just say no to corporate skiing

[BFD]

https://coloradosun.com/2025/02/02/w...davey-pitcher/

[cat in january]

Amen to that. Good article, thanks for sharing.

[Powder Ho]

Thanks, that was a good read.

[chicken feathers]

Good read.
So, when is the Wolfy mag summit?

[Meadow Skipper]

Good old Wolfie. The Pitchers are pretty cool too.

And fuck Vail.

[rightcoast]

I often get dirty looks here in New England when I tell people I want to make "Fuck Corporate Skiing" bumper stickers

[cat in january]

Not at my ski hill

[altacoup]

Excellent article. Thanks for posting. That’s a ski area actually run and owned by skiers. So refreshing. The Pitchers seem like really good people and true skiers. I can’t think of another ski area (outside of the co-ops) that have such a cohesive and pro skier/rider philosophy. I really need to make a trip and spend my money there.

[subtle plague]

We're feeling the intrusion of corporate skiing over here too. The "destinationisation" is a thing. On the other hand: two of my favourite hills have shut down ? n the last 5 years...

[jables]

Love WC. First time we visited was 2014 and we camped in the lot when it was dumping (before #van life was a thing) and one of the guys plowing woke us up before the sunrise and said "hate to wake you. But we got to plow where youre at. There is a front row parking spot we just plowed you can move to" and we got that treatment for a few days. "Ski in ski out" at its finest. We rented it Pagosa and skied with the groms for a month last year and loved ever aspect of it. Got a 4/3 rental for the month for what we are going to pay for a week in Summit County this season. Pagosa has a great coffee shop right next to the "hippie" hot springs in town, a few really good restaurants. I can't recommend a visit enough.

[halliday]

Nice article. Also, WC has a great selection of passes that won't beak the bank.

[SnowMachine]

I often get dirty looks here in New England when I tell people I want to make "Fuck Corporate Skiing" bumper stickers

You should. I would buy a stack and distribute them appropriately in Tahoe.

[Harry]

I like this quote from him…

”It makes no sense at all to not pay a livable wage. This is a service industry. There is a clear connection between your customers and your employees and you should protect that connection at all times.

— Davey Pitcher, on Wolf Creek’s $350,000 per week payroll”

[andy m]

Yea, great article about the Pitchers, but I'm still concerned about the ongoing threat to Wolf Creek from the McCombs family. There was a paragraph in the article regarding the fact that the Pitchers do not agree with the McCombs' ongoing effort to build a "village" next to the ski area, and there was a link embedded in that paragraph to another article from last spring where the McCombs had a major court win. Here is that article if you did not see it already:

https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/06/1...creek-village/

The bottom line is that if that village is eventually approved, it will vastly change Wolf Creek Pass and the ski area, and it is unlikely the Pitchers will be able to manage the ski area in the same way that they do now. And, hey, what better time for the McCombs family to get this ramrodded through than in the next four years?

[tang]

Yes, that housing would certainly change the place - not for the better.
Also love WC’s approach of getting shit open early and then saying ski at your own risk.
We always stay on the Norte side, in hopes that storm with close the pass from pagosa. Has worked a couple times!
Awesome place.

[m2711c]

Never had a bad day there.

[SKIP IN7RO]

This same statement has been in articles about a village for 20+ years.

"Regardless of any legal action, the Wolf Creek Village plan will require many more years of planning, with the developer needing a permit from the Colorado Department of Transportation to access U.S. 160 and permits from Mineral County.

“There are a lot of opportunities for public participation on upcoming decisions that will probably stretch out for quite a long time,” Pearson said. “There are enormous physical and structural limitations for a village up there. Is there enough water to support the city they are proposing to build? How are they going to get power up there? All this will require some significant planning and public scrutiny.”"

[byates1]

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/lifest...tourism-trend/

Jfc. We are doomed

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I’m pretty confident in saying that Roccasaro isn’t Italy’s top ski resort. That doesn’t mean that social media isn’t horrible

[subtle plague]

Rocaasaro. Never heard of it, but the terrain looks decent. If a Bora comes over the Adriatic sea.

Social media has also ruined Hallstatt near the Krippenstein. Chinese tourists seem to think it's some sort of Disneyland these days.

[SnowMachine]

Resorts leveraging social media and influencers is proving highly effective for them and I hate it.