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That's some bull about that guy. Feel for his kid that he lost. 

Re: the jump under the chair on a-line. It changed a lot last year near end of July or something. It got much longer and taller. Went from being a jump you overshot to a jump you work for. Harder to hurt yourself on unless you are messing up so badly you ride off the side of it.

Posted by: ReductiMat

Hey nickel, can you comment on why the start of A-Line is still closed?  Relative to the trail, it seems so... small?

(A-Line is the best it's ever been)

It hurts people.

Posted by: Henry-Chinaski

Posted by: nickel

Literally no one was wearing a mask in the village outside the lift lines. I was really disappointed tbh. The village was slammed with people to the point social distancing was not viable and no one except myself and a very small handful of others were wearing masks. 

I went into the village Saturday to grab some food.  In addition to the lack of masks, the "I'm here to fucking party crowd" had definitely showed up in numbers.  Hope the park stays open during phase 2...

Given our opening was conditional on phase 3 happening in the first place, I would expect that any roll back of measures would imply an end to the bike season. We shall see. It'd be great if it didn't come to that.

Literally no one was wearing a mask in the village outside the lift lines. I was really disappointed tbh. The village was slammed with people to the point social distancing was not viable and no one except myself and a very small handful of others were wearing masks. 

I also fear we're not far away from rolling back into phase 2 at minimum. Set the example folks, wear a mask and stay 2m apart. It's not that hard.

Posted by: ReductiMat

Hey nickel, I was wondering if the fast flowy jump trails that are closed are because of Patrol, Patrol & Vail or Patrol, Vail & Coast Mountain Health?

Not sure if it's because of the rain, but it seems like everyone working at WB to get this stuff running hit it out of the park.

Here's to hoping the wash stations are a staple for every year hear on in.

I will choose to not comment on the reasons behind the advanced jump trails being closed. It's not my domain, nor my place to comment. I can say that there is an active discussion around opening them and that there is a desire to do things responsibly. 

There has definitely been a big effort by everyone here to make the experience a positive one for all and I'm glad that's the feeling you're getting. It's taken a lot to get things to where they are now and it will continue to evolve. Keep the feedback coming. 

The wash stations are a good example. In the process of figuring out how to make them work with covid guidelines, we had a big desire to derive tangible lasting benefits and improvements. Glad you like it.

Posted by: ReductiMat

Us passholder's get to ride free.  Fuck yeah.

nickel, question.. has the GLC/A-Line jump moved more cross-hill?  The sweeping berms after it might also be making my eyes cross a bit...

Somewhat, yes. No slopestyle means we had room to adjust the alignment. We also added corners above the jump which should eliminate the need to brake into the last jump. The alignment over the ezdi overpass changed too.

There's a lot still up in the air about that. I honestly couldn't tell you the answer to that.

Dude is a bit of a kook isn't he? First off, quit walking up past the no entry signs. 

Second, garbo isn't very likely to open same time as fitz, unless fitz doesn't open for weeks. Still lots of snow.

Third, nothing happened on lowest Canadian open, there's no fresh berm and dude is talking nonsense. 

Fourth, I have no clue what he was pointing at in creekside but I'd be rather surprised if any staff have even been over there. 

Fifth, the black or no black thing applies to flow trails as far as I've been told. Don't expect a-line for opening day. Stuff will get prepped in case the situation changes though, hence the machines at the bottom. Tech trails will be open or closed based on conditions or issues needing fixing. 

The overlords will hopefully inform us in a more definitive way sometime soon.

Late June/early July is the word on the street from what I'm hearing. Lots still needs to line up but there's positive signs afoot

Posted by: thaaad

I'm just going to push up the road and ride one lap per day. EZ

They're doing zero tolerance right now FYI. Word around the valley is loss of 1 year of "potential" bike park use.