Wintergreen has also installed RFID gates. Given the way Wintergreen lifts are laid out, it should help traffic flow once people get used to how RFID works. Could be a little confusing during the holidays this season though.Apparently Wisp in MD has gone to RFID for 2019-20 using the Axess system. Pacific Group Resorts operates Wisp. Be interesting if Wintergreen in VA also goes RFID soon because PGR is also the operator there.
Hmmm . . . according to the Mountain Collective FAQ, Sun Valley and Snowbasin were using RFID. Maybe that's one source of the rumor. Perhaps the switch from MCP to Epic is a factor. The RFID system used by Vail Resorts is different from the one used by many other destination resorts, including Alta, Snowbird, and Solitude.I had heard a rumor that Snowbasin was going to move to RFID. But am guessing not? Have t seen any evidence of it even on the horizon.
I asked SV last year when they would get RFID and they said probably never because it's too expensive for a smaller resort. That was pre-covid though so we'll see if things change.Hmmm . . . according to the Mountain Collective FAQ, Sun Valley and Snowbasin were using RFID. Maybe that's one source of the rumor. Perhaps the switch from MCP to Epic is a factor. The RFID system used by Vail Resorts is different from the one used by many other destination resorts, including Alta, Snowbird, and Solitude.
That's silly and sounds like a guess from someone who has little idea of the value of RFID data.I asked SV last year when they would get RFID and they said probably never because it's too expensive for a smaller resort. That was pre-covid though so we'll see if things change.
It's not the size of the mountain that makes a difference. It's that Vail Resorts decided years ago that they liked the flexibility of an RFID system that allows for hand scanning.Ski Roundtop in PA now he RF passes, but they still have handheld scanners, being such a small mountain. It is nice to not have to fumble around to get the pass for them to scan it with the old school bar code scanners.
Oh, okay. I’m very sorry, I didn’t mean to spread misinformation. I need to stop commenting on the posts of people who actually know what they are talking about lolIt's not the size of the mountain that makes a difference. It's that Vail Resorts decided years ago that they liked the flexibility of an RFID system that allows for hand scanning.
Jiminy Peak and Wachusett aren't big mountains. But they installed RFID gates quite a few years ago.
Interesting. I've been reading Chris Diamond's book, Ski Inc., and a lot of it is about his experience at Steamboat, which was sold by ASC to Intrawest. Intrawest installed RFID at W-B 2014-15, then at Steamboat and Winter Park for 2015-16. They chose SkiData. The company now known as Alterra bought Intrawest in 2017. Wonder if that's related to why RFID was never fully implemented at Tremblant.I was really hoping that Tremblant would go RFID because of Covid. But in chairlift ride today it was mentioned that they are also mask police, social distancing police and traffic control. So I guess the scanners aren't going anywhere soon.