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michelle
Posts: 6290 - Karma: 428
So I normally don't buy food at the mountain, it was always too expensive.

But now, holy shit!! It is absolutely completely and utterly out of hand. 16 bucks for a chicken finger and gatorade at sunday river, and TWENTY SEVEN DOLLARS for a chicken finger, brownie, and drink at waterville.

These are things I keep hearing, now sure if it's true or not, but shit! Is this only happening around the east coast mountains, or everywhere?
Dec 18 2007 3:47PM
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GarrettBrittain
Posts: 428 - Karma: 10
no wonder north americans are so fat
Dec 18 2007 10:34PM
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tsmack
Posts: 69 - Karma: 10
because the food is expensive?....
Dec 18 2007 10:37PM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
it is really expensive, which is why I bring my own all the time. BUT at least the food is usually really good at the bigger resorts. not like my school with the same prices but complete shit for food. I'd rather pay for good food than bad food.
Dec 18 2007 10:40PM
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shrEddie
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 65
my homeboy brings a grill in the back of his car thats like 2 ffet big, and we just straight grill burgers our there in the lot at lunch.  or my ommmy will usually pack me some PB and Js
Dec 18 2007 11:44PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
Posts: 3067 - Karma: 673
psh when i ski i have a big breakfast,  make a sandwich at home put it in my pocket eat it on the lift 4 lunch then go home and eat goood tasty home cooked dinner!!! mmmm or sum dudes just buy me lunch wuteva works out
Dec 18 2007 11:50PM
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artfullydodged
Posts: 8358 - Karma: 1,674
Burton is gonna have a contest to see who can commandeer them most food from their mtn.
Dec 18 2007 11:54PM
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jerad
Posts: 3236 - Karma: 47
yeah, that's bullshit.

eating $27 cash would be more satisfying than spending it on fried food.

just pack your lunch - or stuff things like cookies, cheez-its, crackers, raisins, pretzels into your ski pockets (why do you think so many people were XL/XXL clothing? you can fit more snacks!)
Dec 19 2007 1:09AM
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Elijah.
Posts: 9322 - Karma: 76
Loup Loup!
Isn't that near Wenatchee/Mission Ridge/Levenworth?
Dec 19 2007 1:15AM
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Daver_BC
Posts: 1256 - Karma: 307
umm sorta. more north and more towards  Twisp, Brewster, area.

you live in the east wa man/?
Dec 19 2007 2:07AM
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hemlockjibber8
Posts: 5955 - Karma: 3,452
if your a real dirtbag the best lunch is the cracker burger.

Get two crackers (or more)
If they are available get all the burger toppings (pickles, lettuce, tomatoes)
Put toppings inside crackers
Add your favourite condiment

Its beautiful and free. Your hill has to have the burger toppings outside of the till to make this possible.

Or if you are at a smaller hill and staff get free coffee, make them think you are staff and then fit whatever you can into a coffee cup
Dec 19 2007 2:37AM
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jayhood
Posts: 144 - Karma: 11
I usually just smoke my lunch, but eating can be good
Dec 19 2007 3:32AM
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styl.tweakit
Posts: 198 - Karma: 14
word to cosco. my trunk is bulk food nation.
Dec 19 2007 10:37AM
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08-Line_Rider
Posts: 641 - Karma: 11
Damn all i do is buy a Hot and Ready from little Cesars. 5$ medium pizza cant beat it
Dec 19 2007 10:40AM
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0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
i get employee discount at my mtn and i can get a piece of p[izza, a super pretzal and a drank for $6
Dec 19 2007 10:41AM
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tommihq
Posts: 905 - Karma: 11
At my mtn the food isnt that expensive but its very shitty and if youre hungry it doesnt help at all. ANd dont want to bring my own food because i dont wanna wear a backpack while riding
Dec 19 2007 11:10AM
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Carter23
Posts: 1722 - Karma: 17
wow that's one hell of a diet
Dec 19 2007 11:23AM
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Elijah.
Posts: 9322 - Karma: 76
West WA, but I go out that way a lot cause I have a lot of family. Usually hit up Mission Ridge/Stevens on the way over, but I want to hit Loup Loup sometime...
Dec 19 2007 11:28AM
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A2theWK
Posts: 83 - Karma: 10
here is an idea.... cook some thin sliced steakes that you buy at costco and fry them the night before you bounce and store them in the fridge. When you leave put them in a container. Bring some mustard, some salad and tomatoes and some woandah bread ... (keep it in the car, its like a fridge [if you have slept in one at the slpes u know what i am talking about]). Make yourself a delicious sandwhich. Fuck man you can get even more creative then that ... bring a tortilla heater and soe chesse and an adapter for ur freagin car. I am so sick of fastfood
Dec 19 2007 12:36PM
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slimbruddah
Posts: 2611 - Karma: 25
Fuck burton poaching 3 ski hills. i say poach every hill's cafeteria. ski resorts are ridiculous
Dec 19 2007 12:39PM
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scientist
Posts: 6920 - Karma: 347
Just buy a small pizza from a pizzaplace before you go up, or the night before. Usually fairly well priced, healthy, good cold, no utensils or table needed, and stackable.
Dec 19 2007 12:53PM
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joey.
Posts: 2087 - Karma: 3,337
ramen noooooodles i kno they have hot water at waterville not sure about anywhere else
Jan 2 2008 7:08PM
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
HAHA! "Quit putting shit on our bodies David Blaine!!!"
Jan 2 2008 7:10PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,168
i definatly thought that paying 23$ for 2 slices of pizza 2 fries 2 gatorades and jello was wack but that just nuts what you pay
Jan 2 2008 7:11PM
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tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
$8 for 4 mozzarella sticks.
Jan 2 2008 7:12PM
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TylerS
Posts: 2720 - Karma: 49
at my home mountain maple ski ridge the food is dirt cheap, $3 for a large fry, $2 for pizza,$2 for a large soda. its all good but its a small place
Jan 2 2008 7:18PM
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Nicholas.
Posts: 10905 - Karma: 60
14 for a rockstar and a chicken finger/fry thing, i understand 8 for the chicken thing MAYBE but 6 fucking dollars for a rockstar????? you could buy 4 for that at any other place.
Jan 2 2008 7:20PM
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Rajna
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 90
i couldnt imagine prices to be any higher than they already were at my mountain...5 for chicken tenders, 3 for gatoraid, 4 for monster energy drinks, 2.25 for fries.

those prices blow me away...im even to cheap to eat at my mountain so i go down the street to Mcdonalds and grab a number 6 for 3.70.
Jan 2 2008 7:23PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8711 - Karma: 5,621
wordwordworddd.  i buy 6 packs of chicken flavor and keep them in my backpack. but guess what happened last week?








SMUGGS RAN OUT OF HOT WATER!!! HOW THE HELL DO YOU RUN OUT OF WATER!!!! SO IT DOWN TO eating ramen, raw man.
Jan 2 2008 8:00PM
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twintip_payne
Posts: 499 - Karma: 13
ya i find my self like sepnding like 20 bucks to eat at the mt shit rediculous better off going to bk or wendys
Jan 2 2008 8:01PM
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Nicholas.
Posts: 10905 - Karma: 60
jea, but its 5.55 for a large sausage/pepp/cheese in vt, feeds 3 easily. or a bag of crazy bread feeds one pretty well for 2.50
Jan 2 2008 8:06PM
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ryan.c
Posts: 6592 - Karma: 14
booya. i stop at stewarts for a fresh breakfast sandwich, and thats the only food i ever buy for skiing. if im dieing for somthin i'll just ask a friend for their employee discount
Jan 2 2008 8:06PM
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WoodyE
Posts: 230 - Karma: 15
dude jus tell them u get the discount and if they ask if u are an employe jus say yes and u get it cheaper. ya its still a fuck shit expensive but it saves like 5 moneys.
Jan 2 2008 9:07PM
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StanMcStanson
Posts: 2772 - Karma: 1
cup a soup is the way to go!
Jan 2 2008 9:09PM
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skitoggrob
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 22
yeah thats crazy, but if it brings in profits i guess its a good thing
Jan 2 2008 9:09PM
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damoreski
Posts: 56 - Karma: 10
$14 for soda, chick fings, and burger at cranny
it sucks that it has to be so good thats the problem
Jan 2 2008 9:11PM
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Static
Posts: 8496 - Karma: 4,090
hot water and ketchup and hot sauce and pepper and salt and free crackers(if you're lucky)
Jan 2 2008 9:12PM
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Dylan_
Posts: 9824 - Karma: 1,403
1.29 for a large cookie.. not bad
2.40 ish for a drink
i still dont buy much
i got a gift card so ill use that if im in desperate need
i usally eat before and after i go i dont find wasting ski time fun
Jan 2 2008 9:14PM
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quixotic
Posts: 6937 - Karma: 2,978
I rarely buy hill food because it is so expensive and when I do I just have one of my friends who works there buy it because they get 50% off.  Still its retardedly expensive, but not quite so detrimental on the pockets.
Jan 2 2008 9:50PM
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Yosh
Posts: 341 - Karma: 19
yeah prices a going up big time
Jan 2 2008 10:17PM
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JThomas
Posts: 357 - Karma: 122
we got Wendys, MCcdonalds, taco bell, arbys and a walmart less than 5 minutes from our hill so its prety legit
Jan 2 2008 10:20PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
In Aus, a standard lunch is about $15
Jan 2 2008 10:22PM
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triebby
Posts: 8670 - Karma: 2,189
it a good thing for the resorts, at least in the immediate sense. though over time they could be screwing themselves by alienating the locals/middle class and more hardcore skiers/riders. the same can be said for prices of almost anything at and around a developed resort town. sooner or later there will only be people blue collar workers and the people that own the companies the workers work for in some of these places. and chances are in many cases the workers will not be able to afford their own product.
Jan 2 2008 10:23PM
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SteezyasPie
Posts: 1160 - Karma: 15
between 450 and 6 bucks for this lil 7 in diameter pizza at mine
Jan 2 2008 10:41PM
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golf
Posts: 1418 - Karma: 14
Yea its a rip off and I think it causes alot of stealing of food at places. I usually pack a drink and bring a dollar for a piece of cake, doughnut or a candy bar.
Jan 2 2008 10:46PM
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SteezyasPie
Posts: 1160 - Karma: 15
yeah i meant 4.50 not 450, and i have been known to stick chicken finger in my pockets and pull them out on the lift =D, the chicken and soda are real cheap at my mtn because the owners also own a soda company, i dunno about the chicken though, maybe its actually cat, it tastes good though
Jan 2 2008 10:54PM
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MiniMeDanny
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bringing a lunch is the way to go but at hood lockers cost 6 bucks so its best to stash your lunch somewhere
Jan 2 2008 11:06PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,086
Peanut butter + honey wrapped in two tortillas = the most bomber and tasty pocket lunch ever.
Jan 3 2008 1:58AM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113
its like that herre too , and whistler

but at whistler, its 2 slices of pizza + drink + choc bar came to 9.95. i wasnt too unhappy about that
Jan 3 2008 1:59AM
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MiniMeDanny
Posts: 1737 - Karma: 2,312
what.. i thought whistler would be crazy expensive, thats a good deal. maybe even what you'd pay at a normal pizza place
Jan 3 2008 2:50AM
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Greenish
Posts: 2047 - Karma: 367
make that $4 a $5.50 and welcome to pcmr
Jan 3 2008 3:01AM
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