re: Vail resorts CEO turns to Gen Z skiers, offers new activities to fill lifts

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my buddy just got back from 10 days skiing japan. you can buy a 4 br house with ocean views or ski access for 50k easily. it's nuts. i'm retiring in japan 100%

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I am too but from what I hear it's hard to get residency there. I've heard of people teaching English part time to get it. I've been reading about. I know a guy that retired to rural Japan for 180 days at a time. Comes to Houston for 30 days like 2 ir 3 times a year and stays with his daughter and goes to doctor checkups. He applied like 2 years ago and hasn't gotten approval yet.

good to know

i'm definitely looking into it. by all accounts it's magnificent

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Rich people “sport”

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it's real to me dammit

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They want to sell passes vs day lift tickets so they aren’t so reliant on the weather, but I think it backfired.

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Kind of like golf in the same boat.

We want you to get a monthly membership plus purchase a minimum amount of food and still pay a cart fee.


I forgot to add this markup at some courses. We need you to buy a share of stock in the course. You should make enough now and don’t qualify for a junior membership.


Just think if Gym Memberships worked like golf memberships and the need to purchase stock to join the club and additional fees to use certain pieces of equipment.

Gen Z won’t save vail resorts……bad decision…..

Should cater to Boomers….they are the Kings of spending on recreation by a factor of 100 easily…….and as they hit the age for MMW (mandatory minimum withdrawal) from 401 K , spending ramps upward….


The CEO of vail resorts is a RETARD…….of magnificent proportion…

Either fire the ceo or pray for a 500 inch season staring this fall…..otherwise Vail Resorts hits bankruptcy…..MMW ( mark my words)…

Here is what they should start.
No boarders Monday, Tuesday , Thursday
Free coffee and hot chocolate for those over 65
Senior ( over 65) discounted season passes….

Another high trust activity gone…

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Vail industries has effectively destroyed the industry in the United States.

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I agree with this message

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How much were flights into Kalispell? I’ve only been during the summer when Glacier is at peak and flights never got below $600/person

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Usually around that but I go for Mardi Gras. If you go in January you can get round trip for about $400

ETA: looked it up. 2027 Jan 8-Jan 13th round trip on United currently $337

That’s a Friday thru weds which is the days we normally travel

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Never skiied Loveland….. but I am on the other side of vail do I go there.

Vail reports didn’t ruin anything. Just catering to the clientele, which is a lot of international visitors, Mexico, Australia, Britain send lots.

I take my own sandwich for lunch and have it at the top. TBH I am pretty much done after eating though. Once a ski instructor told me that 80% of ski accidents are post lunch.

If you ski a lot the season pass still makes sense . Parking for county residents is cheaper. I see lots of Denverites parking on street across I70 then taking the free bus over, to avoid parking costs….

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could also agree with lots of this. i have a buddy that lives in vail and i park at his house, take the bus to the slopes. but that doesn't work for everyone. i bring my lunch too but sometimes the siren song of that elk chili in a bread bowl is too much to pass up lol
honestly i think i know more people who live on the east coast and by and epic or ikon pass to get a few days in there but plan around a week long ski vacation, which kind of makes sense
the best thing about loveland is it doesn't have enough parking to get super crowded. they just don't have the capacity. weekdays, if i don't just ride right onto the chair, i wait maybe a minute in line. it's much larger than what you can see from driving through the tunnel

Yeah just looked and if i were to take my wife and kids for a weekend trip this weekend it would be about 3k. They can frick right off with that