Operations at Mt High (complaint)

[MMB]

I received a Mt.High email telling of a music jam session and contest on the 23 that is supposed to be in the morning.  My complaint is that it starts at 9 through 10am for the "practice" and at 11am the contest is supposed to begin.  Mike and I were thinking about going anyway but man thats way too early... and after reading the thing about traffic problems and what not... I don't know... on one hand it sounds like we'd have a lot of fun playing there (except for early in the morning)...  but on the other hand I think locals probably wouldn't like it...well, because, for the reasons I read below...  still I think we'd smoke a lot of those bands.   This sucks.  The good news is that Santana is playing on Saturday at the Hard Rock in Vegas and I'd rather go enjoy a weekend there...and play for tips with Mike and my son Kevin on Fremont...and then we'll watch Santana in the evening.   My wife thinks I should do the Mt.High thing in the morning and leave to Vegas after we smoke the other bands right afterward.  Its a conundrm.  And ego thing too. 

[Mrs. Hillbilly]

I say go smoke the other bands since you is talking smack! 

The traffic into WW will be minimal this Saturday.  Take my word on that.  The only time we see bumper to bumper is after we get a huge dump and during peak winter days...

You can leave WW by 2 be in LV by 6, play for tips for a couple hours and go see Carlos by 8.

[ChrisLynnet]

Agreed on the traffic, it will be O.K. I remember walking my dog up a trail close to Mt. High, the trail that reaches the school camp. There was a very loud band playing in the Mt. High East parking lot and we got a free concert. My dog didn't think much of it though. 

[SkierBob]

What subsidies? 

How about free water? 

Both times I went to mh this season I noticed snow on the chairs and the lifties just standing there doing nothing. 

As far as how the the resort is marketed, I think John McColly has done an incredible job of bringing in the dollars. It's his job to market the place and he's prooved he's good at it.   

As far as management goes, Karl K. is no Rusty Gregory (CEO Mammoth Mountain).  Karl runs and hides, Rusty makes himselve accessable to anyone and everyone that would like to speak with him.

The problem is at the very top, worms have more backbone then Karl K.   

[MountainGrizzly]

Yesterday was closing day at Mountain High.  Spring conditions, with lots of mud patches and rocks.  A bit challenging to ski, but fun.

To make it more challenging, there were 500 plastic eggs with prizes to distract everyone.  Still fun.

Starting at 8:30, on top of Conquest, Karl put 2 ski patrollers to work, removing all the protective foam from the lift poles and snow guns.  By the time I left at 10 AM, they had stripped Conquest and were working Head Wall.

Shouldn't they remove the safety equipment the DAY AFTER they close?  Isn't the cost of removing the equipment on Monday simply 2 persons * $10/hour *8 hours, or only $160?  How would it be to run into a bare metal pole and be told, "sorry, we don't have safety gear on the last day?"

Karl was no doubt skiing at Snow Summit and complaining about all the boarders ;-)

[SkierBob]

He must have laid the risk managment guy off the day before.

 

[buddy]

are you really surprised??

[angelwolf326]

It was free and weren't there waivers to sign?  Everyone has a budget and deadlines to meet....