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Midwest rope tows...

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owen.greene_
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hey NS, I live on the ice coast and we don't have many rope tows out here. For those of you who do have rope tows, I was wondering how can the mountain or hill tell if you have bought a pass? couldn't you just hike up a little unseen and then lap the park all day without going to the bottom or the top? how does this work? plus k for serious responses.
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tommyk141
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lift tickets are only like 20-30 bucks so they dont check often
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shotvet
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theoretically you could do this to a lot of mid-mountain lifts where they don't check passes. but the issue is being "unseen" when hiking up. you stick out like a sore thumb hiking up a hill with skis in hand
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John18_6
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cbaskierI live on the ice coast


That's a fucking lie this year.
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Analdestroyer
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Mountains check every once and a while so that does not really work cause if you get caught, its bad.
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veng_m
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my mountain only has one and its at the top, so you need a pass to get on the lift then the tow
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a_burger
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I bet there are places that frown upon loading the rope wherever.
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dingus
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You have to take a chair to get up to the rope tow park at my mountain, but there is also a bunny hill at the bottom but you don't "need" a pass to use it.
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pattyeiks
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They usually don't check for passes anywhere besides Afton Alps and the bigger resorts like Lutsen and Spirit Mountain
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you can walk into hyland hills, get on the rope, and ski all day without anyone checking your pass usually. I haven't had my pass checked this year after about 30 days and had it checked once last year when some friends and I were messing around on the bunny hill. so yeah, its a little risky, but they either just make you buy a ticket or kick you out.
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losh
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It all depends on your mountain. I mean a mountain could have someone checking passes at the bottom or top of the rope tow or whatever.
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_69
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cbaskierhey NS, I live on the ice coast and we don't have many rope tows out here. For those of you who do have rope tows, I was wondering how can the mountain or hill tell if you have bought a pass? couldn't you just hike up a little unseen and then lap the park all day without going to the bottom or the top? how does this work? plus k for serious responses.


In a short answer, some hills check and some hills dont. I go to a really small hill that just has a park, and they don't check so i don't buy a ticket. Other hills that are bigger tend to check, they literally have people out in chairs with scanners in the middle of the tow line.
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YUNG_milksteAk
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At Hyland you only get checked if you are doing something you shouldn't be doing.
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John18_6
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YUNG_milksteAkAt Hyland you only get checked if you are doing something you shouldn't be doing.


Like a park skier pride parade through the chalet. Such a shame to see a minority group put down like that. #freetheski vive la revolution
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_69
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john18061806Like a park skier pride parade through the chalet. Such a shame to see a minority group put down like that. #freetheski vive la revolution


I have a 2 minute long video of that. It's amazing.
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John18_6
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AnGaperI have a 2 minute long video of that. It's amazing.

post it here! seriously, the world needs to see this.
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OzzyJ
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My pass didn't get checked the whole season
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OzzyJ
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john18061806Like a park skier pride parade through the chalet. Such a shame to see a minority group put down like that. #freetheski vive la revolution


What happened?
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