Crystal Mountain Becomes Alterra

[BaseFloopy]

Yeah RFID is fine, except when Anoosh from the UI/UX dev team can't figure it out, and his friends hold an impromptu scrum meeting.
Or little Billy gets stuck, and Ex-Racer Dad starts yelling at him to hurry the fuck up, and Ex-Racer Mom starts yelling at Ex-Racer Dad.
All during the morning rush on a powder day, when the bucket is down because of high winds, and you are standing in the tenth row because of a shitter dungeon mishap.
THAT'S when you wish the ticket checker had already scanned half the line...

[romeo tango]

i'd hit it ....

[CHAIR_97]

I'm not going to whine about scan through though. Embarrassing that people were wearing passes on lanyards like it was the 90s still.

Yes ikon passes should be proudly displayed on helmet. You wear your ikon pass on your helmet right?

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[Norseman]

Yes ikon passes should be proudly displayed on helmet. You wear your ikon pass on your helmet right?

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While loudly complaining about Alpental grooming/lift lines/gate drops/steepness/chunder

[oftpiste]

pretty sure I have seen this pic in a Tinder profile

i'd hit it ....

[BaseFloopy]

Yes ikon passes should be proudly displayed on helmet. You wear your ikon pass on your helmet right?

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While loudly complaining about Alpental grooming/lift lines/gate drops/steepness/chunder

LOL there is truth there but can we stop conflating Ikkkon with crustal? No one wanted this bullshit.

[LukeWright]

Yes ikon passes should be proudly displayed on helmet. You wear your ikon pass on your helmet right?

My preferred move is to keep it deep in the same coat pocket as all my other shit and forget I need it until I get to the front of the gondy line and then desperately rip gloves off while juggling my skis to rifle through said pocket.

[RichV]

It looks like they are rebuilding the trailer park.

[PNWbrit]

and this...

[Toadman]

Keeping it classy at Crystal since 1962. It would be a shame if Crystal got to high class. Thankfully the die hards are a bunch of ski bums at heart and will keep the place low brow for a little while longer at least.

[RichV]

and this...

Apparently a memorial.


https://www.facebook.com/groups/1169...40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

[CHAIR_97]

https://youtu.be/rSK8jTzl1Kw?si=mDv7HKtNpwkyKcEA

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[californiagrown]

https://youtu.be/rSK8jTzl1Kw?si=mDv7HKtNpwkyKcEA

That says "starting from $3,949". I dont want to be stuck with a peasantry premiere pass... what are the VIP Premiere Pass options? Do i get my own stall in the shitter dungeon? Will soup be delivered to my vehicle? Will i get a branded "The A Team" decal to put on my Grand Wagonner?

[The AD]

"10 friends and family lift tickets at 25% off." Wow, that's mighty big of them. You'd figure they could throw a couple free vouchers at you for spending close to four grand.

[jacob_dbu]

One thing that’s interesting is you pay tax on any crystal pass but not on an ikon pass…

Makes the crystal legend pass actually be an extra $180 or so on top of the extra $700ish….

[Toadman]

What? No Cyber Monday 5% off? No thanks!

[BaseFloopy]

Still a good deal, considering the Arrival Experience™ is probably at least a $10K value.

Not sure anyone can get their own stall (Departure Experience?) in the dungeon but I'd be willing to chip in on one of these:

[californiagrown]

First chance to show off your $4k A-Lot parking pass is this saturday.

[BaseFloopy]

Friday. Take a mulligan.

[californiagrown]

Friday. Take a mulligan.

Well shit, thanks for the mully. Reading good has never been my strength.

Here's to hoping its not a false start!

[cstefanic]

Uh so...did someone have a little propane leak issue at Crystal today?

[PNWbrit]

4.00 a.m. gas leak explosion.

Damn.

[timeo]

Thank god no one was in that thing!

I am getting pissed off a Xtal for not listing the actual snow depths on the daily mountain report. They are still showing Season Total - 56" at the Base, Mid and Summit when the reality is it should list the base at about 4" (if that) and summit of maybe 14". So I guess they plan on having it read 250" on June 1st??? Just shows their commitment to customer service...

[BaseFloopy]

Yeah Crustal isn't really Crustal anymore, it's an Alterra Potemkin Village with MBA management overtones (hence, this thread).

There are two NWAC telemetry links at the bottom of the mountain report page:
https://nwac.us/weatherdata/crystalskiarea/now/
https://nwac.us/weatherdata/crystalgrnvalley/now/

In more important news, thank goodness the Umbrella looks unscathed!

[timeo]

From Xtal parking Nazi's: they are working on adding the ability to cancel a parking reservation online; right now you need to email support to cancel a reservation, duh hard to believe that someone might have a change in plans or not want to ski if its raining... Anyways, once you are able to cancel online you have a total of 3 cancellations available to use for the entire season!! WTF???