IKON adventure assurance

[JichelMusten]

Ok so IKON is offering two types of insurance options: 1) You either select one resort and if that resort closes you get credit back depending on what percentage of the season they were closed or 2) you select all resorts and get credit back as a percentage of how many days any ikon destination was closed divided by the amount of destinations.

Better explained:



example scenario: Half of all mountains close for 3/4 of the season, others remain open all season. In this case, selecting "all mountains" gives you 37.5% credit for a pass for next season. Keeping in mind that closures will likely be regional (say, at the state level), that's a bad deal if you live in a closed region and now you have to get on a plane to use your pass (selecting a single, local mountain would have you refunded either 75% or 0% depending on whether that mountain is one of the ones that closed). But it could be considered a good deal if you lived in the midwest and were planning on getting on a plane anyways (but now you fly to [open mountain] instead of [closed mountain]) (from reddit)

My goal is try to make a gamble and choose option 1 for the IKON resort that I think is most likely to be closed. NS, this is where I need you. Do you guys have any predictions for the IKON resort that you think will be closed for the biggest percentage of the season?

 

[eheath]

I don't think any resorts are going to close, I wouldn't put too much time into this decision.

 

[ReturnToMonkey]

Gotta agree with Evan here. If any resorts close, most of them likely will.

But more than likely none of them will, as long as climate change doesnt suddenly say fuck you to snow and cold and the mountains are left high and dry come spring

 

[eheath]

Gotta agree with Evan here. If any resorts close, most of them likely will.

But more than likely none of them will, as long as climate change doesnt suddenly say fuck you to snow and cold and the mountains are left high and dry come spring

To expand on my thought for a minute, look how many businesses etc are operating right now, especially outdoor business. With no access to lodges, straight to lift tickets/passes for all, lift ride only with your group, gloves/facemask etc how is anyone gonna get covid? Honestly, the only reason a resort might shut down is because they have an outbreak with employees thats large enough to hinder their operations, which would have to be the majority of employees. You bet the employees who sit inside/ski around all day/middle management will be loading lifts if 15 lifties get covid or something.

**This post was edited on Sep 22nd 2020 at 3:27:49pm

 

[JichelMusten]

To expand on my thought for a minute, look how many businesses etc are operating right now, especially outdoor business. With no access to lodges, straight to lift tickets/passes for all, lift ride only with your group, gloves/facemask etc how is anyone gonna get covid? Honestly, the only reason a resort might shut down is because they have an outbreak with employees thats large enough to hinder their operations, which would have to be the majority of employees. You bet the employees who sit inside/ski around all day/middle management will be loading lifts if 15 lifties get covid or something.

**This post was edited on Sep 22nd 2020 at 3:27:49pm

Makes sense. Thank youu

 

[broken_skier0]

I don't think any resort is going to close unless ordered to do so by state government officials. So I'm betting either all the Colorado resorts will be open or none of them will.