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Plans for 20/21 season?

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snowfinder
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Seeing how resorts will most likely wont be open or running with a raffle system what do you guys plan on doing? I'm looking at getting some daymakers and some skins.
Aug 19 2020 5:01PM
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Professor-Modelo
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What leads you to believe that the resort season won’t happen or be a raffle system? Last updates I saw on this from Vail/pwdr suggests that the season will happen as planned.
snowfinderSeeing how resorts will most likely wont be open or running with a raffle system what do you guys plan on doing? I'm looking at getting some daymakers and some skins.
Aug 19 2020 5:29PM
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snowfinder
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Have you not been watching the news? Look at schools and colleges open up and shut right back down.
Aug 19 2020 5:47PM
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GayWolf420
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Playing it entirely by ear and day-by-day. A lot more walking up stuff to ski, thats for sure. And away from the popular touring spot junkshows.

I honestly really only care for the resorts being open just to be able to work mostly full-time as a coach and tons of kids (hopefully) will have tons of free time in between doing nothing and doing online school, so mom and dad will be hopefully throwing their kids at their coaches this winter, but that's not going to go as planned at all. In fact, we'll be lucky to even have maybe 1 day of on-snow training a week, if that. Maybe 1 day every two weeks.

Just sucks that the sport we love is getting absolutely buttfucked due to its reliance on the tourism industry and selling $10.00 beers and burgers.

**This post was edited on Aug 19th 2020 at 6:00:33pm
Aug 19 2020 5:58PM
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Professor-Modelo
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Yeah, I have been, but college classes also take indoors with hundreds of people potentially present, whereas skiing takes place in the outdoors and most people are wearing masks, gloves and 7 layers of clothing.
snowfinderHave you not been watching the news? Look at schools and colleges open up and shut right back down.
Aug 19 2020 6:01PM
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SavageBiff
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snowfinderHave you not been watching the news? Look at schools and colleges open up and shut right back down.

Skiing doesn’t happen in the lodge, the slopes ARE going to be open, we will see some lift line spacing and a seating system that keeps separate groups of people separate. We will see some lodging and dining restrictions, maybe a limit on daily tickets etc, which won’t apply to pssholders I don’t think, and that’s about it
Even with how things are trending negatively especially for universities etc , governors are not shutting things down which is what is required for state parks, ski resorts etc
Also trump wants everything open, until Biden wins, I think we’re safe, hate to say it but, when he wins , he may shut shit down... which may be good but fuck it would suck beginning or mid Jan another shutdown 😡
Aug 19 2020 6:36PM
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rubberpantaloons
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Probably get completely fucked by sketchy urban rails wbu
Aug 19 2020 7:58PM
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freestyler540
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I bought my pass today. Reduced prices for returning members, 2 50% off tickets and covid assurance seems like a good deal. Still, im planning to do more hiking and BC skiing still and only go to the resort if conditions suck.
Aug 19 2020 10:54PM
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ScaryDumpTruck
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Buying a season pass as usual.
Aug 19 2020 11:11PM
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r00kie
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Working ski school, doing 60+ days on the same tiny hill. Stills sucking at rails. Hopefully making a trip in December or January.
Aug 19 2020 11:18PM
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keagan.karstens
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Hopefully my home mountain Wilmot WI is open because there ain’t no ski touring in chicago😂
Aug 19 2020 11:33PM
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Slowbro
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Building a fat backyard park with 4 or 5 rails and hopefully getting some backcountry in for the first time. I don't expect much out of the resorts but I'm hoping COP at least sets up some decent rails and a kicker, who knows if they'll spend a ton of money making snow this year.
Aug 19 2020 11:44PM
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ski_salmon69
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SavageBiffSkiing doesn’t happen in the lodge, the slopes ARE going to be open, we will see some lift line spacing and a seating system that keeps separate groups of people separate. We will see some lodging and dining restrictions, maybe a limit on daily tickets etc, which won’t apply to pssholders I don’t think, and that’s about it
Even with how things are trending negatively especially for universities etc , governors are not shutting things down which is what is required for state parks, ski resorts etc
Also trump wants everything open, until Biden wins, I think we’re safe, hate to say it but, when he wins , he may shut shit down... which may be good but fuck it would suck beginning or mid Jan another shutdown 😡


Ya I think they’ll at least open the lifts up. Not quite as popular as skiing but if you look at mtb, whistler bike park, along with many other smaller parks, is open this summer but they made changes to lift lines and who you can ride with the lift, limited facilities, etc. But whistler is a huge destination for mtb so I think if they opened this summer the ski resorts could open as well
Aug 20 2020 10:08PM
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lil.Boye
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i will be skiing more this season then ever. gonna be sick
Aug 21 2020 8:56AM
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PsychicMigration
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snowfinderHave you not been watching the news? Look at schools and colleges open up and shut right back down.


From a college student and many others can attest school is an absolute disaster right now. I'm betting schools wont last more then 2-3 weeks max and the way many states are going its just going to get worse when October hits. If I wasn't in school I would have moved to Europe by now.
Aug 21 2020 2:30PM
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kbrando
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buying a drysuit and spending my winter paddleboarding
Aug 21 2020 3:01PM
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mattm7
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Was planning to move back to Canada and ski instructor again but I'm not so sure now, will have see what it's like in November and then then decide if I'm gonna pull the trigger, if not no skiing this winter 🤔
Aug 21 2020 4:41PM
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SavageBiff
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U in Hawaii?
mattm7Was planning to move back to Canada and ski instructor again but I'm not so sure now, will have see what it's like in November and then then decide if I'm gonna pull the trigger, if not no skiing this winter 🤔
Aug 21 2020 5:03PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Buying seasons's pass. Buying daymakers and avy gear to hedge bets. I don't know if I'll be able to take an Avy 1 course this year, but I can definitely practice finding a beacon in the snow, and using the probe, shovel, etc. myself. Even then I'd only ski low angle pow to avoid getting in avalanches if I had to do that, but hopefully I'll just be skiing bird like normal. Groomers are fun as shit.
Aug 21 2020 6:36PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Buying seasons's pass. Buying daymakers and avy gear to hedge bets. I don't know if I'll be able to take an Avy 1 course this year, but I can definitely practice finding a beacon in the snow, and using the probe, shovel, etc. myself. Even then I'd only ski low angle pow to avoid getting in avalanches if I had to do that, but hopefully I'll just be skiing bird like normal. Groomers are fun as shit.
Aug 21 2020 6:36PM
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chef_boyardee
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probably more street skiing and backcountry, and possibly less resort skiing depending on how things develop
Aug 21 2020 6:39PM
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disappointmett
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Definitely touring a ton more, tentative plans to get to Japan and maybe move to Banff

**This post was edited on Aug 21st 2020 at 9:58:21pm
Aug 21 2020 9:57PM
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MoneyMakerMike
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Urban if my city gets more than an inch at a time
Aug 21 2020 10:10PM
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mattm7
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SavageBiffU in Hawaii?


Northern Ireland, we get snow like 3 times a year and there's literally no mountains
Aug 22 2020 7:52AM
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snowfinder
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There's always Scotland right?
mattm7Northern Ireland, we get snow like 3 times a year and there's literally no mountains
Aug 22 2020 9:58AM
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mattm7
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snowfinderThere's always Scotland right?

I guess , but if I'm gonna fly to Scotland I might as well go to France, still a 2 week quarantine if the rules don't change from now to then
Aug 22 2020 10:46AM
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ICary
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Gonna buy my first ever Epic Local season pass and I’m planning a CO trip and. Cali trip. So just trips this year in my agenda.
Aug 23 2020 4:52PM
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HypeBeast
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What are people's thoughts on crowds? You think covid will deter a bunch of phonies from going to the mountains cuz this year will be more about just skiing and less about bs?
Aug 24 2020 3:59AM
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MiIfHunter
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What’s with u and kids??? U friends with the talented Mr. Epstein?
DeebieSkeebiesPlaying it entirely by ear and day-by-day. A lot more walking up stuff to ski, thats for sure. And away from the popular touring spot junkshows.

I honestly really only care for the resorts being open just to be able to work mostly full-time as a coach and tons of kids (hopefully) will have tons of free time in between doing nothing and doing online school, so mom and dad will be hopefully throwing their kids at their coaches this winter, but that's not going to go as planned at all. In fact, we'll be lucky to even have maybe 1 day of on-snow training a week, if that. Maybe 1 day every two weeks.

Just sucks that the sport we love is getting absolutely buttfucked due to its reliance on the tourism industry and selling $10.00 beers and burgers.

**This post was edited on Aug 19th 2020 at 6:00:33pm
Aug 24 2020 6:46AM
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