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Oh sick I get half price skiing in Missouri next season? Silverton early bird passes back on sale for $199, and you can get an additional $40 heli drop if you schedule it early. Moot .1415926535 fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Jul 23, 2019 |
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Yeah, as a close-to-Whistler native, I haven't even bothered the last few years, and it used to be a several-days-per-year thing
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Jul 23, 2019 05:12
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My last trip to Whistler ( 3 years ago) was a mid week day, deliberately planned to avoid the crowds...and everything was tracked out by 10am and had 20 min line-ups. Roughly around the same time the Whistler mayor said that they didn't want day-trippers from the lower mainland, because they brought their own lunch and didn't spent enough. I haven't been back since. When I moved to Vancouver 10 years ago, a local single day ticket was $70 (Edge cards were even cheaper!)...it's now $140+ and my salary sure as hell hasn't doubled in that time frame.
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Jul 23, 2019 05:33
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It's going to be loving hilarious when the US economy next tanks and all the Americans stop coming to Whistler, and unlike in 2008 when everyone from Vancouver kept coming to bail them out Vail has screwed over Vancouverites so much that they're not going to come back either. Vail will 100% deserve the assfucking they're going to get when that happens. HookShot fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Jul 23, 2019 |
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Jul 23, 2019 07:57
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The fun part is that vail will be fine even when the economy tanks due to their monopoly power. They’ll just use the opportunity to buy up more mountains on the cheap. 
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Jul 23, 2019 14:14
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Rated PG-34 posted:The fun part is that vail will be fine even when the economy tanks due to their monopoly power. They’ll just use the opportunity to buy up more mountains on the cheap. I really hate that that's true.
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Jul 23, 2019 23:32
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Capitalism is feasting on and destroying everything you love. Skiing is yet another example. Cater more and more to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else, consolidate market share, leverage monopoly power to raise prices, replace founding/passionate owners/operators with faceless financial firms, leverage it all to the hilt because the person calling the shots will already be gone with a golden parachute by the time cyclical downturns cause that debt to be a problem, etc etc.
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Jul 23, 2019 23:40
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HookShot posted:It's going to be loving hilarious when the US economy next tanks and all the Americans stop coming to Whistler, and unlike in 2008 when everyone from Vancouver kept coming to bail them out Vail has screwed over Vancouverites so much that they're not going to come back either. Also, the really rich people aren't gonna be heavily effected
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Jul 24, 2019 00:57
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bawfuls posted:Capitalism is feasting on and destroying everything you love. Skiing is yet another example. let me tell you about backcountry skiing where I can even go and poo poo all over the alterra terrain if I can haul my rear end there
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Jul 24, 2019 01:21
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let me tell you about global warming
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Jul 24, 2019 05:01
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Rated PG-34 posted:let me tell you about my lazy rear end not wanting to hike with ski gear
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Jul 24, 2019 05:06
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The Glumslinger posted:Also, the really rich people aren't gonna be heavily effected Thank goodness the realtors are gonna be alright in ski towns
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Jul 24, 2019 06:49
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Moey posted:Decided to stay at home and grill instead of fighting the crowds today. Bit late to this, but ended up in line at the top of Loveland Pass at 7:30am and was super confused— was not mentally prepared for that kind of day and party. Ended up just turning around 5min later with my buddy and hung by the pool all day. Was disappointing, but overall was an incredible season in Colorado— over 80 days on skis and plenty of them deep powder days! Getting excited about all this Australia and Patagonia pow i’ve been seeing too... anyone in the thread venturing down there this year?
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Jul 24, 2019 15:51
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kiimo posted:It's more of an ice hill I don't know what the actual ride length on those lifts are but they feel like they take forever to get you all 100 feet of vertical up to the top. That and the place being solid ice at all times are my favorite things.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:55
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:You should see Boston Mills and Brandywine. So many runs, major elevation, world class facilities. I grew up going to Brandywine. I didn't even realize until the first time I went to Colorado that night skiing isn't really a thing most places, or that other resorts didn't have 15 minute wait times at every lift because everyone is back at the bottom 10s after getting off at the top, necessitating 2 side by side quad lifts servicing the same run. Honestly though, now that basically all of Shredder is a terrain park instead of just a tiny sliver on one side with 2 jumps and 1 rail, it's probably not even thaaaat bad for just park laps.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:17
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dox posted:Bit late to this, but ended up in line at the top of Loveland Pass at 7:30am and was super confused— was not mentally prepared for that kind of day and party. Ended up just turning around 5min later with my buddy and hung by the pool all day. Was disappointing, but overall was an incredible season in Colorado— over 80 days on skis and plenty of them deep powder days! August 24 - September 5 in Argentina. And yeah the lines I saw at A-basin on the 4th made me glad I was in Maine.
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Jul 24, 2019 16:24
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Elysium posted:I grew up going to Brandywine. I didn't even realize until the first time I went to Colorado that night skiing isn't really a thing most places, or that other resorts didn't have 15 minute wait times at every lift because everyone is back at the bottom 10s after getting off at the top, necessitating 2 side by side quad lifts servicing the same run. It’s good enough for Red! Really though my wife was terrified when I took her out west for her first time skiing, even though the place was pretty family friendly. I’m hoping to try again at BM/Brandywine this year.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:24
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Moot .1415926535 posted:Thank goodness the realtors are gonna be alright in ski towns Everyone in a ski town is a realtor
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Jul 25, 2019 05:00
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That Olympic snowboarder weed dude is a realtor in Whistler. You know the one
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Jul 25, 2019 06:44
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Disinterested posted:Everyone in a ski town is a realtor When I visited Sun Valley about half the people I rode the lift with were realtors/folks trying to sell me property. It was nuts. When they found out I was not anywhere near rich enough to afford a house in one of the most expensive ski towns in the country they dropped the sales talk pretty quickly though.
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Jul 25, 2019 16:42
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ante posted:That Olympic snowboarder weed dude is a realtor in Whistler. You know the one No he isn't, he runs a pot company out of like the Okanagan or something now, there was an article in the paper about him a few months back.
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Jul 25, 2019 16:47
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Can anyone recommend a snowboard boot fitter/shop in Toronto? I’m here right now and thought it might be a good opportunity.
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Jul 25, 2019 19:12
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Disinterested posted:Everyone in a ski town is a realtor This much is true
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Jul 25, 2019 20:51
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spwrozek posted:August 24 - September 5 in Argentina.
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Jul 25, 2019 20:53
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Moot .1415926535 posted:This much is true Can't quote this enough.
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Jul 25, 2019 21:08
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HookShot posted:No he isn't, he runs a pot company out of like the Okanagan or something now, there was an article in the paper about him a few months back. Ross's Gold is a great name for a pot company.
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Jul 25, 2019 21:32
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bawfuls posted:what’d you decide on, Bariloche? Yeah, bariloche, Mostly based on timing. Pretty much all the trips to other areas are Saturday to Saturday. We can't get down there until Sunday and then leave on a Saturday. We also plan on cruising around in the BC and spending 4 days in Buenos Aires on the back end. We will also be able to do some more in town stuff. The Airbnb we are staying at is owned by a guide and he has been pretty helpful so far. I would love to have gone to Las lenas but ultimately happy girlfriend is better than terrain and snow. Could be a bad choice but ultimately we will have fun. Then maybe go back to somewhere more powder/terrain specific in the future.
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Sounds like the right call based on your needs. I’ve been to Las Leñas twice and loved it, but may never get there again for many of the reasons you cite.
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Jul 25, 2019 23:03
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Yeah I could see heading there for sure at some point but will have to plan it out more. My girlfriend owns her own business so have to work around her basically shutting down (making no money).
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Jul 25, 2019 23:55
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 Avalanches do funny things to trees
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Jul 29, 2019 08:02
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The new 4frnt top sheets on the Raven, hoji, renegade, and hoji CC are so sweet.
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Jul 30, 2019 21:29
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After testing the prototype Never Summer East last season, I now just received the 2019-2020 production model which I'm pairing with a set of 2018-2019 Now O-Drives that I ordered. I know a hybrid camber (CRC) boardercross board sounds ridiculous but it was an insanely good carver. The rest of my quiver remains the NS Chairman, Gentemstick XY and Amplid UNW8. I had a Pantera SC which I gave to a boardercross racer as a gift to replace a stolen board. The SC was way too stiff for me at my current weight of 142-146 lbs.
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Jul 31, 2019 11:05
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Anybody got any advice for good ski areas around Idaho Falls? Thinking of moving there in the next few years. Jackson Hole and Targhee are the obvious choices, but as far as cheaper, closer stuff goes, how is Pebble Creek?
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Aug 1, 2019 00:22
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A-Basin now on the Ikon. I have mixed feelings.
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Dangerllama posted:A-Basin now on the Ikon. Are those feelings anger and disappointment?
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Better Ikon than Epic, otoh, why does everything need to be run by two companies?
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Dangerllama posted:A-Basin now on the Ikon. i have a big boner feelings it's only 5/7 days anyway depending on your pass
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Aug 2, 2019 19:21
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Yeah seems perfect for Abasin, honestly Also I have the Ikon included in my Aspen pass (FINALLY) so I am not complaining at all
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Disinterested posted:Better Ikon than Epic, otoh, why does everything need to be run by two companies?
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I just think it's funny that they made this big deal how they were doing it because it got too busy and traffic was a problem. I mean that's all true, but clearly that was just the reason they gave because Ikon hadn't finished signing their fat check yet. Can't say I blame them, but it's not going to stop going to abasin being a miserable experience, which is a drat shame since it's a great mountain.
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