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Good morning so far. Just a few people behind the JH Crew Round 3. Met up with them and have been skiing ever since.

Some more shots of the area Airport entrance View from the airport Condo Bunk room View from the condo Party/band at the tram base

@mute1080 @indiggio @tarponhead and @toast21602 have made it to the Mangy Moose after skiing pretty much no groomers all day. Such a good day and awesome to meet up with these guys out here.

Fun morning riding with the guys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

12, or pi. Idk. Awesome day with you guys

Partly sunny with snow showers throughout the day. Grabbing breakfast and a bus shortly. Hoping to meet up with the other PASR crew who is out here for round 3.

Enjoying is not the word, loving would be closer! I think it’s gonna be a sausage fest, because @tarponhead and I hit the hot tub and delayed his meal until tomorrow.

He might be drunk from the multiple pitchers of Wilson at Mangy. Billed for 4 but we’re contesting that.@indiggio what’s your count? Toast, Ryan and I think it was at least 5 or 6 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is getting good. A lot of characters in Jackson hole right now.

Salty showing everyone how to carry their gear from their car to the lift.

Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and it was around 30 degrees outside with some sunshine. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Johnny Law, JFDan, RyGuy, Salty, MBike Mike, Enjorales, Enjorales Dad and many more. First run was on challenge which was ok but uneven grooming and the lipstick on a pig conditions with chunks quickly being exposed..Sidewinder was good until the last section which was thick sugar..the Root rollers weren’t bad. Lazy mile also had ok snow, upper Main Street was very good while lower was rough, Paradise was good and only SP3000 on the first corner and Switchback was uneven grooming. I spent plenty of time in the lot eating meat, had a donut and some beer and speculated about tonight’s snowstorm. Could be very very good tomorrow morning... this is the only picture i took today.

@enjoralas Don't forget your snorkel tomorrow.

No, spectacular day with the PASRs!

You’re asking me? I lost count at 1!!

Those were mature, but over at our condo there was a momma & little one but nobody got a pic of it. People said they couldn’t get into their house because the moose was hanging out in front of their doorway.

They do, but they charge $429 for it.

Salty have fun tomorrow at Camelback.

Nice bunk beds!!!

We're at the mountain now. -4 doesn't seem too bad.... Kick ass bloody marys. Dad got his free pass. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Look at the bright side. You're still in Montana. Hope you enjoy whatever you guys decide to do. Hoping you get some turns in.

Temp is -17 at the mountain this morning. 14 mph winds with a wind chill of -46 at the top. We're going to take a look but not going to ski. Early mountain report said lift closures may happen at any time. My shoulder feels better this morning, I'm going to give it another days rest and hope for more improvement and warmer conditions tomorrow. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Can’t wait to get back here in a few weeks! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I think your confusing Ryan and Mute. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice have fun maybe you’ll see Sibhusky..so many people on ski trips right now on PASR wooo

My favorite view from Eldora is at the top of Muleshoe. 19 degrees and socked in fog when I left Boulder. Inversion by the time I got to the mountain, 36 and bright sunshine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just got to the gate at BWI, had a couple brewskis at Flying Dog brewpub in the airport, flight is on time, next stop Albuquerque!

Had a pretty good day at Scranton's premier airboarding resort and waterpark... Got there around 9:30, little later than expected. Friend met me in Allentown and I drove from there. He was running late, so I picked up some beer at Whole Foods. Snow was pretty decent still when we got there, still a good bit of fresh stuff on some of the trails. White Lightning was pretty good and still some fresh snow off of the side of Smoke. Long Haul was running all day so did a bunch of runs off of that. Rattler to Cannonball was also pretty good up. Hit some of the glades off of Upper Fast Track, snow was pretty good, but a little slow, especially since that section isn't that steep. Hopefully the storm Sunday will fill some stuff in on the bottom section of the mountain. Today was Mountainfest or whatever with pond skimming, so we caught a bit of that. Not that exciting, but watched a few people wipe out. There was a local beer distributor giving out free burgers and beer at the top of the Phoebe Snow lift, which was awesome. They had cans of Troeg's Hop Knife and some Stone IPA's and lagers. Also brought along a few beers from Levante, and I picked up some Left Hand Raspberry Milk Stout at Whole Foods that was pretty good. Hit Breaker Brewing on the way home, had a flight and some tacos.

This is great

Good to see you guys killing it!

Indiggio are you enjoying Jackson hole so far? What’s for dinner?

Actually most of the stuff off of Thunder. Tower 3 and some other stuff in that zone.

Well, there are ways They never check pass photos at the turnstiles, and I do need next year pass...

You can be the new Papsteeze. The guy asked what a forum was wow..lol.

Thanks for the invite. I wonder if the guy from first thing this morning who’s on day 16 at Blue is gonna join PASR..if he does I’m gonna make you in charge of stickers and perhaps assistant stats manager...have Matt edge help you with logistics.

Maybe it was an accident.

...and crown maple [emoji260] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is the one on the left Doug?

Have fun guys! I've been talking about getting to whitefish for over 10 years now, props for getting it done!

For those interested in why JH is so busy this season. It’s interesting to me. was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . “ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities That quote accurately describes our 2018/19 season. We have received more snowfall during the month of February than any month in our history. With our record snow comes record ski patrol efforts to open the mountain, record lift operations efforts to shovel snow, record ticket sales, record cars parked and record crowds. We are having a very successful year from a business perspective, our guest service and employee engagement numbers are at a 9.5 vs. our goal of 9.2, and the change in our NPS Bonus structure reflects this. All this represents the best of times. The worst of times? Record snow has attracted so many people that we’re stressing our infrastructure and worse, straining our employees. We’re all familiar with the relentless flow of skier visits creating long lines, traffic issues, lack of parking, crowded restaurants . . . some days, the list of stress points seems endless and on top of that, the rumor mill is churning out all kinds of baseless and nasty rumors. I’m writing today specifically to address the rumors about the IKON Pass that range from “IKON pass holders constitute as many as 50% of our skier visits” to ”they ski for free” and “they are ruining our resort”. I’m presenting the FACTS below as well as sharing with you some of the actions that we’re taking to address our crowding issues and support our employees. Background: Big Picture - For the past 17 years, total revenues in the ski industry have been virtually stagnant. Generally revenues have fluctuated slightly from year-to-year in as skier visits have risen in correlation to increases or decreases in snowfall. One of the factors driving down participation in our sports is the increase in the high price of lift tickets that is turning skiing/riding into sports that can only be afforded by an elite class. - Virtually every major resort in the U.S. participates in either the Epic (Vail-owned) or IKON (Alterra-owned) pass. Roughly 60% of Americans who will take a destination trip purchased, one or both, of the two passes this year. These passes make skiing/riding affordable and skiers who plan a destination trip will travel to a resort where their lift ticket is already paid for. If Jackson Hole had chosen NOT to participating in one of the 2 pass products, only 40% of Americans skiers would likely consider a destination trip to Jackson and our skier visits would likely decrease to levels where we would not be able to sustain our business. In short, we’re in a pickle. - While the Kemmerer family is committed to Jackson Hole retaining its independent ownership, JHMR recognized that we could not stand alone as a destination resort and thus should participate in one of the two pass products. In October, 2017, Jerry Blann signed the multi-year agreement committing Jackson Hole’s participation in IKON. A couple of the reasons why JHMR opted to participate in IKON vs Epic 1) the estimates of IKON pass sales was 75% fewer than the Epic pass, and 2) IKON celebrates that all resorts are unique allowing member resorts to maintain their independence. - For the 2018/19 season, the price for a full pass for each of Epic and IKON was $899. Epic’s full-price pass holders have unlimited access at 61 resorts in U.S., Japan and Europe whereas the IKON pass is good at 26 destinations in the U.S. and Canada. The IKON Base pass at $599 provided unlimited skiing at Winter Park, Copper, Eldora, Squaw/Alpine, Meadows, Tremblant and more PLUS 5 days at Aspen Snowmass, Alta, Snowbird, Steamboat, Deer Valley, Jackson Hole, Big Sky, Stratton, Killington, Revelstoke and Sugarbush. Hence, the perception of so many IKON pass holders that they are skiing for free when they come here, but the fact is that Alterra pay us a rate for every pass used here that we then use to support our infrastructure and salaries. - Across the U.S., the 2018/19 season’s snowfall is the best it’s been in more than 40 years. Each region is seeing record snow and when the snow is good, the skiers come out. Many resorts across the country is reporting long lift lines, heavy traffic and parking problems due to the combination of record snowfall and affordable access to our sports. While low pass prices are contributing to the increase in skier visits, the snow is also a significant contributor, particularly with record snow in February. JHMR’s 2018/19 Season - Our overall skier visits have increased 10% vs last year, and last we started to feel crowded. - Snowfall is 25% higher than last year. When conditions are good, skiers come out. - Locals represent 33% of our skier visits: they are skiing 7% more, likely due to our great snow conditions, and so are contributing to the increase in skier visits. - Our “Comp tickets” have increased 4%. Included in this group of people whose passes are complimentary (free), are our employees and the employees of other merchants in town, ski club, barter tickets and charitable donations and other sources. - IKON pass holders represent approx 14% of skier visits but not all incremental. Roughly 50% of IKON pass holders “migrated” from a different product in previous years, e.g., they may have bought a lift ticket at the window, owned a Mountain Collective pass, visited on a package deal, etc so we attribute IKON pass holders as adding 7% of our incremental traffic (note: the same impact as our locals skiing more). - IKON encompasses all of our mature markets and has a strong penetration into Colorado, Utah and California, with higher concentrations of advanced skiers. As a result we have more people visiting Jackson Hole for this first year than previous years . . . almost double vs the last year. IKON pass holders are giving JHMR and our employees extremely high marks. Their comments consistently compliment the resort and the caliber of our employees and guest service. - Teton Village Association are ploughing roads more than ever. We have so much snow that plowing our parking lots has been extremely challenging. . . there is no place to where we can move the snow and so snow piles are taking up parking spaces (we’ve lost roughly 180 spaces in the Village, depending on the day). - START bus resources are stretched. We’re encouraging visitors to take the bus but our busses are overflowing: some of our employees report that they wait at the bus stop as up to 4 busses pass by without stopping because they cannot fit another person on the bus. - WYDOT has closed the pass for safety concerns multiple days & nights these past few weeks and so many of our employees cannot get to work or must drive for hours to get to work . . . sometimes arriving at 10:30 a.m. or later. This is contributing to delayed openings and the crowds that resemble a rock concert in the base area. Insummary, while IKON passholders are contributing to our crowding problems, they are not the only factor as locals and employees are skiing more days. Record snowfall is likely the biggest driving factor. Solutions to address crowding, parking / traffic: Short-term: the remainder of the 2018/19 Season - We have canceled all marketing / promotions that was scheduled for the remainder of this year EXCEPT for support of the RendezVous festival. We are hosting this event jointly with the Travel & Tourism Bureau and cannot act unilaterally - We are working with hotels so that our employees who live over the pass can stay in Teton Village, ensuring that they can get to work on time (thank you to all who are staying overnight) - Teton Village Association, responsible for parking and transit, working with Mountain Resort Services, is running four additional shuttles in the morning between Stilson and the Village, and we are adding an additional Teton Village employee morning shuttle from the Hampton Inn in town direct to Teton Village - We are encouraging all visitors to use bus transportation between town and the Village Long term Solutions. Some actions that we are planning that will potentially decrease crowds next year: - Eliminating our “Golden Ticket” promotions that attract visitors to JHMR during off peak seasons - Limiting use of comp tickets as barter for our services - Raising prices of Mountain Collective - Raising prices of IKON pass - Adding value to purchase the BYPASS season passes that incentives our local passholders to avoid skiing over 10 holidays. - Working with Hotels, TVA, and START to expand transit, and add transit benefits to our guests - Increase parking spaces at Stilson - Invest in employee housing on THIS side of the pass. We are still exploring a number of options that we believe will help to reduce traffic and will share those initiatives with you as soon as they are confirmed. We have rejected proposals to increase prices to a level beyond what most local skiers can afford. We want our mountain to continue to be accessible to all. We will keep you posted as we develop more tools to control the volume of skier visits. The most effective tool would be to have a bad snow year but none of us want that. Thank you all for your extraordinary efforts during this extraordinary winter. Mary Kate Buckley, President, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

#MiniDoug

You’re right...Ryan is a better skier then mute

About 50/50. At present one is leaning more towards the Ikon route and lots of weekend and longer trips to VT and CO, and the other is concerned that this means less grandparent time. Wont go that route unless they are both fully up for it. A compromise could be doing Ikon base pass for a smaller number of weekend trips and then also do some local skiing. But again only if both are fully up for it. I dont need to be springing for gas/planes/lodging for big ski trips and reducing grandparent time if both are not fully on board with it. They are both very pleased they are being consulted and helping to make the decision.

Trouble free flights, beautiful sunny weather.. Can almost see Canada .. eh Also view from our condo in Whitefish Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

My man. I can’t wait to have a bacon Bloody Mary at the mid mountain lodge at ABasin next month. Keep the updates coming!!

Just leaving now. Had a great day🙂. Got on the snow around 830. Was ready to throw in the towel after 4 runs. Just couldn’t get it together. Goggles kept steaming up, I was clumsy. Around 930 decided to take a layer off and have a beer. What a difference! Had a great rest of day. They opened Razors and NMDW got to ski lots of bumpy stuff. Leaving now, glad I stayed. 👍👍 kinda day.

Cheers from Minneapolis.. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Why, then you would have got scammed

And you learn some manners on your road trip.

Correct.