I love it that Al and A Bay have responded to the overcrowding that the last half dozen years have built up to. Hope they get it right.
"Duped" is a pretty strong word. A milder "hopes raised" and "disappointed" might be more accurate, at least for me. We'll see.
Folks can shoot the breeze with Al a lot of the days at A Basin, in my experience, especially first thing in the morning. He is readily accessible, a really cool dude also.
To me, "fine tuning" or "tweaking things" is maybe the better fit for what he's up to, hopefully, possibly. Just guessing, naturally.
Nonetheless, I think a wide range of reactions to this summer's A Bay announcements is a good thing - shows lots of caring and good interest, when it looks like a lot of inevitable change is up ahead, not all of it good. Either way, bull/cowshit is often the very best amendment for the garden, very rich stuff. This is stuff we all care about.
The Ikon base pass 5 total days (restricted) and full pass 7 total days (open) is maybe, hopefully, an "in between" option Al has selected, for now - again, just tweaking things a bit, rather than a caste in stone switch from one frying pan into another. The unlimited Epic gang was a swell bunch, often, but a lot of traffic and weekend/powder day overload also. And we'll see if the possibly at least slightly smaller footprint of Ikon is a happy medium, at least for now.
If it's not, bet Al changes things up again, and stays confidence-inspiring - that would be best. He seems to have lots of options.
"Duped" is a pretty strong word. A milder "hopes raised" and "disappointed" might be more accurate, at least for me. We'll see.
Folks can shoot the breeze with Al a lot of the days at A Basin, in my experience, especially first thing in the morning. He is readily accessible, a really cool dude also.
To me, "fine tuning" or "tweaking things" is maybe the better fit for what he's up to, hopefully, possibly. Just guessing, naturally.
Nonetheless, I think a wide range of reactions to this summer's A Bay announcements is a good thing - shows lots of caring and good interest, when it looks like a lot of inevitable change is up ahead, not all of it good. Either way, bull/cowshit is often the very best amendment for the garden, very rich stuff. This is stuff we all care about.
The Ikon base pass 5 total days (restricted) and full pass 7 total days (open) is maybe, hopefully, an "in between" option Al has selected, for now - again, just tweaking things a bit, rather than a caste in stone switch from one frying pan into another. The unlimited Epic gang was a swell bunch, often, but a lot of traffic and weekend/powder day overload also. And we'll see if the possibly at least slightly smaller footprint of Ikon is a happy medium, at least for now.
If it's not, bet Al changes things up again, and stays confidence-inspiring - that would be best. He seems to have lots of options.
