'14/'15 Magic Shitshow aka Everybody's an Expert thread

[DoWork]

Fact is, I rarely see *any* patrollers skiing. It's not as if it's hard to miss them with the red jackets and white crosses. And I get that there are requirements for having someone in the hut at the top, but it's like nowhere else I've ever skied that they are so absent from the slopes.

It could be partly because there are only a handful of them left these days. I don't want to patrol for Magic, that's for sure.

[Magicsnowboard]

I am in agreement that it seems that the actual skiing at magic is not on the powers that be's minds. They place a premium (rightly so) on the revenues that racing generates. They get that product ready.

Placing a premium on trail count is not necessarily bad business sense. Look at the correlation between trail count and day pass sales.


Trail count explains 41% of day pass sales. This excludes race passes (although regular walk-up tickets still make up the majority of revenue). I should also note that I've excluded Thursday and Friday's as they skew the data.

Meanwhile, snowfall (what I thought would be the largest driver, only has a minimal effect).


Therefore, in my opinion (see I'm now an expert), opening more trails is good for business. Which if we step back, makes perfect sense, the marginal customer looks at the trail count midweek, see what it is and decided where to go.

[droppinloads]

There's also a correlation (not to be confused with causation) in the tangental increase of snowfall & closed trails by patrol as evidenced below...

[RustyGroomer]

There's also a correlation (not to be confused with causation) in the tangental increase of snowfall & closed trails by patrol as evidenced below...

I see it clearly here.

[Timberridge]

Perhaps some DVD's will soften up El Capitan?

I think he yelled at me once about poaching under ol' black. I apologized and told him I thought they were done blasting for the morning because I saw black powder burns on the snow. He told me those weren't powder burns but paint flaking off the chairlift.

[philth]

It could be partly because there are only a handful of them left these days. I don't want to patrol for Magic, that's for sure.

Oh boy… PM coming DW..

[buttahflake]

Perhaps some DVD's will soften up El Capitan?

I think he yelled at me once about poaching under ol' black. I apologized and told him I thought they were done blasting for the morning because I saw black powder burns on the snow. He told me those weren't powder burns but paint flaking off the chairlift.

oh shit!
sers, that one made me laugh.

[kokomas]

My buddy in Texas emailed me today and mentioned how few trails have been open this year. People look at this junk. X2 on magicsnowboards point. With little effort, get the count up and get some people in here

[JonnyO]

I heard Talisman is skiing nicely. Bet the west side will be open this week. Keeping fingers crossed...

[kokomas]

This mag with the cell phone in the zone, I am intrigued with his smugness. Could it be that he knows no patroller (except maybe the kid one) has skied it this year? Or was he lost and thought he was in huge new glade cut by mniaw and dw?

[MMP]

Calling his mom mid-line and amassing GNAR points? No one told him it isn't 2012?

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

This mag with the cell phone in the zone, I am intrigued with his smugness. Could it be that he knows no patroller (except maybe the kid one) has skied it this year? Or was he lost and thought he was in huge new glade cut by mniaw and dw?

And Bankman and Rusty and Goniff and KRP...credit where due

[Aldo]

positioned to film your next fall?

[MMP]

I call them progressions.

[RustyGroomer]

And Bankman and Rusty and Goniff and KRP...credit where due

Bankman bought a dirtbike just to cut trails. Dood was an animal this summer.

[MMP]

Bankman bought a dirtbike just to cut trails. Dood was an animal this summer.

Dood should be a mag! Honorary mag statuzzzzzz!

[GetAmped]

Apparently my comments about Magic being essentially unknown in the Albany area have gotten some attention. Next time I'm up there I'm getting a box of rack cards and shop forms to distribute at the area ski/outdoor shops. It's a small effort but certainly can't hurt and it gives me the opportunity to talk up the mountain with the people that can influence their customers. Magic does have an industry discount available and getting the techs out on a good snow day is well worth the effort.

Anyone else interested/willing to do the same in their area should contact Carrie or Connor in the back office (or at the BLT bar). I'm looking at you MNIAW, MMP, DW...

[RustyGroomer]

Dood should be a mag! Honorary mag statuzzzzzz!

Noze wayz. Dood is not even a "Bear" mang.

[RustyGroomer]

I'm getting a box of rack cards and shop forms to distribute

Good to know we have these. Just saw i'm on it.

[MMP]

Noze wayz. Dood is not even a "Bear" mang.

FKNA!!!!

[JonnyO]

This is great- GOOD WORK MAN! Been trying to get the word out about Magic as much as possible... Here's a link to my FB photo page (all from Magic). Check it out, give it a LIKE & SHARE PLEASE!

Apparently my comments about Magic being essentially unknown in the Albany area have gotten some attention. Next time I'm up there I'm getting a box of rack cards and shop forms to distribute at the area ski/outdoor shops. It's a small effort but certainly can't hurt and it gives me the opportunity to talk up the mountain with the people that can influence their customers. Magic does have an industry discount available and getting the techs out on a good snow day is well worth the effort.

Anyone else interested/willing to do the same in their area should contact Carrie or Connor in the back office (or at the BLT bar). I'm looking at you MNIAW, MMP, DW...

[JonnyO]

UGH- Won't let me post links yet...

[Binky]

I'd be happy to put some rack cards in the few RI and SECT shops

[RustyGroomer]

I'd be happy to put some rack cards in the few RI and SECT shops

Cards I never knew existed.

[Aldo]

what happened there, did you get caught in that bush?