Vail to take over Canyons operations
August 29, 2013
so Talikser was not the ones interested in Hidden Valley - they've been busy little ski area owners.
Vail now operates Canyons , leasing it from Talisker ... and because of Talisker's lease to Park City Mountain Resort, Vail will get a chunk of that too.
I guess that focusing your advertising on a stupid orange bubble chair didn't give the oomph needed by Talisker to do it by themselves.
An interesting deal, but I don't see this changing anything. Of the Park City areas, the Canyons is by far my least favorite of the three. ..may they continue to attract snowboarders though. I like that. ;-)
I really like parts of the Canyons - Crush knows that quite well - but about the only way I'd go back there is if it was part of an Epic pass or something. I'm going to call this mixed-good.
All other resorts are included on the Epic Pass (even the Epic Locals pass - with restrictions). I expect the Canyons will be too.
Now we just need Vail to pick up one each in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Now THAT would be one heck of a season pass!
as was said, starting 2013 Canyons will be part of the Epic Pass! For under $800 you can ski unlimited - there or any Vail resort! I'm getting one oh yeah count on it.
Epic Pass is $689 (unlimited skiing all places all year)
Epic Locals Pass is $529 (unlimited skiing at Breck, Keystone, A-Basin - 10 days at Vail/Beasver Creek except a few holiday dates - unlimited days Tahoe (+ presumably Canyons) except a few holiday dates.
Locals Pass is a better deal IMO unless you plan on more than 10 days at Vail/Beaver Creek or if you plan on skiing outside of Summit County on 11/29 - 11/30/2013, 12/26 - 12/31/2013, 1/18/2014, 2/15- 2/16/2014.
I've used a Locals Pass for about the last 10 years.
Now that's a bizzaro situation. Is there anyway to get to the "Talisker"/disputed section without taking a PCMR-controlled lift?
What was up with the reference to Solitude in the comments?
Wow! This much vitriol implies that there is a lot of money to be made in the ski business. I thought that was not true any more and had not been for a long time. Am I out of touch?
Wow! This much vitriol implies that there is a lot of money to be made in the ski business. I thought that was not true any more and had not been for a long time. Am I out of touch?
Maybe some of the PIB's at the Sundance Film Festival actually ski now? Or ride the lifts to the mid-mountain restaurant?
Now that's a bizzaro situation. Is there anyway to get to the "Talisker"/disputed section without taking a PCMR-controlled lift?
What was up with the reference to Solitude in the comments?
ah - SkiLink. Talisker's plan to link Solitude with Canyons via a lift system. Basically there are of course two factions in all of it. The main thing is PCMR is apparently run by idiots. They didn't renew their lease on time, and when Talisker said "nope, you didn't renew the price goes up (they pay only $150k) PCMR then tried to sue Talisker, and faked critical evidence that is the center of the complaint. When Talisker's counsel put in a letter to the Judge sitting on the case questioning the backdating the criticallease renewal (PCMR tried to fake the date sent) and accused PCMR's counsel of falsifying evidence PCMR's own counsel freaked out and initiated an electronic discovery to cover their butts and basically put out that their own client was a liar. PCMR management said "oh we made a mistake" but that is pretty much it for PCMR's case and the whole resort Man they really f-'d up.
