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Opening weekends, Holidays, Holiday Pow days, and sadly a ton of other resort pow days too, if youre in an area like Utah where the snow hasn't been in excess a whole lot in the past few years. Not that its not worth it, but it gets kinda stale wading through tons of traffic, lift lines, and things just for maybe a few laps of fresh. Id rather let storms settle down and snowpack settle down, and then hit up a mid-week tour with buddys when the weather is decent.
Not to mention, a lot of us resort workers are either blacked out with our employee passes or make a lot more money when we pick up more hours during the holidays. At least for me, I prefer to bank some phat paychecks, let the snow come in more, and have our fun when coverage is finally good and the crowds head back home.
3 day holiday powder days. Most people drive up the sketchiest roads, in deep unplowed roads, in VW beetle... in summer tires. They drive so bad I wonder how they got drivers licenses.
I remember in 2014 at whitewater, the conditions continuously sucked for 100 days. Every day, 2 ambulances were called in on average.
At my home mountain they host multiple schools every Friday night. Pulling into the parking lot and seeing around 10 school buses and 5 coach buses on average is terrifying in itself, but walking to the lift and watching all the little gremlins try to sit 4 people on a triple to be with their friends is the part that gets me every time.
evan.schuAt my home mountain they host multiple schools every Friday night. Pulling into the parking lot and seeing around 10 school buses and 5 coach buses on average is terrifying in itself, but walking to the lift and watching all the little gremlins try to sit 4 people on a triple to be with their friends is the part that gets me every time.
Definitely can see what your saying here, although I will say High School/ Middle School ski clubs are some of the best ways to get kids out on the hill. Kinda hard to hate on something that tends to bring people into the sport
JWillySkeezDefinitely can see what your saying here, although I will say High School/ Middle School ski clubs are some of the best ways to get kids out on the hill. Kinda hard to hate on something that tends to bring people into the sport
I totally agree. The thing that bugs me is the lack of common sense piece but what can we really ask for I mean they’re young.
Opening at A Basin isn't awful because bout 99% of the people there know what they are doing and know how to ski. The only issue is lift lines and just the lack of snow. In my opinion Christmas break and Presidents holiday are awful (at least here in Colorado) because everywhere is just filled with people who have no idea what they are doing. Christmas day is the only exception I would highly recommend skiing that day.
IHUFFPAINTOpening at A Basin isn't awful because bout 99% of the people there know what they are doing and know how to ski. The only issue is lift lines and just the lack of snow. In my opinion Christmas break and Presidents holiday are awful (at least here in Colorado) because everywhere is just filled with people who have no idea what they are doing. Christmas day is the only exception I would highly recommend skiing that day.
Maybe i'm just spoiled but when I went to Abasin during spring break the lines were super fucking long. The conditions were sucky as well.
Rum_HamI rarely had bad conditions this spring at a bay and it was my number 1 spot this season. Usually just slushy and surfy
Eh conditions weren't terrible that day TBH, it was just gloomy and cold but not really icy. The issue were the lines being equivalent to ones seen on a pow day. It was also a weekday. It was wack