Stevenson Lift Broken AGAIN

[PSUFrankenstein]

7 minutes ago, saltyant said:

That's rad, they are greasing their squeaky wheels @GrilledSteezeSandwich . I was triggered at Hershey Park on Saturday because all the coasters were closed down except Laugh Track. And my $10 hot cocoa was ice cold. Hershey corporate management delivered with a free pass to return so that's pretty radical 

Yeah Hershey closes their coasters when it's below 37 or 38 degrees or something.   End of next week looks to be warmer, if you go back then, more should be open.   Not sure if you've been on wildcats revenge yet but it's probably my favorite in the park

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

28 minutes ago, PSUFrankenstein said:

Yeah Hershey closes their coasters when it's below 37 or 38 degrees or something.   End of next week looks to be warmer, if you go back then, more should be open.   Not sure if you've been on wildcats revenge yet but it's probably my favorite in the park

Have you ever taken a ride down the Hershey highway 

[EdBacon]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

I heard a rumor that the fixed grip won't pass inspection. This rumor was on the Facebook.

Marc Antony has had the chairs removed for years. It doesn't run and would need a bunch of repairs at this point. Cleo probably never runs anymore. Bailey might still run every now and then since it has access to the main base area which Cleo doesn't. 

At some point they need a minimum of two new lifts: a replacement for the Stevenson and another high speed 6 or 4 where the Bailey is sited. 

Then they need to address all the mid-mountain lifts which are also in a bad state. Glen, Raceway and that lift over by Birches all need to be replaced sooner than later. They are vintage 70s machines and CBK isn't the type of people who care for classic machines which is ironic since they have so many of them.

Edited December 18, 2024 by EdBacon

[PSUFrankenstein]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Have you ever taken a ride down the Hershey highway 

No, sounds like you and salty should take a trip there

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

51 minutes ago, PSUFrankenstein said:

No, sounds like you and salty should take a trip there

I’ll ask if his sister has ever been. 

[momskeeztoo]

11 hours ago, Johnny Law said:

He's definitely around as I've seen at least twice but I think someone said he has a bum knee or something so he's not 100%

I actually saw him today briefly, but didn’t talk to him. 

[C1erArt]

On 12/17/2024 at 12:14 PM, Johnny Law said:

.I was trying to ask c1er if he got stuck but I was on the wrong side of the chair.  

Last time I was at CB was when my kids were in the high school ski club. 

[momskeeztoo]

Last time I was at Camelback was when you got in free after your mountain closed for the season. 

[indiggio]

26 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

Last time I was at Camelback was when you got in free after your mountain closed for the season. 

That’s the only time I go to Camelback!

[saltyant]

Word on the Facebook street is Camelback's lift is broken again today, on a Saturday. Good thing I haven't been wasting my time going there. I'm starting to think the Peak2Peak pass was a complete waste of money. I will probably demand a refund. If they won't refund I will probably start a class action lawsuit. 

[Benm]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

Word on the Facebook street is Camelback's lift is broken again today, on a Saturday. Good thing I haven't been wasting my time going there. I'm starting to think the Peak2Peak pass was a complete waste of money. I will probably demand a refund. If they won't refund I will probably start a class action lawsuit. 

Paging skitolive

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

Word on the Facebook street is Camelback's lift is broken again today, on a Saturday. Good thing I haven't been wasting my time going there. I'm starting to think the Peak2Peak pass was a complete waste of money. I will probably demand a refund. If they won't refund I will probably start a class action lawsuit. 

Where did you ski today?

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Where did you ski today?

I'll be skipping skiing this weekend since I'm hanging with my brahs. I'll prob ski a lot next week and weekend. Might drive to Hunter on Christmas Day. Or maybe stay with Ski2Live at Stowe if he has a a spare bunk bed at the budget motel he's staying at and maybe we can split an expired Hershey chocolate bar for sustinence.

Edited December 21, 2024 by saltyant

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

20 minutes ago, saltyant said:

I'll be skipping skiing this weekend since I'm hanging with my brahs. I'll prob ski a lot next week and weekend. Might drive to Hunter on Christmas Day. Or maybe stay with Ski2Live at Stowe if he has a a spare bunk bed at the budget motel he's staying at and maybe we can split an expired Hershey chocolate bar for sustinence.

@saltyant if you like chocolate I can bring you some Josh early candies and you can eat chocolate in the lot and watch me take off my ski boots.  

[enjoralas]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

I'll be skipping skiing this weekend since I'm hanging with my brahs. I'll prob ski a lot next week and weekend. Might drive to Hunter on Christmas Day. Or maybe stay with Ski2Live at Stowe if he has a a spare bunk bed at the budget motel he's staying at and maybe we can split an expired Hershey chocolate bar for sustinence.

Hershey's chocolate bars don't expire. They age.

[saltyant]

@GrilledSteezeSandwich This is grate. We should recruit some Camelback fans on the face books to come to PASR to write radical Camelback trip reports

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

[toast21602]

why are they closed? what the hell is going on with that place? 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just now, toast21602 said:

why are they closed? what the hell is going on with that place? 

They had water issues, lack of snowmaking staff, Stevenson lift failed tests…on and on and on.  

[Benm]

Just now, toast21602 said:

why are they closed? what the hell is going on with that place? 

i think because they only have one legit lift. and it has a bubble. bubble + wind = gonna have a bad time

[toast21602]

2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

They had water issues, lack of snowmaking staff, Stevenson lift failed tests…on and on and on.  

 

2 minutes ago, Benm said:

i think because they only have one legit lift. and it has a bubble. bubble + wind = gonna have a bad time

just another reason why they are the 9th best ski area in PA.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Even funnier is the radio keeps advertising this $40 deal for camelback and they say enjoy 39 trails 

[saltyant]

29 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Even funnier is the radio keeps advertising this $40 deal for camelback and they say enjoy 39 trails 

This is getting good. People who drove to Camelback today to ski got to experience a Wally World moment. They should spend some snow making money on a camel out front that says, "sorry folks, mountain's closed".

[JFskiDan]

28 minutes ago, Benm said:

i think because they only have one legit lift. and it has a bubble. bubble + wind = gonna have a bad time

i never really thought about that.  High speeds are susceptible to winds for sure, but that bubble just might as well be a sail.  Silliest thing on a lift that goes like 2000 feet ever.  There is actually a fixed grip right next to it, but i would assume based on the recent happenings at that place, its basically a monument.  

Jeff and I saw some chairs swaying like crazy on Christmas day, and i dont remember it being windy.  That place is such a mess this year.  Like, embarrassingly fucked up.  

[Johnny Law]

It's the same root cause as everything else.  In their eternal quest to suck every last penny possible out of the place they found the limit where people stop coming because the experience is shit.

The real question is how much do they even care ? Skiing is a shitty business and I have to believe all the other shit they have going on makes way more money so from a business perspective replacing lifts or doing maintenance doesn't make alot of sense if you believe you don't need the skiing to bring them in the door.

Blue for all it's many faults only really has skiing to make money from so the skiing at least in theory can never be that bad.