you dont need to work every single day during ski season in order to ski. i worked during the summer, holiday weekends, and winter break and thats pretty much it. i skiied 64 days this year, more or less living in philly at school. its just about how much you really want to ski. sure, i was broke all winter, but i manged to get enough money for gas or found a ride to the mountain so i could ski. i have put more effort into trying to better blue mountain than most people realize, giving people suggestions, writing emails, working at the mountain, helping with their commercials, and fixing stuff in the park. so far, i got nothing in return except for $6 an hour for "teaching" little brats while their parents went and skiied. I was threatened to have my pass taken away because i emailed suggestions to dennis and somewhere along the line, my email got buggy and sent him a few extra copies; he thought i was spamming him. first generation, who does blue's commercials, was super excited that i wanted to help them film, but did not take a single suggestion from me, and none of the shots that i told them would work well made it into any commercials, and the people in the office refused to take me seriously when i wanted to show them that i could do a better job than first generation. i also practically got my head ripped off for trying to fix the lip onto the downkink box by some snowboard instructor who couldnt 50-50 the flat box if his life depended on it. so when it comes to dedication, i think i have paid my dues, and its about time that place gets its act together and gives back to the kids who have been supporting it for as long as they've been able to stand up on skis. i'm hoping freeriders gets going this season, so maybe i will actually have an opportunity to make things better, but up til now, my attempts have brought nothing but trouble for myself and some of my friends. yeah, that was long, and i dont really remember what i was trying to get across with this, but pretty much any "info" anyone has posted on here, unless they saw it first hand on snow, has not been true. dennis straight up lied to me at the beginning of the season about the new rails and stuff, and i take full credit for spreading that, but you would think if the mountain manager tells you something, its reliable info. so the moral of the story here is, go to college so you have an excuse not to work for the winter, which will give you that much more time to ski. if none of this makes sense, then either i am too tired to thing clearly, or you are incompetent. i'm done, let the hating resume.