01/10 - Mountain Creek. Wow.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, eaf said:

How's it the same price? $299 vs $229.

I’m gonna make some popcorn 

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

1 adult pass and 2 kids passes at CB. Does MC have cheaper price for 12 yos?

Edited February 15, 2019 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Wow MC did not boost their prices like most areas do and is again offering $229 season passes for rest of this season and all of next. Don't care for MC or live close enough to want to get one, but an insane deal. Less than 50% of what Blue is asking for a pass to an area that is fairly comparable in terms of vertical and acreage (and, unfortunately, crowds).

Edited February 13, 2020 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

14 minutes ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Wow MC did not boost their prices like most areas do and is again offering $229 season passes for rest of this season and all of next. Don't care for MC or live close enough to want to get one, but an insane deal. Less than 50% of what Blue is asking for a pass to an area that is fairly comparable in terms of vertical and acreage (and, unfortunately, crowds).

It’s $200 difference big Whoop...$429 for the blue pass is an absolute bargain..aside from the one year it was $399 it’s less expensive than it was 15 years ago.  

[toast21602]

13 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

It’s $200 difference big Whoop...$429 for the blue pass is an absolute bargain..aside from the one year it was $399 it’s less expensive than it was 15 years ago.  

Comparing them is stupid. Ski2singShitMusic just tries to take jabs at Blue when he can. 

Edited February 13, 2020 by toast21602

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, toast21602 said:

Comparing them is stupid. Ski2singShitMusic just tried to take jabs at Blue when he can. 

Toast Ski2Douche is actually a bigger asshole than you..

[toast21602]

6 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Toast Ski2Douche is actually a bigger asshole than you..

Hard to believe. 

[RidgeRacer]

Why can't it just be "hey guys...wanted to let you all know that Mountain Crack has a great deal on pass prices"? Instead it's the typical jab...

Per the Urban dictionary..."An Internet Troll is A person whose sole purpose in life is to seek out people to argue with on the internet over extremely trivial issues."

Sounds about right.

[theprogram4]

Mountain creek comparable to blue lol. Ok boomer

Edited February 13, 2020 by theprogram4

[JFskiDan]

1 hour ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Wow MC did not boost their prices like most areas do and is again offering $229 season passes for rest of this season and all of next. Don't care for MC or live close enough to want to get one, but an insane deal. Less than 50% of what Blue is asking for a pass to an area that is fairly comparable in terms of vertical and acreage (and, unfortunately, crowds).

What the fuck?  Can you not fucking read?  I had one of these, made by Enjorales, in the parking lot last weekend.

And pancakes, and some other wonderful stuff to boot.  Last year there was Creme Brulee in the parking lot.  

You simply just dont get it.  Not all of us will let our wallets dictate the experience of skiing as you do.  

[saltyant]

[toast21602]

6 minutes ago, saltyant said:

You’re welcome. 

[saltyant]

@eaf How has Mountain Creek been??

[Johnny Law]

18 hours ago, saltyant said:

@eaf How has Mountain Creek been??

It's in NJ, that's all you need to know.......no matter the snow it's always still mtn creek

[Icecoast]

It’s a slow day at work and i just read through this thread. Im a current season pass holder at mountain creek. I have ridden there in the past and their super cheat 270 dollar season pass was cheap enough that I completely forgot that it sucks. 

The good:

Their snowmaking investments have paid off big time. Conditions have been fantastic. The allow for uphill and open an hour early for season pass holders on weekends and holidays. 

The bad:

The steep stuff is the last to open, despite only having 3 trails i would consider steep. 2 of them are on the main peak and have a green trail cutting each route down in half.

Despite them claiming a new six pack is coming to replace the triple lift, we are still stuck riding that stupid gondola. The triple serves as backup on weekends. And there’s one narrow trail down to the triple so it’s always a clusterf*ck getting to it. 

They have removed more than one trail. Attached is a screenshot of the trails removed. The removal of those trails absolutely ruins any flow of the mountain. They claim they are bringing 2 back on Vernon when the six pack goes in. Marked in red on the attached photo are the removed trails. 

 

Will I be back? This season, yes for uphill and some early weekends, but I’ve already broken even on my pass and will most likely do some midweek days at the ‘Tage for 40 bucks, and go ikon or ‘tage next season unless this elk mountain rumored sale happens. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 hours ago, Icecoast said:

It’s a slow day at work and i just read through this thread. Im a current season pass holder at mountain creek. I have ridden there in the past and their super cheat 270 dollar season pass was cheap enough that I completely forgot that it sucks. 

The good:

Their snowmaking investments have paid off big time. Conditions have been fantastic. The allow for uphill and open an hour early for season pass holders on weekends and holidays. 

The bad:

The steep stuff is the last to open, despite only having 3 trails i would consider steep. 2 of them are on the main peak and have a green trail cutting each route down in half.

Despite them claiming a new six pack is coming to replace the triple lift, we are still stuck riding that stupid gondola. The triple serves as backup on weekends. And there’s one narrow trail down to the triple so it’s always a clusterf*ck getting to it. 

They have removed more than one trail. Attached is a screenshot of the trails removed. The removal of those trails absolutely ruins any flow of the mountain. They claim they are bringing 2 back on Vernon when the six pack goes in. Marked in red on the attached photo are the removed trails. 

 

Will I be back? This season, yes for uphill and some early weekends, but I’ve already broken even on my pass and will most likely do some midweek days at the ‘Tage for 40 bucks, and go ikon or ‘tage next season unless this elk mountain rumored sale happens. 

And don’t they have a lift that goes horizontal?  

[Shadows]

and an open gondy. great idea

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

My dad learned to ski there in the 60s when it was called Vernon valley/Great gorge and a bit later they even had a Playboy club there.  Was a mountain hideaway for schmancy New Yorkers, now they go to Hunter 

[Mixilplix]

When I taught at BC I had a repeat student whose mom was a bunny at Vernon Valley...

Edited Thursday at 01:38 AM by Mixilplix

[RidgeRacer]

16 hours ago, Icecoast said:

It’s a slow day at work and i just read through this thread. Im a current season pass holder at mountain creek. I have ridden there in the past and their super cheat 270 dollar season pass was cheap enough that I completely forgot that it sucks. 

The good:

Their snowmaking investments have paid off big time. Conditions have been fantastic. The allow for uphill and open an hour early for season pass holders on weekends and holidays. 

The bad:

The steep stuff is the last to open, despite only having 3 trails i would consider steep. 2 of them are on the main peak and have a green trail cutting each route down in half.

Despite them claiming a new six pack is coming to replace the triple lift, we are still stuck riding that stupid gondola. The triple serves as backup on weekends. And there’s one narrow trail down to the triple so it’s always a clusterf*ck getting to it. 

They have removed more than one trail. Attached is a screenshot of the trails removed. The removal of those trails absolutely ruins any flow of the mountain. They claim they are bringing 2 back on Vernon when the six pack goes in. Marked in red on the attached photo are the removed trails. 

 

Will I be back? This season, yes for uphill and some early weekends, but I’ve already broken even on my pass and will most likely do some midweek days at the ‘Tage for 40 bucks, and go ikon or ‘tage next season unless this elk mountain rumored sale happens. 

First time I’ve ever heard of a resort removing trails. What’s the reason for that?

[Icecoast]

14 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

And don’t they have a lift that goes horizontal?  

They do. The two north peaks (Vernon and Granite) were one ski area and south and bear peaks were another. When it combined into Vernon valley/great gorge a connector lift and trail was installed. There’s a lodge at each area so you can chose were to park. It’s not that big an issue, if you get tired of lapping south and bear peak, you have one long lift ride to get back to granite and Vernon. It’s not lift meant to lap, its there so you dont have to get in your car and drive to  the other base. 

 

14 hours ago, Shadows said:

and an open gondy. great idea

When intrawest bought the area and turned it into mountain creek, there was a massive master plan. The open lift was supposed to be for mountain biking and to get people to a mountain top development/resort center built around the lakes up top. There was always supposed to be a second high speed lift but it never happened. The actual master plan made the place massive. See attached for that.

 

1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:

First time I’ve ever heard of a resort removing trails. What’s the reason for that?

The missing bottom trail that looks to cut across the condos is still there but needs to be reopened. They have stated this is in works with the condo association for when the triple is replaced with the six pack. I assume one other route down to that area will open too. The missing trails in the top left were abandoned because they kinda sucked and you had to traverse to get to them. The trails on the center peak were abandoned because because the longer trail that wraps around was really flat, and the steep pipeline trail had issues with their being an actual pipeline underneath it, and that right at the bottom of the steepest part it turned 90 degrees and was quite an issue for the Jersey Jerry. The pipeline trail used to go full top top bottom before the condos went in.

Basically, intrawest wanted to make the place stratton south, started a bunch of small things but never finished. Then the few owners between them and the ownership group now kinda let the place go. New owners are on it and are addressing things bit by bit.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

5 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

First time I’ve ever heard of a resort removing trails. What’s the reason for that?

Killington removed some trails and an entire pod @Johnny Law can tell you all about it.