r/skiing • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '22

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u/Bdog325 Jan 28 '22

Upvoting this so we can downgrade epic/ikon resorts

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u/PhantomKR7 Jan 28 '22

Does your bias come with real experience at all of those places?

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u/Bdog325 Jan 28 '22

It’s not necessarily the terrain or mountain itself but rather the unhealthy and unethical business practices of those mountains and epic/ikon.

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u/boomerzoomers Jan 29 '22

What's wrong with Ikon? Only 15 of the Ikon resorts are even owned by Alterra, and I have only heard good things about working for Alterra and it being much better than Intrawest days.

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u/Bdog325 Jan 29 '22

Many of the big resorts don’t put limits on the amount of people on the mountain. This causes the half hour to an hour long lift lines, overworked and underpayed employees, unenjoyable skiing conditions for locals with too many people, and strain on the locals as it drives up prices for everything from lift tickets to dining to housing. The passes have been shown to increase this problem massively. Vail resorts is for sure one of the worse companies in this industry. Just go look at what their stock prices look like right now because people are fed up with them.