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RIP A51?

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RIP_leos_shack
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Was just at Keystone and it was truly a sad sight. Not a single feature, not even any snowmaking started. I get that they have to prioritize opening runs at this point, but it seems almost that there's no intention of having a park at all. While we've seen this at other Vail resorts this is a truly sad state of affairs going from one of the best parks in the world to nothing in a matter of years.
Dec 31 2021 12:04PM
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MaimHelp
Posts: 1703 - Karma: 13,449
Could have sworn my friend sent me some clips of him riding there like a week ago.

keystone was sick when I went there the first time last year but people said in previous years it was way better. Couldn’t even imagine
Dec 31 2021 12:56PM
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Neives_tiddies
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Omg so many sadboy threads :(
Dec 31 2021 2:21PM
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theabortionator
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Damn, Hopefully not true. I don't wanna say OP is wrong, I just want to pretend everything is okay.
Dec 31 2021 2:25PM
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hoodratz47
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Hard to picture keystone with 0 park.....
Dec 31 2021 2:39PM
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BrightFrog
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OP big with the fake news. Keystone A51 is up and firing DONT let the Alterra shadow accounts tell u otherwise
Dec 31 2021 8:44PM
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CT_CREW
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RIP_leos_shackWas just at Keystone and it was truly a sad sight. Not a single feature, not even any snowmaking started. I get that they have to prioritize opening runs at this point, but it seems almost that there's no intention of having a park at all. While we've seen this at other Vail resorts this is a truly sad state of affairs going from one of the best parks in the world to nothing in a matter of years.


About 5 years ago Corporate started chasing off all the park employees who came from the OG era. Theres still some good guys left on the crew, but not getting the funding/priority that A51 used to.
Jan 1 2022 11:19AM
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SlitGalls
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It'll come, keystone is just wayyy behind on everything this year. They don't even have all their front side groomers open yet. Vail screwed themselves by not prioritizing employees and now their expensive snowmaking and lift upgrades are going to waste.
RIP_leos_shackWas just at Keystone and it was truly a sad sight. Not a single feature, not even any snowmaking started. I get that they have to prioritize opening runs at this point, but it seems almost that there's no intention of having a park at all. While we've seen this at other Vail resorts this is a truly sad state of affairs going from one of the best parks in the world to nothing in a matter of years.
Jan 1 2022 8:03PM
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skicel
Posts: 192 - Karma: 389
Yes, I was there the other day (before the most recent snow storm). No way they can get a51 open this year. Vail sucks and from what I've heard they are just trying to fuck over the park crews.
Jan 2 2022 10:50AM
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Rparr
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CT_CREWAbout 5 years ago Corporate started chasing off all the park employees who came from the OG era. Theres still some good guys left on the crew, but not getting the funding/priority that A51 used to.

this reminds me of when vail immediately sacked pat morgan when they acquired big boulder via peak resorts
Jan 2 2022 11:18AM
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MaimHelp
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Rparrthis reminds me of when vail immediately sacked pat morgan when they acquired big boulder via peak resorts


Was extremely depressing
Jan 2 2022 2:06PM
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SkiBum.
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Lets just say there are way worst things going on in the Vail World then no A51...
Jan 2 2022 3:17PM
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skicel
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SkiBum.Lets just say there are way worst things going on in the Vail World then no A51...


Well ya breck and keystone are barely open in January now, and a burger is $18
Jan 2 2022 11:12PM
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The.Fish
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Imagine if we didn't have copper oh my.
Jan 3 2022 1:11AM
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skicel
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The.FishImagine if we didn't have copper oh my.


So thats the thing. Everyone is really glad copper has become so much better in recent years and it's great. However, at the same time it's really sad to see Keystone and Breck fall to this...
Jan 3 2022 9:42AM
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