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My God - I had forgotten about that. Who was that who took his toys and ran away?

I've ridden on a lot of different conveyances. That doesn't make me an expert on them. This is 100% true. That being said, your points to counter said rumor were riddled with some rather large gaps in reasoning. If I pointed out those gaps in an overly snarky manner, then I apologize.

And if you read that post from TGR closely, it would indicate that they were delayed over the summer in trying to get the permit for the shed to house the chairs, but after a a lot of hurdles were cleared, couldn't end up getting in time or in the fashion they needed. They therefore decided to...

This just serves to underline how you are both clueless AND pig-headed - a fantastic combination for any budding entrepreneur. The fact of the matter is that I am exactly your target group. I want big mountain terrain and don't need any frills. I'd also like to get a warm and fuzzy about...

I love it. Your only response is to post the trail map? Really? That's the extent of your knowledge of the place? That's pretty well indicative of the depth of thinking that's characterized the MRA and its predecessors thus far. I can state with a high degree of confidence that a...

They didn't say you couldn't do it. They said you couldn't do it w/o invalidating the warranty. Unless you were in the Canyons legal office, I doubt you could provide additional perspective on this issue.

When you dismiss places like MRG as being a relevant model for the MRA b/c of some ill-informed perception with respect to the terrain and challenge, then the above statement is exactly what you are saying, albeit unwittingly.

Nasty rumors.

The thing about Red Lodge is not the amount of snow they get, but rather the consistency, or lack thereof. They can get crushed with a big storm cycle and then go more than a month with nothing. In a similar manner, they can have really dry years and really wet years - a big standard...

Diversifying away from your core business model/idea before you're even in business - always a solid plan. :roll:

Apparently, Marc C's bed only has that one side. Good thing he spends his time telling people how to send in their posts and the degree to which they should describe their own local weather conditions. Fantastic use of time.

But it's actually worse than that, Tony. They were going to miss their opening day irrespective of whether it snowed or not. They chose not to divulge this information until the last possible moment even when it was painfully obvious (given recent photos) that they were nowhere near...

And to further buttress that point, one of the key aspects of any zoning ordinance focuses on density. Along with building type, this is probably the most important facet of a zoning law.

That seems a bit fishy/weird. Not sure I follow. Was he saying that they inadvertently created a slide path when they cut the lift line? If so, how would they know that right now? Did it slide during the current storm cycle? Someone on TGR who seems to have inside info posted that if you...

Looks like their PR and communications on this was executed with the same amount of savvy as their attempts to SPAM this board. I've never worked in the PR/marketing department of any company. Never took a single college course on the subject. Yet even I know it's a pretty shitty thing to...

The bolded portion is 100% verifiably false. Unless ski areas are operated by mostly/solely by unpaid volunteers, labor costs are always, ALWAYS the #1 expense in running a ski area, even at a large snowmaking hill like Killington. Jamie - I think what you don't understand is that it's not...

I know all of that makes a nice rallying cry and all, but most of that list isn't even representative of 10% of the ski areas in the country. I'm not aware of any heated six person lifts anywhere in the country. There can't be more than a small handful of areas that have glades which are...

It stuns me that people actually get paid to execute ideas that clumsily. That's indicative of a marketing department that is completely ignorant of how discussion forums work. Since I'm sure you know some of the people over there, can we assume we won't be seeing any more of this garbage on...

Interesting. Two not-so-subtle attempts to SPAM the forum about this PR "job". Admin - what are the chances they their IP address can be traced back to Talisker marketing flunkies?

If Vail can flesh out the terrain on Lookout Mtn with additional lifts (e.g. lift from Backside base to Lookout summit) while adding lift service in some manner to Sawtooth Ridge, that place becomes absolutely legit, regardless of the clusterfuck required to reach the base.