26 niches of new snow .Looks good for Week1

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February 15 2024 Monday 4 pm The truck looks better like that.

Thank you for your patience, Thank you for flushing ice cubes. It worked and it snowed. Officially, 26 inches. In some places we lost snow because of wind, some places we gained a bunch. It should be enough to call this coming weekend WEEK 1. As long as no more disasters, Sky Tavern should be open for the entire program. Time to get going. Time to make kids happy.

Not that I get days off but I sort of pretend I get days off, so on my day off, today, I spent it plowing the parking lot, digging out and towing stuck cars, and riding shotgun in the snowcat watching for backcountry skiers that cannot get the message that snowcats and skiers on the hill at the same time are a poor combination. It is winter once again.

Because it has been a few weeks since I posted how all this works I am going to give you the shortcuts to those prior announcements. These are emails from a few weeks ago.

1. How the Bus system works. HERE. * If you bought a ticket for Week 1 two weeks ago, it is still good. You are set. If you haven't, click the link to learn how or the bus below to go straight to the ticket purchase page. We are having a time getting buses and drivers. You may need to talk to the office Wednesday if Reed fills and see if we have it sorted out.
2. Week 1 Hints. Here. There are lots of moving parts. Just a list of hints such as get there early.
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Week 1 is coming up. Get ready!

Bill

Click the picture of the bus for bus tickets.

A few feet of new snow at Olsen Cut-Off.

Last Saturday, our insurance inspector was stopped and asked why someone without a pass was there. He was impressed that happened! Good Job.

Passes. Everyone needs passes. Yep, saying it again. Everyone.

We are checking passes on everyone. To get on the lift you must have a pass. It is amazing how many try to get on that are not registered or try to use last year’s. Being registered means you belong here. If you don’t have a pass, you should be asked by every member why you don’t. We deal with the most precious thing in the world, kids. We want them safe. That is every member’s responsibility. We need to know that everyone is a member. That everyone is registered and belongs. We all get to know each other this way too.

We are also teaching kids something other than snowsports. They need to be responsible and follow the policies in place. Also, that no one is entitled. The caste system of position in life died a long time ago in the West. A good number of the Freestyle Team were herded all at once by the Risk Manager during practice. All their passes were safe at home. Off to the front desk with the lot of them looking like ducklings following Tom.

If you do not have a pass, please go to the front desk. They can issue temp tickets if your pass is still at home or in the mail or guest passes if say you are the grandparent who had to substitute for a sick parent. We want to keep it a pretty tightly run ship here. Adults, be an example and wear your pass. Question those who do not and especially those who do not look like they belong. They are most likely harmless, lost tourists. Explain what Sky Tavern is. Be nice but send them up to Rose for day tickets. Some will join next year. Happens all the time.