Park City Ski Patrol Strike

[NYSkiBlog]

Park City Mountain Holiday Credits | Park City Mountain Resort

www.parkcitymountain.com

 

[Ripitz]

We are sorry you stood in lines. Here is a voucher for more lines
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next season.

 

[tirolski]

We are sorry you stood in lines. Here is a voucher for more lines
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next season.

Yup.
No vouchers on ancillary attachments...Gotta make bank somewho.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

We are sorry you stood in lines. Here is a voucher for more lines
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next season.

That's the the ski business. Never give cash back, just credits that require you to put more money in to use. They ought to do real refunds, and base it on hotel nights, not just pass use.

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[Peter Minde]

That's the the ski business. Never give cash back, just credits that require you to put more money in to use. They ought to do real refunds,

Unfortunately, more and more companies are turning to thus business model.

 

[leatherstocking]

It is not that simple. ORDA only took over Belleayre in 2012 from the NYS DEC and the next generation Slutzky family sold Hunter to Peak Resorts Dec, 2015. Peak then sold Hunter to Vail Sept, 2019.

Belleayre's current run of success is recent history. Before 2012 Belleayre could not touch Hunter on snowmaking, terrain and lifts. Hunter still has way better terrain, but it is takes forever to open or it just does not open. Hunter still has a monster snowmaking system, but the current owners do not use it and this has contributed to more people skiing at Belleayre. There were seasons in the past where Hunter would open 90 percent of the terrain after a 4 day cold spell and people would be driving down from Vermont to ski at Hunter. While Belleayre has greatly improved, if Vail was running Hunter the way the Sluzkys' did, Hunter would still be better than Belleayre.

And before we start singing the praises of ORDA, please note that tomorrow is opening day for Gore's other major entry point, the Ski Bowl, on day 55 of this season and, also, Gore is a little more than half open. It is not like it hasn't been cold enough for snowmaking. Compare that to the 3 major ski areas in southern Vt. who are running 80%-90% open today.

So you admit that even when given a better starting hand, big business can run the consumer experience into the ground in the name of better returns to stakeholders.

I don't think OP was saying private ownership never is better than public, just that it is not always better.

 

[raisingarizona]

I completely agree with you. But, I don't feel it's always been that way. Like a lot of other things, money will fuck shit up.

It definitely hasn’t always been that way.

 

[raisingarizona]

If you think ORDA is run poorly because it's state-operated and the capitalist model breeds accountability, I'd encourage you to compare Hunter versus Belleayre.

Good response but even though vail hasn’t been held accountable yet it seems like they are getting or are about to get their asses handed to them very soon.

 

[tirolski]

Good response but even though vail hasn’t been held accountable yet it seems like they are getting or are about to get their asses handed to them very soon.

A blast from the past.

 

[Peter Minde]

See you and raise you!