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  1. 21 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    What brings in the most profit is first priority for any business.  I don’t think the skiing aspect of most ski resort is very profitable.  Food and beverage, hotels and water parks seem way more profitable. 

    Skiing's definitely not the profit center, but the motivator to bring people to the mountain where they've got (most) people captive in terms of food and beverage sales, where the real margins can be made.   Skiing is definitely a loss leader for the mountains, but tubing on the other hand...

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  2. 38 minutes ago, saltyant said:

    Why not? Yesterday I had to waste 5 sheets of paper towel cleaning up the muddy mess on my shoes. I would pay extra on my season pass, like $3.50, if they would pave the lot so I don't have to clean up the muddy mess

    The summit VIP lot is paved, you could park up there to keep the dirt off your shoes.

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  3. 52 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Without ski patrol we’d just have to help out…I’d put up the slow signs and will whistle at people I’m not doing medical stuff..that will be up to Toast and Matt edge.  Salty you’ll be in charge of the hot chocolate 

    SP was handing out cookies in the OG6 line today!  @saltyant can also be in charge of the cookies in addition to hit chocolate.

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  4. 4 minutes ago, saltyant said:

    Myself and other VIPs were doing just that as much as possible, and it was a beautiful thing seeing peak efficiency filling each chair with 6.

    Once the lift organizer disappeared I gave that up as it was back to everyone doing their own thing in their own little worlds 

    It's far easier on the organizer to handle groups of 6 and they tend to just let them go ahead right away.

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  5. 15 minutes ago, saltyant said:

    The VIP line was doing so well for a while. People actively making groups of 6 and then jumping ahead of the lift ticket holder line. Once the pairer upper dude left it was the same old mess. Now it's anyone's guess as to how efficient it is going.

    If people aren't grouping up on their own in the VIP line, we actively "help" people group up just so the line moves along quicker.

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  6. 29 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

    Code red warning!!!

    It’s never snowed here before ?


    I had a customer cancel a afternoon appointment today because she was worried about getting home to Jersey before the storm. I told her it’s not supposed to start till later tonight. 🫤

     

    Break, milk and eggs are all sold out!

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  7. Oh man, riding up the quad first thing was like getting off a plane in Florida in the winter!  The warmth smacked you right in the face.

    Going over NMDW, the grooming was impressive and rode that first thing.  Wow!  The two turns were a hoot and didn’t really see the mini booter halfway down until I was in mid air.

    Barney’s needed a bit of slipping to scrape off the crust to let the warmth turn them hero which it did after about an hour.  Ended up lapping them until lunch.  Everyone was complaining about how outta shape we all are from not skiing bumps all season.

    After lunch headed back out for a few more mashed potatoes runs.  Right side of CS had some good snow and Lazy was thick and deep with it.

    Legs are pretty shot from today’s conditions.

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  8. Wow, the grooming was night/day improvement over yesterday’s disaster of an attempt at grooming.  It only goes to prove that Blue’s groomers are actually capable of putting down some decent cord, if they want to (or may be allowed to).

    Ran the ridge on Coming Soon which was ROTD but the ridge has practically disappeared into nothing but the weeds.  Not a whole lotta fun elsewhere and just lost interest in the same old situation.

    Parking lot beers were fun as usual and kudos to @enjoralas for some tasty jambalaya!

     

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  9. 1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    The forecast is decent for snowmaking, the main thing is that while not super cold, the forecast for the next week is dry so I expect overnight snowmaking.  I don’t see any trails closing, blue is gonna get switchback open and maybe sidewinder.  Airhead was talking about long range forecast being cold, it’s not the 8-14 is above average so they need to blow every chance they get.  
     

    You got this Blue, you’re my boy…let’s fucking go…

    There no sense at all believing any forecast longer than 3 days out.

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  10. 13 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

    Things are a bit bony in places. I think they might loose a couple trails this week. 

    Huh?  Nighttime temps in the 20’s this week with clear skies and low humidity.

  11. 1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:

    Gondi line to north rim glades is open and it's really freaking good. Snow is softer in that area due to what I'm guessing is a lack of sun bake. Ran that twice. Legs are screaming. Still foggy but a stellar day regardless

    Good to hit the trees when it's foggy, so long as the snow is good.

  12. 1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:

    Taking a break but wow the fog is thick ... especially up top. Lightens up around 9k or so. Snow however is still excellent on piste. Tried to ski the gondi run but it was roped off. Lower bowl just reminded me how out of shape I am however. Low vis means more turns means I'm freaking tired. So an early lunch it is. Hoping the fog lifts a bit before going back out

    Geez! Seems like fog is the word for the season this year.
    Can't seem to escape it no matter where ya go!

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