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The Fate of Three Kings

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memecork
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Heard Vail/ Epic is closing down three kings in Park City to consolidate a new four pack lift to the top for the next season. Seems like they’re choosing to throw a large portion of a great legacy of a legendary park scene out the window to justify more tourism. I’m aware it probably won’t be as awful as it seems but it feels unnecessary to rip out such a legendary lift. With no more hot lapping, no more views of the homies ripping underneath you, and a sure swarm of tourists flocking to the new lift creating a worse off lift line, Vail seems to be ignorantly and purposely destroying a huge aspect of what made Park City so great for so many skiers & snowboarders alike. They’ve already wreaked havoc on Breck/ Keystone, hell I haven’t seen a single clip from Breck in a long long time. Also they’ve transformed PC in many ways as well. But why do they continue to try so blatantly to strip terrain parks of every last shred of dignity. I understand tourism is their focus, love it or hate it, but I truly feel with all the people buying season passes for park/ booking trips just to rip the park, that they will ultimately lose more than they gain. Especially after hearing the dissenting opinions of many saying they most likely won’t be buying an Epic pass if the lift is stripped. Anyway rant over, let me know your thoughts on the whole situation.
Mar 24 2022 5:33PM
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How’s that concussion going after you fell off that massive cliff you didn’t see 8 years ago?
Mar 24 2022 5:41PM
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https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/930511/3-kings
Mar 24 2022 5:43PM
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memecorkI truly feel with all the people buying season passes for park/ booking trips just to rip the park

As much as I wish this was true, this isn't a thing. Maybe some families have kids who want to ski park, but its not part of their decision making.

There are other things I could pick out of your rant that aren't really issues (eagle will not have a bad lift line and its going to be a 6 pack) but yes not having a 3 kings park lift is unfortunate, but the decision has been made and we can't do much but accept it or ski somewhere else.

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Mar 24 2022 5:44PM
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eheathAs much as I wish this was true, this isn't a thing. Maybe some families have kids who want to ski park, but its not part of their decision making.

Thanks for linking the previous thread, I was unaware there was one.
Mar 24 2022 5:47PM
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There are other things I could pick out of your rant that aren't really issues (eagle will not have a bad lift line and its going to be a 6 pack) but yes not having a 3 kings park lift is unfortunate, but the decision has been made and we can't do much but accept it or ski somewhere else.

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Very stoic of you eheath, I’ll still be skiing there. Again I recognize it won’t be as bad as it seems.
Mar 24 2022 5:48PM
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memecorkThere are other things I could pick out of your rant that aren't really issues (eagle will not have a bad lift line and its going to be a 6 pack) but yes not having a 3 kings park lift is unfortunate, but the decision has been made and we can't do much but accept it or ski somewhere else.

**This post was edited on Mar 24th 2022 at 5:46:43pm
Very stoic of you eheath, I’ll still be skiing there. Again I recognize it won’t be as bad as it seems.

Yeah the issue is PC/canyons has like 10 too many lifts and Vail is trying to figure it out. Ditching 3 kings is an easy change and is technically a redundant chair in the grand scheme of things. As soon as I don't live in PC, I won't ski PC.
Mar 24 2022 5:52PM
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memecorkHow’s that concussion going after you fell off that massive cliff you didn’t see 8 years ago?


Dude got concussed so hard he swapped bodies with a 13 year old.
Mar 25 2022 8:15AM
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@memecork please come back to Instagram.
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