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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As expensive as the sport has become, it’s clear by the expansion of slope side homes and rental properties way more people are skiing.  Many of them have never had proper training and are skiing well above their ability.  Too many on the slopes equate speed with skill and do not learn control. It’s analogy for society overall at this point.  As the sport has gotten more expensive but expanded, you also have a lot more entitled rich people (who have little experience) doing entitled stupid things on top of not skiing within their ability.  Then you have large publicly traded companies cutting corners to deliver growth in profit to shareholders, which means you may have more inexperienced mountain staff in key roles (ski patrol, grooming, maintenance, all are keys to safety).

I’d do anything to stay far away from Vail, Breck, Winter Park, Park City on a holiday weekend.  [b]The 3pm mass exodus to the base[/b] has always been harrowing but it’s become downright dangerous.

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What is the reason for the timing of this? Is that when the lifts close?[/quote]

Apres starts….[/quote]

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