BoardersRule
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- Jan 29, 2023
Its obvious the new owners do not have deep enough projects to replace the lifts, at least right away. A better investment would be to hire people who understand the ski industry and the mountain. Has anyone noticed all the new faces running around in the background? These are the bodies that run the mountain and have to be properly trained, once trained try not whipping them so they stay instead of quitting. Has anyone noticed the lifts stop on a regular basis? Better to have a chair partially loaded than fully loaded and the lift restarts everytime people fail to load properly or falls on/off the ramp (like a beginner lift). Here are a few things I’ve observed at other areas:
1 - The lane gates are set up ahead of opening and the lifts are already running. Ridiculous that they set up the lanes around the waiting people and lifts don’t load at opening or when they are open. Open is when ski patrol goes up on the first chair or open time; if the later, better not be late on weekends. The perk of going up early when ski patrol goes up seems to have disappeared this year.
2 - Train lift operators to actually manage lanes and loading. This will reduce the number of lift stops and make the lines move quicker.
3 - Hire people who actually use the mountain, not ride around in snowmobiles. This way they don’t ruin perfectly smooth trails; mix novice and expert skiers (like forcing them all on one lift and creating dangerous speed differences); actually talk to the customers (hiring someone who stands there is a waste of $); force people to wait in lines full of pebbles; setup lanes and run lifts when crowds are expected not when they develop (hint, if you lose Saturday due to weather, Sunday is going to be packed); don’t blow snow on a weekend crowd who normally ski a few times a year and won’t come back; concentrate the snowmaking on a few trails instead of making all the trails dangerous by having a few guns going; etc
1 - The lane gates are set up ahead of opening and the lifts are already running. Ridiculous that they set up the lanes around the waiting people and lifts don’t load at opening or when they are open. Open is when ski patrol goes up on the first chair or open time; if the later, better not be late on weekends. The perk of going up early when ski patrol goes up seems to have disappeared this year.
2 - Train lift operators to actually manage lanes and loading. This will reduce the number of lift stops and make the lines move quicker.
3 - Hire people who actually use the mountain, not ride around in snowmobiles. This way they don’t ruin perfectly smooth trails; mix novice and expert skiers (like forcing them all on one lift and creating dangerous speed differences); actually talk to the customers (hiring someone who stands there is a waste of $); force people to wait in lines full of pebbles; setup lanes and run lifts when crowds are expected not when they develop (hint, if you lose Saturday due to weather, Sunday is going to be packed); don’t blow snow on a weekend crowd who normally ski a few times a year and won’t come back; concentrate the snowmaking on a few trails instead of making all the trails dangerous by having a few guns going; etc
