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why not snowboard? it's at least interesting.

Would you rather be you or him who has $2 million to defend himself? He's been generating that by whoring himself out for a couple hundred a person to stupid yuppies who'll pay too go on a group ride with him. I'll take my lardass loser self.

I'm going to listen to my iPod and steal value from China

this thread gets three rainbows out of five; it's not marriage material sickie sickie sickie

telemark = license to suck

Intrawest and ASC are well into the suck category too Intrawest in particular is a master of the planned extractionary resort experience - down to the windowdisplay level. The biggest negative I see is reduced competition amongst Seattle ski-areas

show a little cleavage, some leg and act stupid. someone will help you eventually

Boyne USA Resorts Announces Expansion: Crystal Group to buy Loon & Snoqualmie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyne USA Resorts Announces Coast-to-Coast Expansion Acquisitions Expected to Increase Company Skier Days to 3.6 Million Boyne Falls, Mich., September 19, 2007 – Backed by nearly 60 years of family run resort experience, Boyne USA Resorts is excited to announce its nationwide expansion reinforcing the Michigan-based corporation’s position as the largest family owned four-season resort company in North America and owner/operator of more ski resorts than any other in the United States. Aided by a partnership with CNL Income Properties, Inc., Boyne USA’s ski resort portfolio will become the third largest in North America and boasts 10 resort locations operating in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Utah, Washington and British Columbia with a combined skier count of approximately 3.6 million. The expansion allows Boyne USA to further its existing geographic and economic diversity in the winter sports industry, starting in the ’50s when the company built the Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Tennessee and in earnest with the 1976 purchase of Big Sky Resort in Montana. With today’s announcement of the pending addition of Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc.’s (“Booth Creek”) Loon Mountain and The Summit at Snoqualmie resorts to its network, Boyne USA Resorts is building upon its inaugural entry into the long contemplated New England market that began last month with the addition of American Skiing Company’s Sunday River and Sugarloaf resorts in Maine. Boyne USA has signed a contract with Booth Creek which at closing will transfer the management of Loon Mountain and The Summit at Snoqualmie to Boyne USA. In addition to furthering entry into the New England market, this transaction will reinforce Boyne USA’s commitment in the Pacific Northwest, with three resorts in that region. The Boyne USA Resorts team, headed by the Kircher family, is proud of its record as longest running management within the mountain resort industry and believes that with its experienced team of over 7,000 passionate individuals, the organization is in a strong position to take on these new properties. “By bringing almost 60 years of experience in resort and ski area management and building upon the best of American Skiing Company’s and Booth Creek’s accomplishments, we are confident that we will continue to be a very positive force in this industry,” said Stephen Kircher, president of Boyne USA Resorts’ eastern operations. “These are exciting times to be part of this team.” Boyne USA executives and their resort-based management teams have already begun mapping the endless possibilities related to resort facility and amenity improvements as well as value creation programs for the many loyal customers of these resorts. “Boyne USA’s history of innovation as well as making continuous improvements at our resorts will continue with these newly acquired facilities,” said John Kircher, president of Boyne USA Resorts’ western operations and based in the Seattle area since 1996. “Our experience has proven that a long-term vision and financial commitment to a resort is needed, which we are confident CNL and Boyne USA provide. Our understanding and love of the sport, which in our case, goes back to 1947, is one significant factor that drives us to make the facilities we own or manage even better. Keeping our customers happy means reinvesting in the property and creating the expectation of something new each season,” added John Kircher. “From our proprietary Boyne low-e snowmaking technologies, commitment to superior guest satisfaction, passion to build innovative new facilities and amenities, offerings like our BoyneRewards loyalty program, and our unique coast-to-coast season passes, we anticipate making a very positive impact on the entire resort network, its customers and its communities,” said Stephen Kircher. “These additions are a continuation of our strategy reinforcing Boyne USA’s overall goal of becoming the best four-season resort company in the world by 2015.” About Boyne USA Resorts: Boyne USA Resorts is the largest family owned four-season resort company in North America; founded by Everett Kircher in 1947. A Michigan-based corporation, Boyne USA Resorts owns and/or operates award-winning mountain and golf resorts and attractions throughout the United States and Canada including Cypress Mountain near Vancouver, British Columbia, a host venue of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Big Sky Resort in Montana, Boyne Mountain, Boyne Highlands, The Inn at Bay Harbor – A Renaissance Golf Resort and Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark in Michigan, Brighton in Utah, Crystal Mountain in Washington, Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River Resort in Maine and Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Tennessee. For more information on Boyne USA Resorts, please visit www.boyneusaresorts.com .

Boyne USA Resorts Announces Expansion: Crystal Group to buy Loon & Snoqualmie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boyne USA Resorts Announces Coast-to-Coast Expansion Acquisitions Expected to Increase Company Skier Days to 3.6 Million Boyne Falls, Mich., September 19, 2007 – Backed by nearly 60 years of family run resort experience, Boyne USA Resorts is excited to announce its nationwide expansion reinforcing the Michigan-based corporation’s position as the largest family owned four-season resort company in North America and owner/operator of more ski resorts than any other in the United States. Aided by a partnership with CNL Income Properties, Inc., Boyne USA’s ski resort portfolio will become the third largest in North America and boasts 10 resort locations operating in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Utah, Washington and British Columbia with a combined skier count of approximately 3.6 million. The expansion allows Boyne USA to further its existing geographic and economic diversity in the winter sports industry, starting in the ’50s when the company built the Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Tennessee and in earnest with the 1976 purchase of Big Sky Resort in Montana. With today’s announcement of the pending addition of Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc.’s (“Booth Creek”) Loon Mountain and The Summit at Snoqualmie resorts to its network, Boyne USA Resorts is building upon its inaugural entry into the long contemplated New England market that began last month with the addition of American Skiing Company’s Sunday River and Sugarloaf resorts in Maine. Boyne USA has signed a contract with Booth Creek which at closing will transfer the management of Loon Mountain and The Summit at Snoqualmie to Boyne USA. In addition to furthering entry into the New England market, this transaction will reinforce Boyne USA’s commitment in the Pacific Northwest, with three resorts in that region. The Boyne USA Resorts team, headed by the Kircher family, is proud of its record as longest running management within the mountain resort industry and believes that with its experienced team of over 7,000 passionate individuals, the organization is in a strong position to take on these new properties. “By bringing almost 60 years of experience in resort and ski area management and building upon the best of American Skiing Company’s and Booth Creek’s accomplishments, we are confident that we will continue to be a very positive force in this industry,” said Stephen Kircher, president of Boyne USA Resorts’ eastern operations. “These are exciting times to be part of this team.” Boyne USA executives and their resort-based management teams have already begun mapping the endless possibilities related to resort facility and amenity improvements as well as value creation programs for the many loyal customers of these resorts. “Boyne USA’s history of innovation as well as making continuous improvements at our resorts will continue with these newly acquired facilities,” said John Kircher, president of Boyne USA Resorts’ western operations and based in the Seattle area since 1996. “Our experience has proven that a long-term vision and financial commitment to a resort is needed, which we are confident CNL and Boyne USA provide. Our understanding and love of the sport, which in our case, goes back to 1947, is one significant factor that drives us to make the facilities we own or manage even better. Keeping our customers happy means reinvesting in the property and creating the expectation of something new each season,” added John Kircher. “From our proprietary Boyne low-e snowmaking technologies, commitment to superior guest satisfaction, passion to build innovative new facilities and amenities, offerings like our BoyneRewards loyalty program, and our unique coast-to-coast season passes, we anticipate making a very positive impact on the entire resort network, its customers and its communities,” said Stephen Kircher. “These additions are a continuation of our strategy reinforcing Boyne USA’s overall goal of becoming the best four-season resort company in the world by 2015.” About Boyne USA Resorts: Boyne USA Resorts is the largest family owned four-season resort company in North America; founded by Everett Kircher in 1947. A Michigan-based corporation, Boyne USA Resorts owns and/or operates award-winning mountain and golf resorts and attractions throughout the United States and Canada including Cypress Mountain near Vancouver, British Columbia, a host venue of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Big Sky Resort in Montana, Boyne Mountain, Boyne Highlands, The Inn at Bay Harbor – A Renaissance Golf Resort and Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark in Michigan, Brighton in Utah, Crystal Mountain in Washington, Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River Resort in Maine and Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Tennessee. For more information on Boyne USA Resorts, please visit www.boyneusaresorts.com .

Oh yes, the powder morning race. Matched only by liftline fisticuffs as some "bro" elbows his way past you in the singles line to meet up with his (nonexistant) buds and gets peeved when you shove his faux patchouli scented, goretex clad, twintipped ass into the snowbank and tell him to wait like every one else. At which point he spits venom as only the under employed, under brained and over THC'd can. The 3? I dunno. W/B has the big mountains and glaciated terrain necessary, an expansive lift system, and tons of terrain accessible by a couple hours skiing. Nowhere else in the lower 48 really does. I suppose Jackson, Snowbird, Squaw, Mammoth could be on the list.

Goretex ProShell vs. Goretex XCR vs. Goretex keep changing it a little as the patent expires....

well that and not many stores will accept me as payment

He's physically impaired, not mentally

and I'm getting fat. please put a penny in my hat

Find me a medical research scientist who received their degree from a school which does not receive substantial federal research grants. The free-market is excells at producing commercial solutions of basic research. Rarely does it produce any of it's own basic research (perhaps the biggest "Private" producer of basic research this century was Bell Labs, the product of a government sanctioned monopoly and the pricing power it had)

yeah, because the NIH has nothing to do with funding advancements........

Yes. Fat Skis + too many people + way overconcentrated high speed lift system = maybe 5-10 powder runs for your money. It's standard at any N. American resort with "decent" terrain (all 3 of them) No fucking thank you.

I second JayB's recommendation of any copy of Ascent. An eclectic collection of pictures, art, short stories, climbing stories, it has something for any mood. Better than all but a few accounts of the first free nude but for a penis gourd ascent of the direct north north east face of the blowhard in winter under the sign of Aquarius by a Gemini

yeah, whatever, my tiger penis was $3k last month. fuck that shit. market forces seem to work much better with elective cosmetic surgeries than they do with critical services. (note recent botox vs. mole check story). Funny how that is. Bankuptcy court is a poor means of subsidizing care.

No worse than Whistler on a powder day...... and unlike Whistler 99% of the Euro hordes will stick to the pistes leaving everything else for you.

If a treatment exists and you can't afford it, it doesn't matter, does it? Except to the Amgen tool spending $5k on the new Trek.

There hasnt been good snow below 2000m in a few years whered you get that?

There hasnt been good snow below 2000m in a few years whered you get that?

Weekend Whistler lifts are worse than anything I encountered in yurp except the Grand Montets on a powder morning. The one piece of consistant praise I heard for N. America was for the snow. A brit I know who seasoned in Whistler 04-05 after several years in france couldn't understand why everyone was complaining about the lack of snow that year, it was more than he'd ever seen in France For lift served slackcountry or partially lift served slackcountry europe > north america imo. there are many places of whistler caliber and others far better. The ability to pop into a hut pretty much everywhere makes for different, more accessible, multi-day winter touring. The other big change is the difference in the ski scene - skiing and even skitouring are family activities not constrained to singles and dinks 20-40 I like to travel to other countries. A weak dollar sucks

A retail study for the village done in '05 stated: curious to see how they define "regional" I still think Whistler at $83 is a POS ripoff compared to Chamonix or St Anton at $55, much less Stubai at $40 even in "lame" seasons. The cost of staying in those communities is similar to Whistler as well.