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Design Your Fantasy Ski Resort
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I'll play!
1. At least 30 feet of snow a year (preferably double that).
2. Temperature is always -5 Celsius to -10 Celsius - cold enough for good snow, not so cold the snow gets sticky and/or you don't want to ski. Never gets to freeze/thaw conditions (will allow some of this in late spring but not until April).
3. No affiliation with ikon, mountain collective, epic etc to keep crowds to a minimum.
4. Fall line runs.
5. Good beginner area so cat tracks aren't full of people doing slow loopy turns and being terrified by irritable skiers going past them.
6. Plenty of loos for the ladies.
7. A male population who only pee out of sight of the run and never where I might see it. Honestly, there's a section where you put your skis back on after a short hike that's just - well yuck.
8. At least a 1 mile vertical.
9. An educated clientele who've either all done at least 1 avalanche safety course and have the appropriate gear or don't go out of bounds if they haven't.
10. Decent terrain park with its own lift - not something I'm going to use but keeps riders who want to do this kind of thing in their own area.
11. Multi aspect to allow for sheltered skiing if the wind gets up.
12. Fast, efficient lift system.
1. At least 30 feet of snow a year (preferably double that).
2. Temperature is always -5 Celsius to -10 Celsius - cold enough for good snow, not so cold the snow gets sticky and/or you don't want to ski. Never gets to freeze/thaw conditions (will allow some of this in late spring but not until April).
3. No affiliation with ikon, mountain collective, epic etc to keep crowds to a minimum.
4. Fall line runs.
5. Good beginner area so cat tracks aren't full of people doing slow loopy turns and being terrified by irritable skiers going past them.
6. Plenty of loos for the ladies.
7. A male population who only pee out of sight of the run and never where I might see it. Honestly, there's a section where you put your skis back on after a short hike that's just - well yuck.
8. At least a 1 mile vertical.
9. An educated clientele who've either all done at least 1 avalanche safety course and have the appropriate gear or don't go out of bounds if they haven't.
10. Decent terrain park with its own lift - not something I'm going to use but keeps riders who want to do this kind of thing in their own area.
11. Multi aspect to allow for sheltered skiing if the wind gets up.
12. Fast, efficient lift system.
Oh yes good point - especially would like to ban metal steps that are particularly slippy in ski boots.
NewEnglandSkier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Paved parking lots that are relatively close to the main lodge.
A base lodge with a fireplace on all levels (like Pico!)
Tasty food with a wide selection of items (like Deer Valley)
Restrooms on the level that you can access from the snow, so you don't have to trudge up and down in boots. Also water stations on the main level/easy access.
Any steps would be those shallow/wide steps that are easy to use in ski boots.
A single chair (like MRG)
Any 6pack or greater chairs/gondolas would have managed lines.
A few ungroomed greens and ungroomed blues so that it's easy to make the progression from groomed to ungroomed. These would be clearly marked at the trail head so that nobody would accidentally get in over their head.
Separate beginner area from the rest of the mountain (like Sunapee) so beginners don't have to worry about faster skiers jetting by them.
Option of a sit down restaurant either at the base or on mountain to give those who don't like the crowds of cafeteria dining the option to escape them.
A base lodge with a fireplace on all levels (like Pico!)
Tasty food with a wide selection of items (like Deer Valley)
Restrooms on the level that you can access from the snow, so you don't have to trudge up and down in boots. Also water stations on the main level/easy access.
Any steps would be those shallow/wide steps that are easy to use in ski boots.
A single chair (like MRG)
Any 6pack or greater chairs/gondolas would have managed lines.
A few ungroomed greens and ungroomed blues so that it's easy to make the progression from groomed to ungroomed. These would be clearly marked at the trail head so that nobody would accidentally get in over their head.
Separate beginner area from the rest of the mountain (like Sunapee) so beginners don't have to worry about faster skiers jetting by them.
Option of a sit down restaurant either at the base or on mountain to give those who don't like the crowds of cafeteria dining the option to escape them.
marzNC
Angel Diva
For lifts that only serve harder terrain, a mandatory ability test to get a tag before allowed to load. Similar to how you have to take a belay test at an indoor climbing gym before allowed to belay in the facility. Or a swim test before a kid is allow in the deep end of a clearly divided pool.
