Our Winter of Discontent?

[saratogahalfday]

Here at Steamboat a local told me they are over 150 positions short. COVID is not the main reason either, it's affordable housing.

For Skiers, a Winter of Discontent (Published 2022)

With resorts having trouble hiring and employees calling out sick, visitors have been frustrated by idled lifts, limited services and closed terrain. Some of the biggest complaints have come from Epic Pass holders.

www.nytimes.com

 

[raisingarizona]

Here at Steamboat a local told me they are over 150 positions short. COVID is not the main reason either, it's affordable housing.

For Skiers, a Winter of Discontent (Published 2022)

With resorts having trouble hiring and employees calling out sick, visitors have been frustrated by idled lifts, limited services and closed terrain. Some of the biggest complaints have come from Epic Pass holders.

www.nytimes.com

Covid has been a really big part of this equation though. The wfh phenomenon since covid has really driven up rent prices in attractive mountain towns.

 

[raisingarizona]

Housing

Homes for Sale and Rental classifieds for Jackson Wyoming.

www.jhnewsandguide.com

 

[Ripitz]

10 years ago I lived in a two bedroom condo within walking distance of the lifts in the Big Sky Mountain Village for $600 a month. Those days are done.

 

[raisingarizona]

10 years ago I lived in a two bedroom condo within walking distance of the lifts in the Big Sky Mountain Village for $600 a month. Those days are done.

Yup. It wasn’t easy back then to get by as a ski bum but it wasn’t completely impossible like it is now.

No one wanted to build affordable housing and I don’t blame them. Land in a mountain town is way too valuable for a developer to do that but now that there’s a serious impact on these communities economic health it will hopefully be a drive to change that.

 

[tirolski]

When I tried ski bumming at Smug’s they had us all in an attic somewhere.
We peed in the snow “I quit” and left just before a bunch of college kids' buses were coming in for Thanksgiving.
Went back home and got a job working 4pm to midnight.
Skied all winter when the snow was good, then went backpacking on the AT.

 

[witch hobble]

10 years ago I lived in a two bedroom condo within walking distance of the lifts in the Big Sky Mountain Village for $600 a month. Those days are done.

Seems cheap even for 10 years ago at a ski resort.

 

[Campgottagopee]

When I tried ski bumming at Smug’s they had us all in an attic somewhere.

First place I lived in cost me zero dollars/mo. I split wood for my rent. Place was about 500 yards from the entrance of Smugg's. It was a real shithole!

 

[witch hobble]

First place I lived in cost me zero dollars/mo. I split wood for my rent. Place was about 500 yards from the entrance of Smugg's. It was a real shithole!

Historical footage of Camp’s first winter at Smuggs:

 

[tirolski]

First place I lived in cost me zero dollars/mo. I split wood for my rent. Place was about 500 yards from the entrance of Smugg's. It was a real shithole!

You were uphill from me.
Had us do carpentry work first before folks showed up. Was supposed to do just kitchen work
(breakfast&dinner- pots & pans etc.)

They had us cleaning out the bathrooms in the husband's bar next door. Gave us discounts on drinks.
Fuck that.