Do your guys’ mountains have “park passes”

ReturnToMonkeyHoly fuck big sky's swifty park was jerry central today. At the end of the day some idiot had somehow hurt themselves on a flat tube bad enough that they laid there for 40+ minutes (no idea when they first fell. A bunch of us park skiers had gathered at the top waiting for the rail to clear of this moron and his giant family. You could tell the ski patrollers were getting sick of his shit, he prolly wasn't even hurt that bad. I think having a park pass would prevent this from happening a lot more. I don't like the idea of it costing money. Winter Park's Dark Territory requires you watch a 20 minute video and fill out a waiver saying you understand park etiquette and then you get a free card. If they had some sort of test where, if you know already and are just new to the mountain, it might be even better to just take a quick test to prove you know what's good and that'd be perfect imo.

theabortionator

BiffbarfPlease correct me if I'm way off, but could the answer be more progressive parks? Like baby lips off in one area JUST FOR jerry to nepolean dynamite some sick air so they don't be pre-occupied on features that are over their heads?

The allure of skiing to many is to go fast and catch air, even if you barely have the pizza down. Allowing beginners to in a controlled environment seems like a more sustainable approach than making hoops that peeps have to jump through. The more barriers there are to skiing park, the less popular park skiing will be, and she's hurtin rn.

theabortionatorPeople will still hit the biggest park and side jump everything.

But flowy parks with snow features can hit for everyone.

Also stoked to see all the baby parks these days. Honestly me and my buddy had fun riding the baby park at northstar.

theabortionatorEvery mtn is different, and it works better at some than others, but in general it really doesn't work well.

It realy sucks when you check put a new mtn for the day that has park pass.

It was a cool idea that just didn't work. The best thing is having two parks of varying ability next to each other. Or having a big and small line all the way if your only park. At the end of the day people who want to do something stupid will do something stupid.

abar.I'm 100% in favor of mandatory gap jumps into the top of the park

abar.I'm 100% in favor of mandatory gap jumps into the top of the park

bertBertsonHas anyone's local tried this? How'd it work?

WoFlowzNever had to deal with them but I think a mtn in Quebec has it and it’s rfid so you can’t get into the park unless you pay for it. I don’t think most people would pay for it like a tourist or something

ThegenericskierApp ski here in NC has the best jumps in the area thanks to their park pass

DominatorJacquesShow us the jumps.

Thegenericskierhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1001910/trim-3102F6A2-4E05-467C-8CA4-551AE8DFEFAC-MOV

theabortionator

DominatorJacquesRight on! That's a legit jump right there. Night skiing. Sweet!

Thegenericskierthat's about as big of a jump we can build in NC super lucky to have a great park with night skiing.

ThegenericskierApp ski here in NC has the best jumps in the area thanks to their park pass

theabortionatorWhat makes it "thanks to the park pass". App looks like they have a pretty sick park consistently but there are mountains that have bigger parks with no park pass, and way shittier parks with park pass.


I get that a park pass could help some places but decent size jumps just comes down to what the management is comfotable with, who's building the park, snowmaking budget, etc.

TreyDudskiI had heard that back in the day places like Brighton had a “park pass” where you would take a quiz online and then pay like 15$ and you could then get access to the park.. does this still exist anywhere or did it even really work out?


To me it sounds like a great idea, better built park and less injuries due to gapers flying mach 5 over the lips