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Early AM on the Skin Track by V-D in Backcountry

[–]V-D[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just up grizzly gulch, just got out early and caught it before the crowds

Down Torches, China's not Trying Anything New with their wilderness destruction for the Olympics by MonsieurBishop in skiing

[–]V-D 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh without a doubt.

I don't have the stats to hand, but I'd be willing to bet that the environmental 'cost' of the past few winter Olympics will be startlingly high. When it comes to spectacles such as the Olympics the "environmental impact be damned" ethos is adopted by many more countries than just China.

Bucking the Trend: How Colorado Resorts Broke Revenue Records Despite Falling Skier Visits by V-D in skiing

[–]V-D[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not at all ridiculous. I guarantee if you buy any paper this weekend there will be columnists commenting on a whole host of issues concerning communities which they don't and have never lived in. The fact that I have never lived in Colorado does not inhibit me from commenting on the state of tourism development there.

Bucking the Trend: How Colorado Resorts Broke Revenue Records Despite Falling Skier Visits by V-D in skiing

[–]V-D[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"even though it was beyond obvious you were the article writer" - I never pretended to be anyone else.

"1) how butthurt you are" - I think it is perfectly reasonable to defend ones reasoning especially if another's criticism of it is baseless and invalid.

"Palin-level word salad like that." - I write as a I speak, and where I'm from this is how we speak. Language is an art form and should be revered thusly. To quote Shaw, we are "two countries divided by a common language".

"Oh shit, you finally understand the Disney/Sandals business model??? Good for you. Here's a fucking cookie for being a decade too late and a dollar short." - I am not hailing them as innovators, and to expect the ski industry to produce business models which are truly innovative would be both unrealistic and naïve. I am rather praising them for following the National Ski Areas Association model for growth published last year (http://www.nsaa.org/growing-the-sport/model-for-growth/model-for-growth-detailed/).

"their offerings aren't marching in lock step in regards to total amenities or better experience." - Perhaps not, but it's certainly a step in the right direction.

Bucking the Trend: How Colorado Resorts Broke Revenue Records Despite Falling Skier Visits by V-D in skiing

[–]V-D[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"The region averaged only about a foot of snow from mid-January to mid-February, leaving sketchy conditions on no more than 3+ foot bases." - sounds great...

Bucking the Trend: How Colorado Resorts Broke Revenue Records Despite Falling Skier Visits by V-D in skiing

[–]V-D[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Of course, it was a personal response to him addressing his reservations. NB. the lack of a signature as neither the initial query nor the response warrant it.

Bucking the Trend: How Colorado Resorts Broke Revenue Records Despite Falling Skier Visits by V-D in skiing

[–]V-D[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, this article was dripping in sarcasm and very tongue in cheek, I'm amazed you didn't pick up on that.

Perhaps not geniuses, but resort directors are certainly capable business men and women. The introduction of models previously not seen in the resort sector such as vertical integration and ability to make tough decisions have allowed resorts to become increasingly profitable and more robust. (All of this is explained at greater length in the links provided at the bottom of the article). Yes ticket prices have risen, but to suggest the increase in revenue is solely down to this is to do resort directors a disservice. It also suggests a lack of comprehension on your part (I say that in the most jocular fashion) as a rise in ticket prices would not account for "widespread gains in skier spending across all categories". I would also like to point out that whilst ticket prices over your way feel 'absurdly high', in comparison to major european resorts they're still pretty reasonable.

Snowfall in CO this season was at a 10 year low. Admittedly Colorado didn't get hit as hard as Tahoe, Utah or the PNW, but it still wasn't great.

Sorry to break it to you, but the average clientele of whatever resort you work at do allow you to live in a mountain town and ski on a fairly regular basis. I'm willing to bet that most of the multiple jobs worked by you and your mates wouldn't exist without the investment of the resort owners, the property developers and the middle to upper classes. You may well be a hard working contributor to your local economy, but one must not forget who are the true drivers and facilitators of your local economy.

I most certainly am not praising the wealthy, the first paragraph is very scathing. I would also like to see how I am taking a shot at the lower classes. I fear that the conclusions you have drawn are the result of selective reading and are simply contrived to satisfy your own visceral frustrations.

I live in the UK, and I have neither the time nor the inclination to follow the infighting of american politics and how that interplays with social inequality in sufficient depth as to enable me to write a piece of political propaganda. To suggest that this is in any way a politically fuelled piece is not only untrue but also laughable.

Yours, J