs. that means you can ski, monday-thurs.

That is how I interpret it as well not that I give a shit. Going to make the tram line even worse than it has been.

Before you count those chickens, maybe call up Big Sky and ask.

[BigMontana]

No it means you can skip the lift line, not your pass is free.

[BigMontana]

Otherwise why sell the biggest skiing package as a separate thing, if it is free?

[jlboyell]

No it means you can skip the lift line, not your pass is free.

not at all. it aint disney. direct to lift generally means you dont need to buy daily tickets, eg, frequency card is not direct to lift. i agree 550 for 3 more days a week seems nuts. its why the whole thing is slightly confusing

[BigMontana]

Let us know when you find out.

[RegCT]

not at all. it aint disney. direct to lift generally means you dont need to buy daily tickets, eg, frequency card is not direct to lift.

This. Direct to lift = no ticket window.

There are going to be a ton of Silver passholders. If you could skip the line, there would be a big ass line of skiers in line to skip the lift line.

If a Silver passholder gets to skip the lift lines then I want direct to summit via heli with my BSIA pass...

[Bunion 2020]

That would be fairly difficult but not impossible. I worked on the original Tram construction project.

The Rock Glacier that makes up the bottom terminal and the top foundation footprint would have required a shit ton more money and a 2 year construction time frame. Big Sky got a very good deal on the original project and it bankrupted the construction outfit that did the work. The story goes that JK managed to hide the budget for the original construction from his father until it was too late. In doing so he did create what is now the Biggest Skiing in America. That took huge balls and a lot of vision.

As it is the Tram was designed and built with a 10-15 year life span. That was in the summer of 1995.

There has been talk of a lift up the southern exposure of Lone peak but the winds on that side would make it problematic at best.

Personally I would like to see a Funicular up the back side. There are areas that never hold snow anyway and would seem to be ideal for a surface lift but the problem there is how would you get to the bottom of such a device in the first place.

The partners that now are involved with Big Sky have a lot of $$$ and its going to take a lot of money to upgrade existing lift infrastructure.

Keep in mind that Ramcharger was built in 1992 and Thunderwolf was built in 1993 and Swiftcurrent in 1997. Challenger is ancient, The Triple Chair was built in 1973 along with Explorer.

It would be no stretch to imagine that upgrades and improvements for those lifts alone would run 15-20 million and a Tram upgrade would easily run 5-7 million.

All it takes is the will.

[jlboyell]

That would be fairly difficult but not impossible. I worked on the original Tram construction project.

The Rock Glacier that makes up the bottom terminal and the top foundation footprint would have required a shit ton more money and a 2 year construction time frame. Big Sky got a very good deal on the original project and it bankrupted the construction outfit that did the work. The story goes that JK managed to hide the budget for the original construction from his father until it was too late. In doing so he did create what is now the Biggest Skiing in America. That took huge balls and a lot of vision.

As it is the Tram was designed and built with a 10-15 year life span. That was in the summer of 1995.

There has been talk of a lift up the southern exposure of Lone peak but the winds on that side would make it problematic at best.

Personally I would like to see a Funicular up the back side. There are areas that never hold snow anyway and would seem to be ideal for a surface lift but the problem there is how would you get to the bottom of such a device in the first place.

The partners that now are involved with Big Sky have a lot of $$$ and its going to take a lot of money to upgrade existing lift infrastructure.

Keep in mind that Ramcharger was built in 1992 and Thunderwolf was built in 1993 and Swiftcurrent in 1997. Challenger is ancient, The Triple Chair was built in 1973 along with Explorer.

It would be no stretch to imagine that upgrades and improvements for those lifts alone would run 15-20 million and a Tram upgrade would easily run 5-7 million.

All it takes is the will.

this might not be the right thread to post this in, but ive always been curious. how did they get people, tools and materials to the top during construction? ive hauled shit on a roof and that sucks

[Climber Joe]

this might not be the right thread to post this in, but ive always been curious. how did they get people, tools and materials to the top during construction? ive hauled shit on a roof and that sucks

helicopters dude. Pretty sweet actually.

[slatertheslayer]

weather has been sucking in bozeman. hopefully it cools down here and we can get some good precipitation already

[Bobcat Sig]

weather has been sucking in bozeman. hopefully it cools down here and we can get some good precipitation already

'Tis. The weak high pressure, over cast bullshit is just that ... bullshit. Though I see that it has remained cold up at Lone Peak. Bridger? Not so much.

Pray for snow, damnit!

[Bunion 2020]

helicopters dude. Pretty sweet actually.

^ this. There was one medium 4 passenger Lama Heli on standby for the entire project. You would show up at the LZ, wait your turn, get flown up and dropped off right about where the Moonlight shack now sits and at the end of the day be flown off. The flight down usually involved the pilot lifting off, moving forward over the Big Cooler and then power diving down the face. The chief pilot loved to make people squeal.

All told over 3000 flights for the project.

They brought in Heavy Lift helis for the structural steel and to haul a mini ex and a tracked skid-steer to the top for the excavation work. Those had to be taken apart and flown and then reassembled up top.

It was an amazing project to be a part of.

And yes, this current weather pattern sucks balls.

But.... It isn't winter yet and Turkey days is still 2 weeks off. It will come.

[axebiker]

^^Cool history snippet, Spence!