Park City Ski Patrol Strike

[Campgottagopee]

By my estimate they pay the MTN Board of Directors over $1,000/hour for their part time services and I'm sure it includes some great skiing perks like luxury accommodations when they travel for meetings at the mountain offices. Lynch makes over $6M and several members of her team make well over $1M.

But I thought you work in the ski industry for the fun not the money, so I can understand their hypocrisy reluctance to give an extra $2 per hour plus some better Healthcare

Yes, you just explained the dress for the job you want, not the job you have.
Welcome to America!

 

[saratogahalfday]

When PeakRankings makes a “ski” movie about Utahhs troubles ya know has hit the shitshow fan...

They really went after Vail in that one, as well as Utah as a whole.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

Sounded like a really crappy week there, and some pissed of skiers who likely keep lawyers on retainer. Me thinks Vail is going to start paying refunds to customers, or the lawsuits are going to start flying.https://www.businessinsider.com/vail-resorts-park-city-mountain-resort-ski-patrol-strike-2025-1

"TF Jenkins, a managing director at a Florida-based wealth management firm,"
....
"Going forward, Jenkins said he will only ski at smaller, family-owned resorts.

"There may be a little more driving because they don't necessarily have lodging right next to the mountain, but I would rather support smaller local communities than this type of stuff," Jenkins said. "We won't go back to a corporate mountain."
"

If a Florida MD at a Wealth Management firm is done with the mega pass I think we're about to see the pendulum start swing back, and hard.

 

[Peter Minde]

Not strictly related to the strike in Park City, but interesting all the same.
https://slate.com/business/2023/12/epic-versus-ikon-ski-duopoly-cost.html

 

[MarzNC]

Not strictly related to the strike in Park City, but interesting all the same.
https://slate.com/business/2023/12/epic-versus-ikon-ski-duopoly-cost.html

Note that it was written before the idea of ABasin being sold came up. Not saying there aren't valid points, but feels like the author hasn't paid much attention to what's been happening in regions not dominated by Epic/Ikon destination resorts.

 

[Peter Minde]

Note that it was written before the idea of ABasin being sold came up. Not saying there aren't valid points, but feels like the author hasn't paid much attention to what's been happening in regions not dominated by Epic/Ikon destination resorts.

Thank you. As a nordic skier, I'm far from having a complete grasp of what's going on in the alpine world.

 

[saratogahalfday]

Not strictly related to the strike in Park City, but interesting all the same.
https://slate.com/business/2023/12/epic-versus-ikon-ski-duopoly-cost.html

"Mountains are losing their culture as the same two companies take over lodge after lodge after lodge. Gone are live bands, independent outfitters, free lift-side parking, and secret smoke shacks. Skiing has fast become just another soulless, pre-packaged, mass commercial experience."

Truer words...

 

[Harvey]

"Skiing looks different in much of North America today. That’s because it has been reduced to a binary choice: Epic or Ikon?"

I call BS, in part.

Last time I looked passes were roughly 50% of visits and no all passes are Epic or Ikon. So a choice still remains.

I agree skiing looks different today. And I agree that Epic and Ikon have been agents for change.

Soul is overused, I'm looking at you Magic. But I love skiing more then ever.

Plattekill, Woods Valley, Royal Mountain, Snow Ridge, Titus, McCauley, Greek, these places are out there.

 

[trackbiker]

This is what I think is going to hurt the sport in the long run.
"The story is different, though, for a working dad in Denver who wants to take his kid up to Breckenridge for a day in late December to try out skiing. He will find that everything that is not a season pass is criminally expensive. Parking is $20; his lift ticket $251 (online—at the window it’ll be $279); basic rental gear $78; burger, fries, and a Gatorade for lunch $35; end-of-day Coors Light $8; and $418 for the kid’s rental, ticket, and group lesson (at least the lesson includes lunch). All in, an $800-plus day."

There are independent ski areas with more reasonable prices. But people who don't already ski don't know about them. They go to the places that they hear about. Which are mostly the "big" areas. The smaller places are actually much better for beginners. They're not skiing 2000 vertical feet on the black diamonds. All they need is a gentle slope with a Magic Carpet lift.

 

[Benny Profane]

Loveland.