sibhusky Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 (edited) Well, I'd expected to get more skiing in, but a problem with my shoulder has sidelined me and my mountain closes today. Out of all the passholders, who are automatically enrolled in the vertical tracking database, I finished 36th of 7000 passholders (some of these people got in less than 10,000 feet for the whole season -- what the heck are they buying a pass for???). The top woman finished 14th. I don't know how I finished in relation to all the women, as they only post a list of the top 15 finishers, after that you have to plug in names. I know at least one women was between me and the top lady. The highest finisher, Fred Frost, logged 4.6 million. The next guy had 3.9 million. I and a friend figured that a quarter of the time we didn't get wanded unless we made a stink, so Fred MAY have actually skied even more unless he carried on about it (quite possible). Towards the end of the season, I admit I picked up the wand a few times when the liftie was too lazy to get up off his butt. As you can see in this picture, http://www.big-mountain.com/index.php?a=so...4&archiveid=247, we closed with plenty of snow. Since the majority of the area is part of the National Forest, we have to close due to environmental reasons. I think Siblet plans to hike up for a run when she gets home. I will make sure she brings her bear spray and I hope she gets a group together. Grizzlies have already been seen at lower elevations. By the way, our season passes are on sale now. If you thought you'd like to come here next year, buying a pass would have you break even between 6 and 10 days of skiing, depending on your age. Edited April 9, 2006 by sibhusky Quote
VTmark Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 im trying really really hard to feel bad for you but its not working. Quote
liftie Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 (edited) im trying really really hard to feel bad for you but its not working. After riding belleayre yesterday I find it real hard to feel bad for you. Must be hard having some sweet powder/nice conditions and have to close...unlike bell and their ice rink runs yesterday... ^^posted by righthandedlefty on wrong screenname... Edited April 9, 2006 by liftie Quote
VTmark Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 After riding belleayre yesterday I find it real hard to feel bad for you. Must be hard having some sweet powder/nice conditions and have to close...unlike bell and their ice rink runs yesterday... hey dont bash teh ice rink runs. i've done some of theos runs and their fun. that was the accul rink not the rink runs. Quote
Schif Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 The only logical thing to do now is to fight all the bears and make them leave the mountain. Or we can teach all of them to ski and not eat people. Quote
DHarrisburg Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 Sib, what system does your mountain use? Here at Northstar we've got this system called Vertical Plus. It's awesome because you actually get prizes for the more feet you ski/ride. The only thing I really use it for is food vouchers (45,000 for a $10 voucher, 75,000 for a $20 dollar voucher). The pass is an additional $75, but when you sign up they give you a free voucher for a full day lift ticket, which is easily worth $50 by itself. Add that to the shorter lines for VP and the free food and there's really no reason to not get it. Quote
toast21602 Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 thats awesome that you got to ski this long. i wish i could live out west and ski forever and ever. Quote
Dan- Posted April 9, 2006 Report Posted April 9, 2006 I would just hike, or get a sled. Especially with all that snow. Quote
sibhusky Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Posted April 10, 2006 Sib, what system does your mountain use? Here at Northstar we've got this system called Vertical Plus. It's awesome because you actually get prizes for the more feet you ski/ride. The only thing I really use it for is food vouchers (45,000 for a $10 voucher, 75,000 for a $20 dollar voucher). The pass is an additional $75, but when you sign up they give you a free voucher for a full day lift ticket, which is easily worth $50 by itself. Add that to the shorter lines for VP and the free food and there's really no reason to not get it. All season passholders are automatically enrolled. The prizes aren't much -- boot bags, ski bags, etc. The first two years those prizes went to the people in each category (adult, senior, junior, child) who had the most vertical that month. But it soon transpired that it was always the same people, so then they started giving it to the next one on the list. This year it was "random", supposedly your chances were weighted by the number of feet in the month, but if so there is one lady that should be playing the lottery because she won for her category with hardly any vertical feet. There is no gender differentiation, just the four categories I listed. No special lift lines, no food discounts anymore. We had over 300,000 skier visits this year, the highest ever. 57% of those were passholders. So, special lines wouldn't buy us much. Quote
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