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• February 10, 2012
  reply to (addicted to deep) from Canada
  

  If you don't appreciate having a local mountain, which you should feel privileged to have because it's such a decent mountain and in your own back yard, then move elsewhere, your business isn't needed. What's the big problem with any of what you said, it's awesome up here. So have fun.

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• Mount Washington Ratings

  Based on 26 votes. Vote

  Access: 4.2 (1) At least one overnight stop, (2) requires a whole day, (3) requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns (4) arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon, (5) there is a main airport within an hour of Mount Washington.	Public Transport: 3.2 (1) There are no buses or taxis to Mount Washington, (3) there are slow or infrequent buses / trains available, (5) getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections.
  Scenery: 3.9 (1) An ugly resort in a bland setting, (3) average mountain views and resort, (5) a spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town.	Accommodation: 3.4 (1) No places to stay in/near Mount Washington, (3) a few places to stay in the resort, (5) a wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets.
  Cheap Rooms: 2.2 (1) No budget accommodation available, (3) just one or two hostels so book ahead, (5) several cheap hostels and pensions available.	Luxury Hotels: 2.6 (1) No luxury accommodation available, (3) just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead, (5) several up-market hotels in Mount Washington.
  Ski in/Ski out: 4.0 (1) The ski area is located far from any accommodation, (3) a free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip, (5) Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available.	Childcare: 3.4 (1) There are no child care facilities at Mount Washington, (5) the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche.
  Snowsure: 3.9 (1) Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing, (2) is often closed due to a lack of snow, (3) occasionally suffers from a lack of snow, (4) rarely suffers from a lack of snow, (5) Mount Washington is snowsure even in the poorest seasons.	Snowmaking: 1.1 (1) Mount Washington relies entirely on natural snow, (3) there are just a few snow cannons, (5) there are snowmaking facilities on all pistes.
  Snow Grooming: 3.4 (1) There are no snow groomers at Mount Washington, (3) occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state, (5) all the runs at Mount Washington are groomed daily.	Shelter: 3.5 (1) there is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut, (3) there are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close, (5) Mount Washington is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close.
  Nearby options: 1.5 (1) If snow conditions are poor at Mount Washington, it will be poor everywhere nearby, (3) there are good alternatives within an hours drive, (5) other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions.	Regional rating: 3.9 (1) Mount Washington usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region, (3) has average conditions for the region, (5) usually has the best snow conditions in the region.
  Lift Staff: 3.3 (1) The staff at Mount Washington are rude or unhelpful, (5) lift staff at Mount Washington are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help.	Crowds/Queues: 3.0 (1) the resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues, (3) it is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays, (5) it is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare.
  Ski Schools: 3.5 (1) No ski schools available, (2) one or two ski schools but local language only, (3) a few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors, (4) plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available, (5) excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors.	Hire and Repairs: 3.9 (1) Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex. (3) there are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance, (5) good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible.
  Variety of pistes: 3.5 (1) The ski runs are featureless and unvaried, (3) the ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week, (5) Mount Washington has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain.	Beginners: 4.0 (1) Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard, (3) a few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week, (3) Vast areas of gentle terrain.
  Intermediates: 4.0 (1) No intermediate terrain at Mount Washington, (3) intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days, (5) vast areas of cruising runs.	Advanced: 3.6 (1) Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders, (3) enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste, (5) Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week.
  Snow Park: 3.6 (1) Not even a kicker at Mount Washington, (3) average sized park quite well looked after, (5) huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails.	Off-piste: 3.4 (1) No off-piste worth mentioning, (2) off piste is out-of-bounds, (3) some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days, (5) a vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days.
  Cross-country: 4.4 (1) There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Mount Washington, (3) there are some cross country trails available, (5) the area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails.	Luge/Toboggan: 2.2 (1) No designated luge or toboggan runs, (3) there are toboggan runs that open quite often, (5) Mount Washington has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages.
  Mountain Dining: 2.8 (1) Nowhere to buy food by the pistes, (3) some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive, (5) there is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets.	Eating: 2.6 (1) Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop. (5) A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants.
  Apres-Ski: 2.4 (1) Nothing to do, not even a bar, (3) there are a few bars in the resort but nothing special, (5) clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere.	Other Sports: 1.6 (1) No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts, (3) resort has just a small public swimming pool, (5) resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool.
  Entertainment: 2.2 (1) Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here, (3) the non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week, (5) the resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports.	Winter Walks: 3.0 (1) Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails, (3) a couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails, (5) extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities.
  Ski Pass Value: 2.6 (1) A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available, (3) the ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts, (5) ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area.	Value (National): 2.6 (1) Overall, Mount Washington is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money, (3) overall represents average value for money, (5) overall offers the best value resort in the country.
  Value (Global): 2.7 (1) Overall, Mount Washington is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world, (3) overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries, (5) internationally the resort offers excellent value for money.

  Based on 26 votes. Vote

• February 10, 2012
  addicted to deep from Canada
  

  I pay a substantial amount of money to enjoy a ski experience. IF the provider of that ski experience (the resort) is not capable of delivering what could be deemed industry norms then I, and the countless others who cannot be bothered, have every right to register a complaint. Local users argument is the classic position of "don't like it go somewhere else" that has led the mountain into offering a very poor ski experience for the average day user. Unplowed parking lots, disorganised liftlines, reheated gross Sysco chemical food and poor grooming strategies are all easily dealt with, but in the fifteen years I have been a passholder I have witnessed no real improvements. I really don't personally care, in fact I would prefer if no one but pass holders used the hill, more pow. Hopefully, everyone else will go touring or to the ok or Whistler and will leave the powder to us locals who expect nothing and are happy to get it.

• February 09, 2012
  LocalUser from Canada
  

  I think everyone out the there who takes the time to criticize the resorts should spend a day in the shoes of any one of the employees across the board at the resorts. Everyone from upper management to the ticket checkers works hard and works together to make YOUR day on the mountain as enjoyable as it can be. Sometimes the weather is an obstacle or there has been some variability in the decisions made on improvements or not, but, they were all made with YOU, the customer in mind. So stop whining and challenge yourself to see if you can find the positive in the experience you have. If not, go touring in the back country!

• February 08, 2012
  addicted to deep from Canada
  

  While there are many positive things to be said about Mt Washington, very few of them are a reflection of how this resort is run. First off they are great at supplying terrain to race and special events, are very supportive of adaptive snow sports and now they finally have set aside an area where novices can learn without fear. Peter Gibson seems like a really nice man and his presence on the hill is excellent for pubic relations. Everything else is pretty much a disaster; food, lift line organisation, grooming, avalanche control, parking, ticket sales, rentals, guest services and on it goes. At this point I have given up on anything changing at the middle/upper management level and word on the hill is that they keep losing highly qualified groomers and avalanche technicians. Grooming can be great when the snow and weather cooperate but too often Mt Wash management refuse to acknowledge that we are a melt/freeze coastal ski hill. If the groomers are going to be any good, it must be done at night when the snow has cooled. Even worse is when the snow has fallen early morning, then warmed or has been rained upon and the intermediates and beginners are forced to ski death crust can because they groomed at 4 pm the day before. Spend the money on more pay so the guys can groom at night! Avalanche control has not been complained about because there has been hardly any pow days this year, but if they come, the staff are not ready to get the back side open in time to beat the warming temperatures that always accompany Feb/March snow. As a small time local hill I expect nothing more and I don't get it. So if you come up here, have little to no expectations and you will have a good day. Food is terrible, so I bring my own. Lift tickets and rentals are also not an issue for me but I do feel for the day tourist. Until some smart people are running the departments who actually care about the user experience, this is your mountain. The recent lack of grooming with the melt freeze cycle that we have been in has compelled me to write this note. I don't really care if some groomers are down, fix them or have a plan in place to adapt. But super bowl Sundays lack of grooming was the worst I have ever seen up there. To charge full price for that nonsense disgusts me and I felt terrible for all those who had to travel and wait until one pm so they could ski on something that was not frozen caca. I would make a plea for the mtn to get it together, but really whats the point?

• February 05, 2012
  Aaron from Canada
  

  I have been skiing Mt Washington and the Pacific Northwest for 30 years, and I love our great local hill. The only thing keeping me from more visits is the lack of more advanced terrain. The outback was a great addition, but after skiing places like Mt Baker or Kicking Horse you see how tame our little hill is. I'm no extreme skier, I just like to see more advanced terrain and less groomers. Unfortunately, many of Mt Washington's black diamond runs would be blue runs elsewhere. We want more gnar, less Lintons Loop. Mt Washington, please help, all these trips to Whistler and the Rockies are really adding up.

• February 05, 2012
  GearboxJake from Canada
  

  The Sunrise chair is becoming tired and obsolete. Pity it wasn't built as a detachable high speed.

  Otherwise, love everything about the mountain.

• January 27, 2012
  chico from Canada
  

  Skied the mountain Jan.26. bluebird, fresh pow, best conditions of the season. Awesome.
  p.s.agree with another reviewer, lets open up more blue terrain..

• January 26, 2012
  vanislegirl from Canada
  

  Goin' up tomorrow and can't wait as the conditions should be terrific, as long as the groomers have been busy taking care of all the tracked out pow.

  I have to add my 2 cents in with some of the previous posters. I heard rumours the other day when I was up there, that the mountain is going to expand their terrain with another chair on the backside to open up the second bowl area. It's my understanding that this would be more black/double black diamond terrain. I think you are making a huge mistake here as you are over-expanding on the advanced end of things, and ignoring the large amount of skiers 40+ that would just like some good blue terrain to enjoy. How about replacing and upgrading the Sunrise chair and runs? Not everyone is a 20 something shredder, and yes, they need their areas too, but how about an equally distributed percentage of green/blue/black? You've spent money on the Outback, you've massively upgraded your green/learning area. How about some respect for the reliable, tried and true, blue skiers that don't want to kill themselves on the steep and deep? Give us a new Sunrise chair instead! Please!

  Oh yeah, and a simple solution to access from the Hawk chair to the lodge for non-pass holders is to open the Hawk Dawg stand for lift ticket sales in the morning. Nuff said.

• January 26, 2012
  Derek LaFreen from Canada
  

  Love Mt Washington. Great place to ski.
  One beef I have is that I would appreciate it if the web site could depict a more accurate snow condition and get report updates more often to give a true depiction of the current conditions.
  For instance: today's report leads one to think that there is an abundance of pow but in all actuality it rained that night and then froze in tandem with high winds.
  I arrived bright and early with great anticipation but soon discovered the total opposite: windblown crust.
  The day was not completely lost because we resorted to the groomers and had a gas.
  Like I said earlier, Mt Wash is a sweet place to ski!
  I'll be back.

• January 24, 2012
  VanIsleDave from Canada
  

  Was up for four days Jan 19-22. Was a bit concerned as it hadn't snowed for a while and was expecting concrete, but the groomers were all very well maintained and it worked out great as my GF and her son were boarding for the first time. They did the discover snowboard lesson and I was along for moral support so was able to see the quality of instruction which was excellent (Thanks again Sam). Very well structured and patient, and flexible in his way of teaching so when one idea wasn't getting through, he would find another way to convey it.

  The addition of the carpets is awesome for teaching, however, they are very slow unless you can walk as they move, but this is only possible if no one is on them. Perhaps a way to get around the issue of not allowing people on the Hawk for fear of them getting to the Outback without a pass, would be to sell alpine passes at the Raven Lodge and continue to allow people on Sunrise without a ticket first thing in the morning. It would be only a slight inconvenience to go a little farther down the road to Raven, and double back to the Hawk parking lot.

  As for volume of snow, 100cm over the 4 days, with most falling on Friday and Sunday. The only problem was that Sunday was very windy, so the Boomerang and Eagle were down and by early afternoon only Hawk and the carpets were running.

  As for the rest, accommodation options are many, only ate in Fresh a couple of times and it was excellent, ski patrol are all over, friendly and very helpful.

  The lodge is definitely a weak point, it needs to be replaced with something like the Raven and soon!

• January 24, 2012
  Ranger Ron !!~~!! from Canada
  

  The term "CANI" (Constant and Never Ending Improvement) certainly applies to the Nordic Side. Realignment of access to Park Trails makes it easier for beginners to ski down from Raven's Lodge without facing a descent that was more "intermediate" in skier ability. While I miss the previous connection down to the back of the ponds, fewer skiers get tangled up on that descent which makes quicker access to the park for all levels of skier ability. Love that contours are provided on most of the trail guide. Perhaps, in the next edition Mt W. could produce contours for the upper loop of the Lake Trail? Sure hope so!

• January 21, 2012
  ted from Canada
  

  Poor system of getting passes from Hawk area. No passes sold there, can't get on chair, must take conveyer belt rides to plateau for ticket booth. But what happened is one member, a child in our party, went up this way ahead of our group and skied back down by accident. Well, when I followed to catch the little guy back at bottom, I was told I already had my ride up and I should have purchased a ticket. Was not allowed to get on conveyor belt! My choice was to walk with all gear and child in tow up hill. Can you believe this? What poor customer service! So poor I will never return. For the money and effort Whistler or North shore Mts are far more advanced. Mt Washington has very poor facilities, accommodations and no activities after hours.
  The food is horrendous, washrooms over flowing toilets with crap and urine.

  Skiing at mainland resorts are less money, cheaper accommodations and good foods. More bang for the buck.

  Anyways, poor design, management, services and staff at Mt Washington. However, the snow there is amazing when it happens. But that is not controlled by the management. Taking credit for the skiing in lue of poor everything other is what they did suggest to me! Amazing!

  ted. Victoria BC

• January 20, 2012
  Tim from Canada
  

  As the Mountain does not have an area for Feedback, this is the next best way for them to hear of problems they may not even be aware of, mindless slagging is never good.
  In my last comment I was very happy with how the groomers had sloped the top of the Sunrise plateau so you could actually ride off the chair and coast all the way to the top of the gully, I'm getting old!
  So mindless slagging is not good but mindless criticism of people trying to make the Mountain experience better is useless as well.
  So if you're posting try to be balanced and give credit where it is due......the Mountain has a lot to be thankful for, so balance your comments.
  This should not end up like car reviews on the Internet where the legit people get lost in the employee hype and the competitors yowling!
  I have been riding on the Mountain for 30 years tell me cool stuff you have found out......with all the new glade work done lets hear what folks think about them!

• January 17, 2012
  Juniper from Canada
  

  Great runs, needs some more snow though. Friendly hill staff. Seriously though, Fat Teddies has terrible service. I try and give them the benefit of a doubt, but the servers are consistently rude and irritable! They make you feel bad just for ordering.

• January 15, 2012
  chico from Canada
  

  Skied the Wash, Jan 9th and Jan 10th. Nice and sunny but getting bullet proof, needs some new pow.Took a magic carpet ride, cool. Like the new Hawk cam. Groomer crew, keep up the good work, thanks.

• January 09, 2012
  Jean from Canada
  

  Just to clarify some items.

  Instead of a free pass up the Hawk, patrons are usually instructed to take all 3 magic carpets up, then ski down to the lodge. Yes, it's a bit of a pain, but it's certainly doable. As far as I know, the Outback lifties don't even have scanners on most days. I can't remember ever being scanned there. You could lap that pretty happily and never pay. As someone else pointed out, new visitors to the mountain would probably not park at either the Hawk or Sunrise parking lots, so this affects only a tiny fraction of guests.

  And if you go up the 3 carpets in sequence, you can indeed ski down to the main lodge. The carpets replace the entire length of the old green chair. Clearly you have not even tried this. I haven't observed the Hawk being "overrun", but the capacity of the carpets far exceeds that of the old green chair and Poma lift combined, so that seems unlikely.

• January 07, 2012
  mr happypants from Canada
  

  aww, knock off knocking Mt Washington.......We skied there today with friends who live locally; it's a fantastic hill and as friendly a place as you'll find anywhere on the planet alongside some of the NZ club fields.

  We've skied throughout North America, Europe, NZ and Australia, plus a load of other less well know places and if you told me I would never be able to ski anywhere but Mt Washington for the rest of my life I could live with that just fine.

  We met a patroller on the main lift, a really nice guy, and most likely if patrollers aren't being nice to you it's because you're not being nice to them or are being some kind of idiot and who isn't one of them from time to time? We had no contact with ski school but the kids skiing with them looked to be having loads of fun and the tunnel carpet things must be great for learning on. The lifties are young and fun and way better than most places, the lodge is fine and anyway you don't go skiing for the architecture of the hill facilities. The beer is no worse than anywhere else in Canada. Maybe the place hasn't got the biggest vertical but it has some great terrain and surely any decent skier would always take quality over quantity.

  Really, if you have the health, wealth and spare time to go skiing at all you shouldn't be moaning about anything, you're already better off than the majority of humanity.

  Don't worry, be happy and enjoy your wonderful local hill!

• January 06, 2012
  Dave from Canada
  

  The mountain could do so much more if it had some competition. Replace the Sunrise chair for starters!

• January 05, 2012
  jack johnson from Canada
  

  To whom commented about feeling pity for people that park at the Hawk parking lot: guaranteed if you are new to the mountain and or a beginner you wouldn't even know about that parking lot. Basically the only people who use that lot are season pass holders or people who are familiar with the mtn. and if they don't have a pass they are aloud one free chair ride to get to the lodge easier and purchase a pass.

• January 03, 2012
  Tim Knight from Canada
  

  Just came back from the mountain, New Years was joyful with lots of fireworks and much more the family atmosphere.
  The slopes were in good shape, better grooming, still rocky, stumps etc on some glades. The best groomed snow in a long time, did not freeze up as it usually does as the temperature stayed low over night.
  The top of the Sunrise was groomed so not a big hike to Rick's Ride and you could actually coast to the top of the gully!
  Called the Mtn. courtesy line in the morning to find out as the change with the lifts could you still get one free ride on the Sunrise to get a day pass? and as the Poma lift was gone and the magic carpets would be a pain could you get one free lift on the Hawk? Sure the operator told me.
  So we went the Hawk route, lifty says no free ride but was nice and let us go anyway....I went to customer service and asked for clarification....no free ride on Hawk as folks could get to Outback, I asked could they not check pass's there like everywhere else?
  If the mountain is going to be so cheap as to not have ticket kiosks at Sunrise and the Hawk then let folks have one free ride to get to lodge!

• January 02, 2012
  Chico from Canada
  

  At the mountain - New Years weekend, snow's the best, see you at Kokanee Winterfest, half price bonus..keep shredding...

• January 01, 2012
  Reality from Canada
  

  This mountain has done many, many things in the past which were not in the consumers best interest, but this replacement of all Green lifts with Magic Carpets tops them all! The Six pack chair is now overrun with learners who drifted over from the Bunny hill (which now has no means of ascending back up to the lodge and learning centre). Pity the patron who descends from their Condo or parks at the Six pack parking lot and needs to reach the lodge for lift tickets or rentals but has no direct means of reaching there... other than by walking up the Bunny hill? Motivation for the change? It certainly can't be to make learning easier.

• December 30, 2011
  Ray from Canada
  

  Already one of the best places in the Pacific NW to ski and board, some of the recent changes have made things even better -- the speed gates in high traffic crossings, better lift loading management, the new lift. Fantastic!

• December 30, 2011
  Selwyn from Canada
  

  A lot of things at Mt Washington have fallen behind the times over the last 10 years, except the lift prices. I have been riding this hill since '81 and I think it was better 20 years ago.
  The good:
  -The road access is well maintained
  -2 newer high speed lifts
  -You can have some epic powder days when it snows.
  -Can't beat the view
  The bad:
  -Parking is awful/allfull?
  -Grooming is very poor,especially on freeze=thaw days
  -Full price lift tickets when only 1/2 the lifts are operating.
  -Long lineups because only 1/2 the lifts are running?
  The ugly:
  -Please do something with that dog of a lodge, crowded, poorly laid out, almost died of thirst waiting for a beer in the pub, food was marginal at best.
  -Poorly trained lifties (half of the chairs going up were half full as there was a total lack of organization in the line up)
  -If you wanted to start smoking all you have to do is stand outside any door and take a deep breath (really great for the kids)
  -Do I really have to stand outside for 20 min in a line to buy my tickets?
  With a few well thought out upgrades and some staff training, this could be a really great resort, for now I will take my family off the Island to ski. 2.5 out of 10.
  Check out Mt Baker to see how things can be done right!

• December 23, 2011
  Ann from Canada
  

  Mt Washington groomers have done a great job with the runs, with such a dry December! Snow always seems to warm up on the runs, so it moves, even though hard packed. We've had plenty of sunny days! Snow's a coming now, so things are just going to get better! The Easy Acres area with the Magic Carpets are great for the beginners, and being part of a lesson. Warm inside. The carpets are slow, but for the true beginner, I'm sure they are going fast enough. At least they aren't trying to stay on the old chair and pomarade. Nice set up down the beginner runs now, so beginners have more space. Merry Christmas!

• December 20, 2011
  Safety Steve from Canada
  

  First off, let me say I am all about everyone having a good time and getting home safe at the end of the day...... but this is getting silly! Huge walls of bright orange snow fence has been put up to corral skiers into these tiny slots with huge ruts--- brutal. Plus there seems to be a new sign around every corner! Warning: Look around you when you ski! Caution: Use your common sense! Attention: Stop, Go, Stop, Turn Left, Now Right...

  I may have a bit of hyperbole in there but c'mon guys! And it's not even busy yet! What a disaster it will be when the crowds come.

  My recommendations to those in charge, calm down... not everyone is out to sue.

• December 20, 2011
  Cindy Budd from Canada
  

  Way too many rocks right now! Beautiful sunny skies and no line ups before Dec. 26 so it's a shame about the conditions. If they don't have at least 150 cm up there it's way too hard on your skis unless you are a beginner sticking to the green runs.

• December 10, 2011
  Erik M from Canada
  

  The problems lie within the management up there. The actual owners are smoke and mirrored on what and how things go on up there.
  All management there are of the same thought process.
  The weather is amazing and dumps wonderful snow! Everything there is that is not controlled by management is perfect!

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• December 05, 2011
  chico from Canada
  

  great opening weekend, good snow, sunny Friday and Saturday, however, only 2 chairs open, still full price for lift tickets?? saying that, get up there, its awesome..

• December 03, 2011
  Shawn from Canada
  

  Intermediates do need to stay off the boom. That traverse trench is the worst thing ever! As for the comments on Sunrise... The Sunrise chair is what it is because of the speed of the chair and the harder accessibility to the Schums and Ricks. What you don't realize is those runs would get tracked out far more and be less fun for the rest of us ambitious enough to take a few extra steps or ride a slower chair.

  Don't change a thing on the Sunrise!

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