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Skiing for free

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mwg216
Posts: 158 - Karma: 11

At my local mountain the lifty's don't really check for lift tickets so me and some friends have pretty much skiied for free this whole season... has anyone else been able to do this this season?

Feb 12 2009 12:31PM
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jfbolieuvaldi
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i not ski for free but  early in the season i lost ma season pass so i dont pay for another.

i  just go to ski and nobody ask me for my ticket loll

Feb 12 2009 12:41PM
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Jordan_P
Posts: 621 - Karma: 33
when you dont pay to ski, your terrain park manager doesn't receive his check which he uses to feed his family...he will then most likely do one of these two thing:

1)  put broken bottles on the landings of all the jumps

2)  shoot you in the fuckin face



and remember kids, your lift ticket money is whats keepin our economy afloat...erm, no that cant be right
Feb 12 2009 1:07PM
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eheath
Posts: 61604 - Karma: 123,113
It's the resorts own damn fault if people are skiing for free, they should probably have ticket checkers if they really care about making money. That being said, supporting a local mountain is always good, but if i could ski at park city without paying i would do it in a heart beat.
Feb 12 2009 1:10PM
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peyton
Posts: 1475 - Karma: 1,062
yaaa .. i have a season pass to one mtn.. but the place i go for night skiing never checks passes so i just ski there for free.. one time they asked me for a pass and i just bobbed my head like i couldnt hear them because my music was too loud.. haha
Feb 12 2009 1:10PM
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DirtyMick
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Full of win.
Feb 12 2009 1:11PM
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dowalibeast
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i always figure that they aren't losing money by having an extra person on.
Feb 12 2009 1:12PM
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IceCreamer
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Feb 12 2009 1:18PM
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Drail
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Currently I buy seasons pass's... it's just easier. But for a few years I skied without a pass. I did one full winter at the ski hill I grew up in without a pass, then after that I did almost a full season at Whistler without a pass. Lasted 4 months skiing whistler without a pass before I was over it. Those bastards have thought of everything to catch you... makes you get creative, ya know?
Feb 12 2009 1:41PM
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gabfreeski
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yes but if everybody didn't pay their lift tickets the mountain will lost money
Feb 12 2009 1:47PM
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mac.N.steeze
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The more people that pay for they're passes the more money the mountain gets
the more money the mountain gets more stuff is put into the mountain
the more stuff that gets put into the mountain the more fun you can have

so basically the more people that pay for their passes the more fun you can have
Feb 12 2009 2:35PM
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mwg216
Posts: 158 - Karma: 11
I agree but I'm a broke college kid so I'm gonna do what I gotta do to do some skiing
Feb 16 2009 2:03PM
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Bob_Gnarley
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Feb 16 2009 2:07PM
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Se7en
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I've done it a bunch.  I find the best way to get on the lift hassle free is to stick close to the ski school and offer to take up one of the littler kids.  You move to the front of the line and no one bothers to check your ticket.
Feb 16 2009 6:05PM
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jpmoneyshot
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I bought a season pass this year at a hill and so far I haven't been checked once.  But it is nice knowing that I am not poaching and not having to worry about getting caught.  As much as I have gone this year it is already less then $15 a day for the season pass and will end up less than $10 easy.
Feb 16 2009 6:13PM
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[~_~]
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Backcountry is always free, which is why resorts suck.
Feb 16 2009 6:14PM
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JacheOReally
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this is probably what my spanish sounds like
Feb 16 2009 7:38PM
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Alex_G
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my wallet is more important to me than a resort that charges 90 dollars a day ticket. fuck that and i agree with heath
Feb 16 2009 7:45PM
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Mooserz
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thats exactly what i was thinking
Feb 16 2009 7:47PM
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Whifazoo
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my sisters a racer a COP on weekdays so she gott a bunch of thos valid the day they get scanned passes so i looked through the pile and found one with a printing fuck up ( 95% are fucked) so i jsut get to use one pass all year there now cuz the lifties are super chill and let me go
Feb 16 2009 8:02PM
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mwg216
Posts: 158 - Karma: 11
I would do backcountry but I live in va so we don't really get enough snow for me to do any backcountry and the closest place is like 5 hours away
Feb 19 2009 9:49AM
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