Wasatch 24/25-Stoke, Conditions, and general debauchary

[Yukonrider]

god dam i love resort uphill for before work treadmill but that is god dam insane.

Conveniently available only during business hours too!

[brutah]

god dam i love resort uphill for before work treadmill but that is god dam insane.

I agree that’s a lot of money for uphilling, plus not great ski terrain, but I bet it sells out within hours on the 12th.

I hope it doesn’t because I don’t want to see other resorts jump on the uphill money train.

In comparison, steamboats uphill pass is $40. You’re only allowed off hours (4:30 pm to 9 am) but you can basically ski anywhere you want. I’ve paid for this pass the last two seasons for the handful of times I’m there in the winter.

[sfotex]

I agree that’s a lot of money for uphilling, plus not great ski terrain, but I bet it sells out within hours on the 12th.

I hope it doesn’t because I don’t want to see other resorts jump on the uphill money train.

In comparison, steamboats uphill pass is $40. You’re only allowed off hours (4:30 pm to 9 am) but you can basically ski anywhere you want. I’ve paid for this pass the last two seasons for the handful of times I’m there in the winter.

I work across the street from them, I was kind of hopping a pass would be like $50-100 bucks so I could go a few times a week at lunch, but at that crazy price I will just hit Mountain Dell on the way home, at least I'm getting grooming at the Delll......

[NBABUCKS1]

In comparison, steamboats uphill pass is $40. You’re only allowed off hours (4:30 pm to 9 am) but you can basically ski anywhere you want. I’ve paid for this pass the last two seasons for the handful of times I’m there in the winter.

I do snowbasin and it's 4am - 8:00 am on days it's open on a single route. It's free, I love it and appreciate it.

Would gladly pay for the 4:30-9AM anywhere option but if I were a snowcat drive i'd hate having those people all over the mountain in the middle of the night.

[wasatchgravityresearch]

I agree that’s a lot of money for uphilling, plus not great ski terrain, but I bet it sells out within hours on the 12th.

I hope it doesn’t because I don’t want to see other resorts jump on the uphill money train.

In comparison, steamboats uphill pass is $40. You’re only allowed off hours (4:30 pm to 9 am) but you can basically ski anywhere you want. I’ve paid for this pass the last two seasons for the handful of times I’m there in the winter.

Of course cheaper (free) uphill is always better but I would actually like to see Utah resorts charge for uphill. I'd gladly pay to uphill during daylight hours on groomers at any of the resorts around SLC. Maybe the resorts having some revenue from the uphill would encourage more access than we have. When you compare the uphill access with the interest in uphill, we could certainly use more uphilling areas. Shoutout Nordic Valley for their great access and Solitude for having the only reasonable uphill policy in the Cottonwoods.

[PinyonJuniper5]

^Agreed. While having it for free is of course the best case scenario, I’d happily pay for morning/evening uphill access at any of the four central Wasatch resorts.


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[DigSki]

Of course cheaper (free) uphill is always better but I would actually like to see Utah resorts charge for uphill. I'd gladly pay to uphill during daylight hours on groomers at any of the resorts around SLC. Maybe the resorts having some revenue from the uphill would encourage more access than we have. When you compare the uphill access with the interest in uphill, we could certainly use more uphilling areas. Shoutout Nordic Valley for their great access and Solitude for having the only reasonable uphill policy in the Cottonwoods.

Are there any groomers in LCC that don't stare up the barrel of an avalanche path...? It seems like it would be more of a pain in the ass to manage / enforce opening / closing based on avy conditions than it's worth. Brighton does it with Milly, but that uphill route is pretty straightforward avy wise afaik.

If you want to skin for groomers the east has pretty amazing policies, but idk if many people are skiing the cottonwoods to skin for groomers...the fact that alta groomed during COVID was amazing, but that felt like a once in a lifetime experience...

[Dantheman]

Ouch

[NBABUCKS1]

ooof. Going to be bleak to get more terrain open between now and new years. or as the kids say, it's inversion szn.

Side note - my pivot 12 heel blew up today when I fell on some ice and rolled over my ski lol.

anyone have a spare pivot 12 heel local? I just put in for a warranty with look but not holding out much there.

praise ullr

[westoxified]

long range gonna boost the general debaucharary

[muted reborn]

ooof. Going to be bleak to get more terrain open between now and new years. or as the kids say, it's inversion szn.

Side note - my pivot 12 heel blew up today when I fell on some ice and rolled over my ski lol.

anyone have a spare pivot 12 heel local? I just put in for a warranty with look but not holding out much there.

praise ullr

I have a 14, and I have no idea if the bolt pattern matches. Level9 in Millcreek has a buncha spare parts / bindings I think. I can bring something up from them if you find they have what you need.

[NBABUCKS1]

Side note - my pivot 12 heel blew up today when I fell on some ice and rolled over my ski lol.

anyone have a spare pivot 12 heel local? I just put in for a warranty with look but not holding out much there.

=

warranty is in BDO ogden. They told me to swing by and they had a wall full of every pivot part/variation imaginable.

heads up for future pivot fails

[Xover]

Loved him in Roadhouse

I prefer "The Hero"

[zion zig zag]

warranty is in BDO ogden. They told me to swing by and they had a wall full of every pivot part/variation imaginable.

heads up for future pivot fails

Ha, I didn’t know if this was a real/accepted thing or just what I’d done in the past. Hence the text. Glad to hear thats it’s SOP.

[Dshack89]

Today proved once again that the key to happiness is low expectations

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[Dantheman]

Last few days' model runs are looking a lot more promising. If nothing else it should be enough to keep the inversion at bay.

[Dantheman]

SLC Olympics v2 is going to be just great:

"In the 15 years following the Salt Lake Olympics, CNBC reported Utah saw its skier days shoot up 43%, hotel and lodging traffic grew by 70%, and visitor spending increased 66%."

https://www.ksl.com/article/51208445...e-time-special

[schindlerpiste]

I hear that a new Four Seasons Resort will be built at DV. It depends upon your perspective, but "just great" are not the words that come to my mind. ...unless accompanied by

[zion zig zag]

SLC Olympics v2 is going to be just great:

"In the 15 years following the Salt Lake Olympics, CNBC reported Utah saw its skier days shoot up 43%, hotel and lodging traffic grew by 70%, and visitor spending increased 66%."

https://www.ksl.com/article/51208445...e-time-special

You know my feelings on this.....no good comes from it. But I was roundly downvoted here by the 'yay Olympics' crowd.

[PinyonJuniper5]

You know my feelings on this.....no good comes from it. But I was roundly downvoted here by the 'yay Olympics' crowd.

You can downvote on here? I’ve been missing out!


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[zion zig zag]

You can downvote on here? I’ve been missing out!


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We downvote with words! And I'm used to it.

[One (+) Sentence]

SLC Olympics v2 is going to be just great:

"In the 15 years following the Salt Lake Olympics, CNBC reported Utah saw its skier days shoot up 43%, hotel and lodging traffic grew by 70%, and visitor spending increased 66%."

https://www.ksl.com/article/51208445...e-time-special

Eh, it's a really nice place to be (when it isn't inverted and so long as the lake doesn't dry up and render our property worthless.) I can't blame others for wanting to be there for the same reasons we did. Social media is more to blame than the olympics for its' exploding popularity.

I also think we can thank the LDS religion for keeping it somewhat under wraps for as long as it did. Without the Mormons, the Wasatch Front would just be a bigger Boulder, CO.

The 2002 Olympics were a great time.

[Core Shot]

Fack. That article is fluff. And it’s ripped off from deseret
https://www.deseret.com/business/202...goldman-sachs/

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In March, the Utah Legislature, with Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County support, passed legislation allowing the creation of a downtown sports, entertainment, culture and convention district. Under the law, the city could raise its 7.75% sales tax rate one-half of a percent — pushing it to 8.25%. The council unanimously approved the tax increase in October, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.

The tax hike is anticipated to generate $1.2 billion over the 30-year life of the participation agreement, $900 million of which would go to SEG.

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So. City sales tax goes up. And most of it goes to the billionaire sports ball team owners.
Winning bigly
More bread and circus

What a douchebag
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan..._(businessman)

[Dantheman]

I also think we can thank the LDS religion for keeping it somewhat under wraps for as long as it did. Without the Mormons, the Wasatch Front would just be a bigger Boulder, CO.

Without a doubt.

[muted reborn]

Without any doubt? The Mormons settling here has done the most for making this place crowded. Great breeders, them. If they didn't settle here I'd guess the wasatch front would have a significantly less population. The miners would still have come, the euros would have still created a few ski areas from the old mining claims...