SkierFromOhio
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I live in Ohio and my hill closed April 1st. I noticed on IG that park city is closing this weekend but they just got new snow. Why do resorts out west close when they have a decent amount of snow?
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airplaneface
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What he said, also OP what part of Ohio are you from?
SkierFromOhio
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13401978:Left_Brothers said:
I ski BMBW
You're high AF if you think park city has a decent amount of snow haha. Until today, it was ribbons and the areas between the ribbons of snow are 5 inches to dirt. We don't have any snow, we're lucky they stayed open this long, there are like 4 of 18 lifts open and like 10 runs, were fucked.
SkierFromOhio
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13401985:eheath said:
A decent amount is a flexible term. Especially where you live. To people who live out west it might not be a lot but snow is snow. At least here in Ohio hills stay open basically until there is nothing
13401989:nico.ostrander said:
Well, most resorts on the west close with skiable conditions.
Resorts don't really make money after march, they stay open for the locals. Resorts like Snowbird stay open until you can't ski anymore and they've stayed open until july. Snowbird is the only resort in utah to do this and they CAN do it because they own the land their resort is located on. Most of these resorts in the cottonwoods operate on national forest, so they have permits until a certain time.
Park city could stay open longer, but they won't basically because they don't give a shit. Maybe vail will try to compete with snowbird and do an abasin type resort that opens early and closes late, they own all of the land pc operates on so its definitely doable...
SkierFromOhio
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13401994:eheath said:
I see your point on the resorts not making money. I fell like if resorts hold more events in the late season it will bring in more revenue. Also if they close part of the mountain there would be less to run.
jd_1260
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The mountain I ski at, whitewater in bc, had almost the most amount of snow they had all season when they closed. They just lose money after the tourists are gone. No money made off season passes because if you close earlier you don't have to pay money back or anything. Still great hiking though!
Just weighing in. I was in pc for spring break in the end of March and unless you were skiing pArk it was not worth your time. Jupiter was open for 10 minutes and that was about the best it got. Groomers were shit and you tweaked about rocks/dirt n such. Up in the canyons was still good. I had a Hella good day at Alta (check my video) and Brighton as well. But the spring crowd is mostly locals. And as the tourists leaves so does t be big money. Everyone skiing this late in the season is on a season pass
MLJ
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13402556:iskiPC1997 said:
Dude, the point is that this is some of the best time to get in hot laps through the park. Personally, its probably my favourite time to ski in general, because the snow pack is much more stable up high for touring and the slush is really soft to fall on in the park. Its a perfect combo, and up high there is usually more than enough snow around now still. PS my home mountain closes in a couple weeks still (end of april) but I'm already back home :'(
TrickyDick470
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The.Fish
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Nico, i ski bmbw. I dont even know why they stayed open after the 15th of march. I realize that they opened up on new years day but there was nobody there on winter carnival day on the 21st. Its all about business. I dont think party in the park will even happen this year. When peak resorts own us, the resort goes from caring about the athletes to caring about the $$$. Josh boyd is a douche. I bet next year we will open back up as early as possible because Josh won't want his daddy to fire him.
13401985:eheath said:
13403698:SFBv420.0 said:
I could say the same thing to you, you didn't read my first post
The post you quote I was speaking generally, like past years they could've stayed open longer, but I said in that first post, were lucky we made it to closing day this year.
RICK_ROSS
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13403705:eheath said:I could say the same thing to you, you didn't read my first post
The post you quote I was speaking generally, like past years they could've stayed open longer, but I said in that first post, were lucky we made it to closing day this year.
i dont know how utah operates, but its my understanding that a bay can open so early and stay open so late because X amount of their terrane is owned by vail, and not the government.
GayWolf420
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I think some of it is a financial decision. Its not that wise to keep the lifts spinning with minimal terrain just so locals go can make a few runs. No one is flying out here anymore to ski/spend money in the hotels, lodges, shops, etc. Not to mention, staffing is an issue too. theres no reason to have a full crew this late in the year when the crowds are light, so there aren't that many people there to run the lifts anymore for the season.
I could be talking out my ass, but there really isn't that much money to be made this late in the year. No one is flying out here to drop thousands to ski april slush anymore, so its just a lot more wise to pull the plug after a certain date and get ready for summer operations.
I could be talking out my ass, but there really isn't that much money to be made this late in the year. No one is flying out here to drop thousands to ski april slush anymore, so its just a lot more wise to pull the plug after a certain date and get ready for summer operations.
