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It happened more than once at Alta. Hence the "upgrade" to add safety bars with no footrests but something to keep little kids from sliding underneath the bar. That happened after 2011, a few years after I was taking my then tween daughter to Alta Lodge for spring break trips. @Sbooker : In...

Can't remember where, but I've skied at mountains in the USA where people were required to put their large backpack in front of them for the chairlift ride. Fair to say that I probably ski at smaller ski hills in different regions that you do, meaning places where a long run takes under 4...

Depends a bit on the type of footrest. Newer lifts have little triangles on the bottom instead of a straight pole sticking out sideways. Plenty of snowboarders at Wolf Creek in Colorado. I rode up with a few last weekend on a full quad that worked out fine. Although riding up a full quad...

What sticks in my memory was the story of a death in NY of an experienced skier at a small hill because of his backpack. He was a ski patroller and a grandfather.

Put an AirTag in my ski bag for a Southwest trip to ABQ in early February. Southwest now has luggage tracking. However, it's based on hand scanning. It didn't get scanned when being loaded onto my connecting flight. Since I could see that it was unloaded at that airport and than it was close...

No mention of Alterra in the NY Times article. ". . . Bidding Against the Giants It is unclear whether Mt. Bachelor Community, Inc. has a viable chance at overseeing that growth. Things are moving quickly. Others are making bids, though Powdr officials declined to name interested parties. Mt...

Fairly detailed article about the situation for the sale of Mt. Bachelor. January 23, 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/mt-bachelor-ski-resort.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.IC1S.-7cwgR7wZ5Te&smid=url-share

Timberline in WV starts the senior rate at age 60. No free skiing age as far as I can tell. Wolf Creek in CO starts the senior rate at age 65. Free skiing for 80 and up.

Yes. Has been for decades. Alf Engen said long ago that skiing for free should happen at 80, not any lower age. One of the long time Alta Lodge guests skied for free for over a decade. She was still skiing pretty much 1-2 hours every day during her last three week stay at age 93. Her...

The comparison the guys make on NYSkiBlog for whether or not Hunter snowmaking makes sense is to the other resorts in the Catskills. Hunter, Belleayre, Windham have pretty much the same weather but very different ownership and management approaches.

What happened for the first separate acquisitions in the midwest in 2012 was very different than when VR ended up with a bunch of small hills after taking over Peak Resorts. As I remember, VR earmarked plenty of money for capital investments for lifts and renovating base lodges. The transition...

For what it's worth, the PA resorts owned by VR are starting to get their ski school programs put back together. Seven Springs (near Pittsburgh) has multi-week programs geared towards beginners of all ages. Can get a lesson on three Wednesdays at 5pm for $209, which includes lift ticket and...

Low snow levels in the first half of December may have discouraged some travelers. Locals have no reason to ski LCC/BCC during the holiday weeks when there is low coverage and no powder storms. There are assorted approaches to paying for lift access for a local that includes blackout dates...

Very unlikely for an Epic Day Pass, which can be used at any VR resort that applicable for the option selected (holiday access, all destination resorts, etc.). From my reading in the last few days, people who have been at PC are not being offered any sort of refund or consideration for the long...

Nothing new for Park City during the New Year's holiday week. My primary ski buddy joined a few friends to ski Park City during that week a few years ago. It was another low snow start to the season with very limited open terrain. Virtually all groomers based on snowmaking. The friends had a...

In my case, the binding popped eventually. Was glad it did because otherwise I think there would've been more damage. Since that was in January, it had an impact on the rest of my season. In some ways provided more incentive to get back to working on ski conditioning during the off season...

Luckily for me, the only two injuries or illnesses during a ski trip were relatively minor. The seasons that were over 15 days for me have all happened in the last 15 years, after age 50. Tweaked a calf muscle at Timberline in WV while skiing on a groomer in foggy conditions with a friend who...

What type of terrain are you thinking about? Groomer trails get groomed once there is enough snow coverage. For off-piste terrain, The Highlands Bowl at Aspen Highlands is boot packed. People can volunteer a certain amount of hours and get a perk of some sort, perhaps even a season pass. A...

GT is going to be of far more interest to advanced skiers who don't want to hike much and don't go touring at all (waves hand) with the Colter lift. Helps a lot during a snowstorm when visibility is an issue off the other lifts. My two friends and I skied for two hours non-stop off Colter with...

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