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Funky, wind affected snow this morning. I went up early to get out with the area photographer and we luckily managed to find a little honey hole to work for an hour or so.
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2nd favorite from the day.
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This is nuts!
Eh……that shit is overrated.
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We went for a walk today. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible either. It’s always fun getting back in the Cirque, it’s a special place, some even say sacred.
They updated their post.
Steamboat’s "the winner" now with a $269 day ticket.
I got a season pass for two local bumps for less, just sayin.
The Most Expensive Single-Day Lift Ticket Now Selling For $249
UPDATE: After publishing this post, we got word that a day ticket at Steamboat today is selling today for $269. Arizona Snowbowl has just passed Vail
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Yup.
The Arizona Snowbowl: Flushing a Religion Down the Toilet
I was about 12 years old when I discovered skiing. At first it was simply a fun activity, but as I matured both as a skier and as a human being, I began to understand that skiing meant a lot more t…
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I’m not a religious person but I definitely understand the connection we all can feel to these big, beautiful places. It’s a lot like the old Catholic Churches. I’ve always thought they were built like that to install awe and psychologically they definitely inspire feelings of connection to something bigger than us, a higher power even. I get that but recognizing places as religious and protecting them as such is a slippery slope imho, you have to draw a line somewhere. I’m all for freedom for people to practice whatever they like but in the end I still think it’s humans getting carried away with their imaginary friends. Our local Sierra Club loves to fight with Snowbowl over these issues almost as much as they like to suffer with their feelings of white guilt. In the end, the tribes government will use the sacred places argument to further their gain. The Sunrise ski area also uses reclaimed water for snowmaking, is on sacred lands and is run by the Apache tribe. That tribe also apposed Snowbowls expansion plans and snowmaking system and is their only competitor in the state.
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Yup & then open another casino.
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Local medicine men have been known to use the chairlift for ceremonial purposes up top.
One of the biggest amusement park like shit shows is that see through glass walkway over the Canyon on the Walupai Reservation. There’s motor boats, helicopters and that ugly as get out observation thing. The tribes oppose anything that doesn’t benefit them but if it does they get right on board. But that’s life and the human power struggle. I don’t think that that will ever change or completely go away.
The ski area doesn’t hinder their practices or beliefs in any way and it benefits this town massively.
