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  1. SallyCat
    Even 4wd alone would leave me in a jam if there were chain controls on I-80. Unless the rental place also rented chains, which I have no idea how to install. If you have 4wd and snow tires, you don't need chains. Much easier.
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    Hey, speaking of western snow conditions, has anyone ever rented a car through a service called Turo? I gather it's like AirBnB but for cars, and with insurance. I need to rent a 4wd with snow tires in Reno this weekend, and the airport rental companies won't guarantee tires/drive train. Turo lets you pick the specific vehicle, and I talked to the owner, so I know it's good to go. Just wondering if anyone had any experience working through them.
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    Lol. I actually met John Oates once. He rented a car from me when I worked at an airport rental counter in college. We chatted a bit during the paperwork, etc.. He was super nice and surprisingly short!
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    I was only kidding, E. Interview was fine, thanks for asking. The town was gorgeous, but the job wasn't really a good fit for me, so it was all kind of exhausting and disappointing. But I tried a few good local beers, met some really great people, saw a new part of the country, so not a total bust. I'd definitely like to take my MTB Parks Pass on the road and spend some time mountain biking out there during the summer.
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    Yesterday I agreed with something Eaf, said and now this thread has returned to actual information about Western ski conditions. What a world.
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    Very true; The North Lake Tahoe area is getting hit with a couple of feet of snow this weekend, it looks like. That might be a better bet this spring if anything there is on a pass you have. For me, the great thing about spring skiing in the west is not having to pay for lodging. I just packed some basic backpacking gear and camped out. Rent a van and sleep in it, etc. Newark or Philly to Reno. Why would you go to JFK from here? I can see the appeal of SLC, too, though, as far as logistics. No idea what the drive up that Canyon is like, though.
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    Reno. It's a three-hour, easy drive. I wouldn't book into SFO in the winter, because Tioga Pass is likely to be closed. The pass also includes June Mountain I believe, which I'm told is a less-crowded alternative to Mammoth.
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    I skied Mammoth on July 3rd last summer. If they have the snow, they really commit to staying open. It's also a great spring-skiing option because they salt their snow, so you get soft, hero spring conditions without the sticky/grabby quality of most spring snow.
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    Oh, man. That SUCKS; very sorry that happened. Hope you heal quickly.
  10. SallyCat
    Oops, yes last Sunday. Posted before coffee. Not even 100% sure what time zone I'm in right now.
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    Two Sundays ago, I used the VIP line at 8:35 because the line was backed up to the card readers. Yikes! But yeah, weeknights are usually good, especially Monday. The school groups are annoying--you get a lot of out-of-control meat rockets and too much nonsense at the chairs (clogging up the line waiting for friends, letting near-empty chairs go when there's a line because they only want to ride with people they know, etc.). But it's worth the price, for sure.
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    I predicted that Blue will go the way of Ragged Mountain in NH: overwhelming crowds as a result of cheap season passes. Every weekend will be like this past President's Day weekend-snowstorm crowd-tastrophe.
  13. SallyCat
    Shit, I agree with Eaf. What a fucking world.
  14. SallyCat
    Sounds like someone needs to shut his pie hole.
  15. SallyCat
    Fair enough.
  16. SallyCat
    Nine lives, baby! Used up another one stealing your parking spot, though.
  17. SallyCat
    Well, you flounced away but then came back 24 hours later, so there's that. When I told everyone to fuck off in my flu thread, at least I had the decency to stay away for a few weeks.
  18. SallyCat
    Catholicism. Bad joke about sinfulness and soft, squishy bumps. This is no joke, though. I'm genuinely worried that Blue won't make it to March 1. Palmerton Forecast:
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    Great. Now I have to go to confession....
  20. SallyCat
    Glad to hear that. I was a little squeamish about pulling into the PASR row Sunday; worried I was taking someone's spot or otherwise being an annoying noob.
  21. SallyCat
    Ragged Mountain in NH dropped their season pass to $249 last year. It's a nice little locals-mostly mountain not far from my family's place, and they are known for never having lines or crowds. So I grabbed a pass and definitely got my $$'s worth out of it. But DANG did the place get crowded. Long lines, mobbed bar, restaurant and lodge, and crowded slopes. All relative, obviously. It still was nowhere near Blue's crowd level, but for a local New Hampshire joint it felt like Tokyo rush hour.
  22. SallyCat
    Also in a comment that contains both criticism and praise, they will blithely ignore the criticism and say "Thanks for your kind words!" Good customer service is easy and cheap. No excuse for not directing the laptop-user to a place where they were allowed. And saying "We apologize for any inconvenience that may have occurred" when a customer has just described a very specific inconvenience that definitely occurred is Orwelian-level infuriating and easily avoidable.
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    Whoever's in charge of their social media needs to do their job better. The same canned response for EVERY issue is just pissing people off.
  24. SallyCat
    Assholes of the highest caliber. That empty parking space didn't block itself for two hours, after all. Watching people drive into that park-tastrophe, look to their left and see the non-space space---the spark of hope extinguished almost immediately--followed by the thousand-yard stare of resignation. My god, that was first-class assholery.
  25. SallyCat

    For Salty

    SallyCat replied to SallyCat's topic in Blue Mountain

    Captive audience. Literally.
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