Holiday valley

13157940:OREOPRAH said:
I love holiday compared to holimont. But for NY it's Bristol ftw.
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hey now. holimonts park does suck... but no lift lines, no lifties, and essentially no rules isn't to bad
 
13157936:sketchy_king said:
On holidays website it now says the park is staying on foxfire and the boardercross is staying on moonshadow but the snoozer park is being moved to fiddlers elbow.... Does anyone know what is actually going on ?
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Honestly it's a toss up right now. One thing that's good is that hv now has Chris perks operating the cat for the parks. That dude knows what he's doing. I do hope we get someone who was as good or better with social media as pat Morgan. He really did well with planning events.
 
13157956:cheaaaaaa said:
hey now. holimonts park does suck... but no lift lines, no lifties, and essentially no rules isn't to bad
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I would love holimont 10x more if they got rid of that bullshit no inverts rule.
 
13158306:OREOPRAH said:
I would love holimont 10x more if they got rid of that bullshit no inverts rule.
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I'm about 99 percent sure that the "no invert" rule is a legal thing. I'm not sure if it's law or part of insurance but it's like that all over WNY. At least that's what the one guy told me after I tried a misty at Kissing Bridge last season.
 
According to a ski patrol friend, in the state of NY there are more intense insurance issues. If you do not allow inverts you get a hefty discount on your insurance, however if someone is hurt while doing an inverted trick the resort gets fucked with fees. That's why patrol threatens to take your pass. On the other hand, the small mom+pop resorts usually allow them and claim you're doing everything at your own risk, and hope they're insurance holds up if something does happen.

feel free to enlighten me if I'm wrong, that's just been my understanding
 
13158376:Bmo. said:
According to a ski patrol friend, in the state of NY there are more intense insurance issues. If you do not allow inverts you get a hefty discount on your insurance, however if someone is hurt while doing an inverted trick the resort gets fucked with fees. That's why patrol threatens to take your pass. On the other hand, the small mom+pop resorts usually allow them and claim you're doing everything at your own risk, and hope they're insurance holds up if something does happen.

feel free to enlighten me if I'm wrong, that's just been my understanding
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sounds like KB and Peek compared to HV
 
13158306:OREOPRAH said:
I would love holimont 10x more if they got rid of that bullshit no inverts rule.
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who cares what the rule is...they have never said stuff when I've flipped. its 100 percent an insurance thing. their park is kinda a waste of time anyway
 
13158681:cheaaaaaa said:
who cares what the rule is...they have never said stuff when I've flipped. its 100 percent an insurance thing. their park is kinda a waste of time anyway
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My friends and I got kicked out 2 seasons ago. I did a handdrag off a knuckle and they have me a ton of shit. A couple runs later a friend of mine through a backie and they kicked all of us out.
 
13157956:cheaaaaaa said:
hey now. holimonts park does suck... but no lift lines, no lifties, and essentially no rules isn't to bad
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Wait no lifties? As in, you just get on the chairlift and there's nobody there if someone falls off? There's gotta be at least people in those little lift houses, right?

And what do you mean by essentially no rules?
 
13161666:steezyjibber said:
Wait no lifties? As in, you just get on the chairlift and there's nobody there if someone falls off? There's gotta be at least people in those little lift houses, right?

And what do you mean by essentially no rules?
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my bad, drunk mistake.

there are lifties, yet no ticket checkers... ever

(aside from major holidays)
 
13158348:Mingg said:
I'm about 99 percent sure that the "no invert" rule is a legal thing. I'm not sure if it's law or part of insurance but it's like that all over WNY. At least that's what the one guy told me after I tried a misty at Kissing Bridge last season.
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lol no it's not. Peek n Peak encourages people to progress and if that means throwing inverts...well we have an airbag to get them on lock before you bring them to snow.
 
I really liked the glades at holimont. Went there on a tuesday I think a few years back during a lake effect storm and was one of three people riding riding the trees. One of the best days of skiing I've had, real good vibes for sure.
 
13162980:Chubz. said:
lol no it's not. Peek n Peak encourages people to progress and if that means throwing inverts...well we have an airbag to get them on lock before you bring them to snow.
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It's liability for them. My old hill used to have this rule till they got new insurance.
 
I feel like Peek'n Peak really gets no love on NS, or in WNY to be honest. Park is sick, park crew is freakin' awesome, and they're always pushing the parks to the limits of what the hill can support. Holiday has gotten worse year to year, and park crew chooses to rake 15 feet to the side of a rail rather than the lip. If you're ever in WNY, seriously, check out Peek.
 
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