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spwrozek posted:Hookshot, you are getting a new lift and a new gondola next summer so I don't think your Vail Resort sale dreams are going to come true. SAD. I bet they’re going to take away the free parking at Creekside now.
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Keystone is also putting the lift up into Bergman bowl next year as well. I get mixed feelings on that one as I love how no one really goes up here since you really want to skin it.
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spwrozek posted:Keystone is also putting the lift up into Bergman bowl next year as well. I get mixed feelings on that one as I love how no one really goes up here since you really want to skin it. This makes me sad
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https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-valley/vails-back-bowls-to-get-lift-upgrades-as-part-of-320m-vail-resorts-capital-improvement-project/ Huh, maybe I'll go back to Epic/Vail next year! Seems like this will be both good and bad.
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This at least claims to be an operating ski area; https://liftblog.com/platter-blizzard-mountain-id/   Even the old black chair at Magic was not this jank edit: huh, they actually groom it (or did at least once) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xde152YuhIU LostCosmonaut fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Sep 25, 2021 |
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Sep 25, 2021 00:43
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Looks like Hesperus lol
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I think I have seen chairs like that a lot on one of the only instagrams I look at, "Jerry of the Day", and I believe they are popular in Europe and difficult for snowboarders to use.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:I think I have seen chairs like that a lot on one of the only instagrams I look at, "Jerry of the Day", and I believe they are popular in Europe and difficult for snowboarders to use. This might be your problem. They're called poma lifts, btw.
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Looks wind packed.
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Looks like Idaho's thing is weird lifts, at least going by that site.
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LostCosmonaut posted:Looks like Idaho's thing is weird lifts, at least going by that site. Homemade lift seems like something that might be very hard to insure/have insurance for your resort. Idaho had the first ski lift though. I learned all about it at dinner in Ketchum/Sun Valley. They had an infographic about it in the restaurant I ate at. It was really good! Don't remember the name unfortunately, but it was in the nice hotel complex near an ice skating rink.
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To be fair, it's a poma lift, you don't leave the ground
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The Glumslinger posted:To be fair, it's a poma lift, you don't leave the ground Jerry of the day may lead me to believe otherwise, haha. Well, I guess they get more or less dragged as opposed to lifted off the ground.
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HookShot posted:This might be your problem. Poma lift isn’t weird in and of itself but that’s some kind of homebrewed version with plywood disk seats and braided wire cable springs. Probably an interesting ride.
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Pomas are so much better than t-bars.
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Spime Wrangler posted:Pomas are so much better than t-bars. Half the fun of a tbar is riding double on snowboards, hoping the other person eats it and you survive.
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Spime Wrangler posted:Pomas are so much better than t-bars. This is 100% the correct opinion.
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ought ten posted:Poma lift isn’t weird in and of itself but that’s some kind of homebrewed version with plywood disk seats and braided wire cable springs. Probably an interesting ride. Yeah, I’d still ride it though. That said I’ve broken a t-bar at Whistler before so I’m used to sketchy ground sliding lifts lol
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Spime Wrangler posted:Pomas are so much better than t-bars. I prefer the Tbar on a board. While skiing the poma is better but lonely. Give me T-BARS! Moey posted:Half the fun of a tbar is riding double on snowboards, hoping the other person eats it and you survive. Hellllll yes! I have never nudge a buddy off the bar....
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I still have my leather guards for rope tows lol At least at Louise I thought those were called platter lifts, made by Poma. Poma also made many of the chair lifts on the back side at least. Speaking of Louise, I'm being tempted by season passes starting at $599. Presumably that is the mid week pass, but I have a job with flexible hours so 
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Bilirubin posted:I still have my leather guards for rope tows lol stay flexible, my friends. I tend to frequent Castle because it's cheap and far less busy but can't deny the beauty of Louise
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spwrozek posted:My least favorite people were our family friends who "Ski in Vail" (la de loving da). But they Skied at most 5 days a year (a lot of the time every other year). Meanwhile we are driving 5 hours north at 4 am on Saturdays, riding 9am-9pm, sleep, riding Sunday 9-4, 5 hour drive home, crash, school/work Monday morning. Riding 20 or so days a year.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:I think I have seen chairs like that a lot on one of the only instagrams I look at, "Jerry of the Day", and I believe they are popular in Europe and difficult for snowboarders to use. We have one of those and it’s not that hard. Here’s a good article about the current climate of STRs in Colorado: https://coloradosun.com/2021/09/21/colorado-resorts-breckenridge-short-term-rentals/ quote:
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Moot .1415926535 posted:Looks like Hesperus lol Hesperus rules Have you ever been to Lee’s? Also rules
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Lee’s got nothin on Kendall. But they’re about to blow that up.
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Castle mountain rules. That is all.
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https://snowbrains.com/epic-pass-42-percent-sales-increase-thanks-to-reduction/ Good news for Vail
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:https://snowbrains.com/epic-pass-42-percent-sales-increase-thanks-to-reduction/ Hopefully better news for Ikon! Nah it’s gonna be bad. edit: I did buy an Epic 3-day pass for the year so that I could ski with our close family friends who are coming to visit. Vail and Beaver Creek. For a long weekend. President's Day Weekend. lol Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Sep 29, 2021 |
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Residency Evil posted:Hopefully better news for Ikon! Ikon in CO will be just as bad. I don't know a single person who made the switch back to vail personally despite the cheaper prices.
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spwrozek posted:Ikon in CO will be just as bad. I don't know a single person who made the switch back to vail personally despite the cheaper prices. I did. We usually do a few days in CB and what with not knowing what the indoor situation was going to look like, and the kids getting free days anyway, I pulled the trigger on the Epic. This is after 25+ years of skiing primarily at Winter Park. I have no idea where to stay in Summit 
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Is there a secret way of signing up for Bob's Mogul Camp? I wanted to give it a shot this year, but I'm not finding a website for it at all. Do I just have to call the regular Winter Park lesson number?
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waffle enthusiast posted:I did. We usually do a few days in CB and what with not knowing what the indoor situation was going to look like, and the kids getting free days anyway, I pulled the trigger on the Epic. Nice, Let's get some laps in.
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spwrozek posted:Nice, Let's get some laps in. If I don’t have to keep up with you on uphills, I’m totally in 
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https://liftblog.com/2021/09/29/boyne-mountain-to-launch-midwests-first-eight-seat-chairlift/
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Got some snow up high last night, my neighbor took this
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Has anyone ridden the Masterblaster from JSkis? Thinking about that or the Fastforward. But also considering the Enforcer 94 since they all run about the same price. My old Line Supernaturals are pretty flapped out at this point and the bases and edges have rolled several natural 1's, so it's time to retire them to rock ski duty. I want something for non-pow days since I already have my powder skis set, so kind of leaning away from the Masterblaster since I really just don't care how good this pair of skis is in anything bigger than an inch or two of fresh.  Road ride up towards Ashcroft, so that's a view towards Taylor/Pearl/Star peaks. The Bells and Pyramid also looked very pretty with a dusting.
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We're likely heading to Sweden for Christmas, and while that's fun and all it would be cool to get in some skiing between like, boxing day and after NYE. Looking at current travel rules and historic snow amounts, while we can go to Åre, Trysil would have better snow but isn't letting non-Norwegians in. So now I'm loosely thinking about the Alps. Thing is, I've never been skiing there and don't really know where to start looking. I'm a fairly advanced skier, wife is newbie/intermediate. What are some good places in the alps we should look at that are easy-ish to get to by flying/train without breaking the bank (we don't care hugely about apres ski / fine dining / luxury shopping)?
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luminalflux posted:We're likely heading to Sweden for Christmas, and while that's fun and all it would be cool to get in some skiing between like, boxing day and after NYE. Looking at current travel rules and historic snow amounts, while we can go to Åre, Trysil would have better snow but isn't letting non-Norwegians in. So now I'm loosely thinking about the Alps. Thing is, I've never been skiing there and don't really know where to start looking. Austria, Austria, Austria. It's just like so friendly and easy to get around. Out of the places I've been, I would recommend Kitz or St Anton. St Anton is right on a major rail line, Kitz requires like an additional 30 minutes and a transfer, but it's straightforward. Sölden and Ischgl have glaciers so they might be preferable for early season. They are, just like everywhere else in Austria, super easy to get to by train. I would fly into Munich or Salzburg, but Vienna and Zurich are also options. Also all of those cities are delightful if you want to spend a day or two before/after skiing. I seriously love Austria, it's like a much more friendly Germany, and the mountains are just amazing. Super recommend.
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Go to Garmisch then you can ski Germany and Austria in the same spot
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kiimo posted:Go to Garmisch then you can ski Germany and Austria in the same spot Garmisch hosts the ski jumping World Cup around then so idk how silly it gets Friends do St Anton each year but further into spring. Gonna check it out, seems like an easy transfer from Zurich
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