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theabortionator
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A Place To Chat About All Things Park

Did your mountain build something sweet?

Did they build something ultra sketch?

Did you crash into a moose on the inrun to a rail?

How many beers have you chugged at the top of the park today?

Is the park crew disrespecting you by not putting your favorite feature in?


So many questions, to little time, and the season is already here!!!
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theabortionator
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GORILLAWALLACE


Guess you just opened a pipe lol.

It's more than a 1/4 but less than a 1/2 pipe. Maybe a 1/3 pipe

14 feet tall and only half the length of the dirt works, but a pipe it is!

Stoked!
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C0ster
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theabortionatorGuess you just opened a pipe lol.

It's more than a 1/4 but less than a 1/2 pipe. Maybe a 1/3 pipe

14 feet tall and only half the length of the dirt works, but a pipe it is!

Stoked!

Finally! How's the rest of the park looking, gonna be up Tuesday and I'm stoked for some semi spring skiing
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Chubz.
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Big Boulder is firing on all cylinders right now today was maad fun

Gonna be at springs tomorrow hmu if anybody wants to film or jus spin some laps
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theabortionator
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TahoesemilocalFinally! How's the rest of the park looking, gonna be up Tuesday and I'm stoked for some semi spring skiing


Pretty good. We're rebuilding out pinball jumpline. I think that might be happening at the moment on swing shift.

Have a bunch of rail on pinball, a smaller 3 jump line and a bigger 3 jump line, a 1/4 pipe. Sidewinder has a bunch of smaller stuff, some baby jumps, and a small 2 jump line. Foreunner and moonshine both have cross courses. stash is open. Straights has a few features. The dfd z tube and a down rail are at the base of the pipe. I hike the z tube sometimes. The pipe isn't anything crazy but it's cool to have a pipe. I haven't ridden it yet but we had snow last night anyway. Going to ride after work tomorrow probably.

just got some more fresh snow so everything groomed out pretty dope. Day staff excavated everything today, after tonights groom everything should be fresh and clean again.
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theabortionatorPretty good. We're rebuilding out pinball jumpline. I think that might be happening at the moment on swing shift.

Have a bunch of rail on pinball, a smaller 3 jump line and a bigger 3 jump line, a 1/4 pipe. Sidewinder has a bunch of smaller stuff, some baby jumps, and a small 2 jump line. Foreunner and moonshine both have cross courses. stash is open. Straights has a few features. The dfd z tube and a down rail are at the base of the pipe. I hike the z tube sometimes. The pipe isn't anything crazy but it's cool to have a pipe. I haven't ridden it yet but we had snow last night anyway. Going to ride after work tomorrow probably.

just got some more fresh snow so everything groomed out pretty dope. Day staff excavated everything today, after tonights groom everything should be fresh and clean again.


Thanks for the update I'm stoked the pipes open because even a bad pipe beats taking that green after every park lap
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theabortionator
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TahoesemilocalThanks for the update I'm stoked the pipes open because even a bad pipe beats taking that green after every park lap


Oh indeed!
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SchlossAdlerTo the dudes from Aus: I was at Thredbo last season so I'll probably make at least a couple of trips from Melbourne to Perisher to hang with the homies in Jindy this season, I also was thinking of entering freeride on the Bluff. If you need a lift from Melbourne I might have a spare seat when I head up, but yeah I'll try to figure out when I'm heading up a bit closer and we should hit each other up (:.

I'm still a student, so I get cheap tix on tues/wed at Buller, I haven't really skie'd there for a couple of years, how is the park there? I remember them having a 20/30ft jump? And some ok rails? I'll definitely be heading up as much as I can. I'm heaps down for some carpool action to spread the costs out.


You've got to get to Perisher man, between the main playstation and Leichhardt you've got one of the funnest park setups in the southern hemisphere.
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theabortionator
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TahoesemilocalThanks for the update I'm stoked the pipes open because even a bad pipe beats taking that green after every park lap


Pipe is a 3 hitter. Can sqeek 4 if you try. Reset a bunch of rails post snowstorm. Still no big jumpline in pinball. But probably getting done tonight.

Moonshine has 4 jibs after the boarder x and one small jump. I rebuilt the jump tonight.

Conditions are proper. I rode for a couple hours today. Will prolly be back out tomorrow.

Have fun out there.
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theabortionatorPipe is a 3 hitter. Can sqeek 4 if you try. Reset a bunch of rails post snowstorm. Still no big jumpline in pinball. But probably getting done tonight.

Moonshine has 4 jibs after the boarder x and one small jump. I rebuilt the jump tonight.

Conditions are proper. I rode for a couple hours today. Will prolly be back out tomorrow.

Have fun out there.


Thanks for another update man!
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nxtyrsfulltilts
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Chubz.Big Boulder is firing on all cylinders right now today was maad fun

Gonna be at springs tomorrow hmu if anybody wants to film or jus spin some laps


I'll be in the beard with line honey badgers. This week is the best springs has been all season.
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theabortionator
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SkiBum.Someone find out details on SPT.

Or I’ll just email. Im curious. Don’t have the freedom or capitol anymore to look into the business. But I’d be curious of details.


I havent been at the mtn since wnd of march cause I brokemyself riding.

Did see this pop up today though.

http://snowparktech.com/about-us-3/press-release/
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SkiBum.
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theabortionatorI havent been at the mtn since wnd of march cause I brokemyself riding.

Did see this pop up today though.

http://snowparktech.

/about-us-3/press-release/


Ahh, the good ol re brand. Thanks tho, I’ve been all sorts of busy and can’t keep track of the ski world.
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T.L.
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SkiBum.Ahh, the good ol re brand. Thanks tho, I’ve been all sorts of busy and can’t keep track of the ski world.

It's a bit more than a rebrand. Gunny is out from what I hear and their entire resort division that would partner with resorts for their public park builds is done and over.

I'd like to see them keep the name and branding the way it is and just be more versatile instead of picking all the low hanging event fruit.
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T.L.It's a bit more than a rebrand. Gunny is out from what I hear and their entire resort division that would partner with resorts for their public park builds is done and over.

I'd like to see them keep the name and branding the way it is and just be more versatile instead of picking all the low hanging event fruit.


I actually would like to see the company dissolve and go away. I think resorts are foolish for the amount they spend on their consulting and designs. I liked the company idea but if I was a GM no way I’d throw money at them. Grow and train your own staff.
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matt_720
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The season is already gone..
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Elimitch
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Last weekend a Jerry completely snaked me on a jump to roll over it
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theabortionator
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SkiBum.I actually would like to see the company dissolve and go away. I think resorts are foolish for the amount they spend on their consulting and designs. I liked the company idea but if I was a GM no way I’d throw money at them. Grow and train your own staff.


It's crazy how shitty sime places are. Like you can look at your features and look at a better mtn and realise your shits whack. Its not rocket science but it seems like it is.

That said it makes sense to be able to contract a company for event builds. You know what it costs and what the product will be.
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skiguy04
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Straight rails are something I never wanna hit // idk why more people don’t agree

Oh yeah - snowboarders
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Killington park crew is always killing it. Their intermediate park usually has a lot of the same features in the same places every year but they do a lot of creative new ones too. Their big park tho is always changing and the jump line is fire. Park crew is always around freshening up the lips and super friendly. Only complaint is they push up there mounds of snow and sculpt them, which is nice, but they end up turning into mounds of ice in about 2-3 weeks and get left there. Still, killi is a definite stop if ur traveling on the east coast.
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Rparr
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I'm putting my money where my mouth is and joining up with my local park crew next season if I'm still in town. I've been bitching about our stuff for years, time to do something about it
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Anyone here ever ride Snowshoe WV parks?
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theabortionator
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skiguy04Straight rails are something I never wanna hit // idk why more people don’t agree

Oh yeah - snowboarders


Oh yeah, parks are built "snowboard style". Is this 2003?
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voy10Anyone here ever ride Snowshoe WV parks?

They are ok

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skiguy04Straight rails are something I never wanna hit // idk why more people don’t agree

Oh yeah - snowboarders


i dont get this one bit...
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How are the parks at Alta? I hear there is a park near the base area that is pretty good wanna know before I plan a trip to Alta next January. I'm not going all the way to Utah to ski a janky park.
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Govygen_gourmetHow are the parks at Alta? I hear there is a park near the base area that is pretty good wanna know before I plan a trip to Alta next January. I'm not going all the way to Utah to ski a janky park.


Alta’s park is firing right now
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theabortionatorOh yeah, parks are built "snowboard style". Is this 2003?


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we ended up building a superpark type thing at Titcomb last month, came out pretty cool. Ended up doing all the cat work with a wingless br160 which complicated things but it came out pretty dope (plus we could put features like 6 feet apart and still groom in between them lol)

https://www.newschoolers.com/news/read/Party-Park-Community-Run-Spring-Session

We found a whole lot of metal in the past few weeks, hoping to have 3-4 nice new rails for next season. Getting real excited already and the snow hasn't even melted yet.
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arnie_grape
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big stuff starting to be pushed at sunshine for the level 1 boys
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anyone have experience with modular rails? Want to make two c rails that can be joined into an S for both transportation ease and setting up the S both ways

Arena has this video and the S rail at the end is exactly what were going for. Seems like they use a narrower male connector and some bolts to do it, but it strikes me as something you could catch an edge on. Anyone ever slide one of these? Is it something we could pull off at a small mountain using 1 inch steel handrail?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/903020/Arena-Snowparks---Combi-Features
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theabortionator
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a_burgeranyone have experience with modular rails? Want to make two c rails that can be joined into an S for both transportation ease and setting up the S both ways

Arena has this video and the S rail at the end is exactly what were going for. Seems like they use a narrower male connector and some bolts to do it, but it strikes me as something you could catch an edge on. Anyone ever slide one of these? Is it something we could pull off at a small mountain using 1 inch steel handrail?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/903020/Arena-Snowparks---Combi-Features


I wouldn't worry too much about the seam honestly. I'd grind down one side a bit though so there's a slight drop onto the downhill side Or maybe put the smaller piece on the downhill side flush or almost with the surface. Then the uphill side will be lifted that 1/4" or whatever.

Idk, I've never built one though. I've worked at a few places that had some modular boxes but we never actually bolted any of them together.

Most people run 2" for the most narrow round rails

Idk, I've heard of them being a pain in the ass to deal with but haven't tried to connect anything myself. Issues getting everything lines up and connected wasn't that easy with some features for people. With things like an S it's tough because it's a one way feature so I get it. Maybe build a z rail going to the left and an s rail going to the right. Idk what kind of features you have or need.

I guess you could give it a whirl, and if it doesn't pan out just weld it solid as an S or cut any excess off.

If you do it post up. Def interested to hear how it works. Multi features that aren't connected can be a pain in the balls places that get a lot of sun and in the spring. I'm always open to finding out that the modular life isn't to shabby.
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theabortionatorI wouldn't worry too much about the seam honestly. I'd grind down one side a bit though so there's a slight drop onto the downhill side Or maybe put the smaller piece on the downhill side flush or almost with the surface. Then the uphill side will be lifted that 1/4" or whatever.

Idk, I've never built one though. I've worked at a few places that had some modular boxes but we never actually bolted any of them together.

Most people run 2" for the most narrow round rails

Idk, I've heard of them being a pain in the ass to deal with but haven't tried to connect anything myself. Issues getting everything lines up and connected wasn't that easy with some features for people. With things like an S it's tough because it's a one way feature so I get it. Maybe build a z rail going to the left and an s rail going to the right. Idk what kind of features you have or need.

I guess you could give it a whirl, and if it doesn't pan out just weld it solid as an S or cut any excess off.

If you do it post up. Def interested to hear how it works. Multi features that aren't connected can be a pain in the balls places that get a lot of sun and in the spring. I'm always open to finding out that the modular life isn't to shabby.


actually ended up thinking of this right after posting.






we won't be welding anything till the fall but it would be sick if we could pull it off. We'd be using the handrails I posted on the first page that got donated, they're actually pretty maleable and we think we can bend them into a C pretty easily without a pipe bender or dissassembling them (in fact one of the snow cats already turned one into a C and we were able to bend it back with two of us jumping on it...)
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Segsxi
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Whats are the 10 park crews with the best uniforms? All Park Crew ls look steezy but which park crews is Stussy?

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SkiBum.
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Seeing pictures and info from cutters camp makes me so happy I’m not in the ski industry. I’m sure there are some real good people there that have great knowledge but seeing some of those highlighted people blow my mind. Would not take advice or listen to some of them. Waste of money to send anyone to that sham also.
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theabortionator
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SkiBum.Seeing pictures and info from cutters camp makes me so happy I’m not in the ski industry. I’m sure there are some real good people there that have great knowledge but seeing some of those highlighted people blow my mind. Would not take advice or listen to some of them. Waste of money to send anyone to that sham also.


You can def pick up some tips there but I like it more for networking. Also just being able to talk park.

Some of the people they have are pretty solid. Don't know who was there this year. I want to go again but VR wont pay anything towards it i dont think. But if nothing else even the networking aspect might be worth it for me to go back.

Its nice to know everyone at the different resorts, chat parks, and learn some shit.

What was happening this year that looked sketch?
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SkiBum.Seeing pictures and info from cutters camp makes me so happy I’m not in the ski industry. I’m sure there are some real good people there that have great knowledge but seeing some of those highlighted people blow my mind. Would not take advice or listen to some of them. Waste of money to send anyone to that sham also.


I know a lot of people that have done cutters camp and it sounds like mostly just a party week on your resort's dime. if you've been driving a cat for a long time it might not be useful but it seems to help newer drivers with building skills
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theabortionatorYou can def pick up some tips there but I like it more for networking. Also just being able to talk park.

Some of the people they have are pretty solid. Don't know who was there this year. I want to go again but VR wont pay anything towards it i dont think. But if nothing else even the networking aspect might be worth it for me to go back.

Its nice to know everyone at the different resorts, chat parks, and learn some shit.

What was happening this year that looked sketch?


Vail won’t pony up the money to send anyone there.

Little guys spend the money they shouldn’t to send guys. Party and draw stuff on cocktail napkins. Look at my sweet design. This will only take 3 weeks and 5 cats and 400 man hours to complete. Totally worth it.
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There's a lot to get out of cutters camp if you're an active participant. I've been 5 times from 08-12 and it was worth it each time. I was actually budgeted to go this year but it got sold out pretty quick so VR will definitely send you if it's in the departments budget for the year.

Yeah there's some partying and shit but if you're out til 3 and miss half the activities the next day that's on you.
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theabortionator
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T.L.There's a lot to get out of cutters camp if you're an active participant. I've been 5 times from 08-12 and it was worth it each time. I was actually budgeted to go this year but it got sold out pretty quick so VR will definitely send you if it's in the departments budget for the year.

Yeah there's some partying and shit but if you're out til 3 and miss half the activities the next day that's on you.


Word good to know. Our budget is petty solid so Im going to push to go next year. I just wanted to get another solid year of running cats in the park before going in case i can only go once.
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T.L.
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theabortionatorWord good to know. Our budget is petty solid so Im going to push to go next year. I just wanted to get another solid year of running cats in the park before going in case i can only go once.


If there were other lodging options besides Timberline I don't think it would be nearly as expensive. They should have a special "sleep in your shit box car" pricing option. I'd totally pay my own way.
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T.L.If there were other lodging options besides Timberline I don't think it would be nearly as expensive. They should have a special "sleep in your shit box car" pricing option. I'd totally pay my own way.


I agree. I wish they would do it but they figure the resorts will pay for it so whatever. But if you want to pay your own way it's super expensive. If your mtn pays for it and the people they send learn a bunch and can stoo building sketchy shit its worth it.

If your broke 1300 is a ton
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T.L.
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Why do I continue to invest time at resorts that want to downsize and chip away at the park program until it's dead?

RIP Rodeo Park.

Anyone else seeing any downsizing or reallocation of terrain park resources?
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uncrustablesi dont get this one bit...


They are boring!?!?
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Rparr
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skiguy04They are boring!?!?


I can always appreciate a good straight rail because there's a ton of tricks that I can only do on straight rails lol. I still have plenty of fun on then
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theabortionator
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T.L.Why do I continue to invest time at resorts that want to downsize and chip away at the park program until it's dead?

RIP Rodeo Park.

Anyone else seeing any downsizing or reallocation of terrain park resources?


Fack dude! I heard you didn't build it this season. Didn't know if maybe it was a snow thing. Honestly that 3 jump line was one of the best mid range jump lines I hit a few years ago. Was a fun park.

Is it getting downsized or just dead?

I feel you though. Shit's mad frustrating. Especially when you work somewhere for a while and try and make things legit. Those new features looked dope.

Northstar seems to be in a pretty good spot but heavenly has dipped off a ton. I guess worst case if everything got weird at some of the bigger mtns, hopefully there would still be some smaller mom and pop places building little parks.
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theabortionatorFack dude! I heard you didn't build it this season. Didn't know if maybe it was a snow thing. Honestly that 3 jump line was one of the best mid range jump lines I hit a few years ago. Was a fun park.

Is it getting downsized or just dead?

I feel you though. Shit's mad frustrating. Especially when you work somewhere for a while and try and make things legit. Those new features looked dope.

Northstar seems to be in a pretty good spot but heavenly has dipped off a ton. I guess worst case if everything got weird at some of the bigger mtns, hopefully there would still be some smaller mom and pop places building little parks.


What was up with heavenlys parks this season, I figured it was snow at first but even after March they never built anything. Obviously they’re not known for parks but they always had both the parks up by January previous seasons
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theabortionator
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TahoesemilocalWhat was up with heavenlys parks this season, I figured it was snow at first but even after March they never built anything. Obviously they’re not known for parks but they always had both the parks up by January previous seasons


Idk honestly. I mean their parks were pretty sick at one point but that was a while back. One of the times I was with there "early" season park nothing was even raked and things were set up kinda meh. I actually ended up raking out some shit so that we could hit things. There had been a little bit of snow so you could tell nobody had been near the features all day. 1 or 2 park crew guys rolled in to half ass rake at 1:30 or 2. I was impressed at that.

Everybody can get a bit lazy sometimes but jesus. Even just for a liability standpoint its always worth having things in good shape. So people don't get fucked up, and if they do, and take a picture, the feature doesn't look like total ass if it ends up in a courtroom.

Squaw has been looking pretty dialed the last few years.
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SkiBum.
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T.L.Why do I continue to invest time at resorts that want to downsize and chip away at the park program until it's dead?

RIP Rodeo Park.

Anyone else seeing any downsizing or reallocation of terrain park resources?


They are expensive. They are a liability. They are not used as much as they used to be.

I think a small, medium and large park is all a big resort needs. And that doesn’t have to be 3 seperate trails. They can combine some of that. Save snow. Save resources. Keep all the parks under same lift pod.
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theabortionator
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That time of year again. Over the last few weeks a bunch of jobs have gone up.

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=%22terrain+park%22

https://jobs.vailresortscareers.com/search/?q=%22terrain+park%22&optionsFacetsDD_location=&optionsFacetsDD_dept=&optionsFacetsDD_shifttype=

Is it winter yet?
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