Comments on: Sometimes it IS TOO Cold https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/sometimes-too-cold/ Ski Banter Wed, 08 Jan 2014 02:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Wisconsin Skier https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/sometimes-too-cold/#comment-9346 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:37:36 +0000 http://www.wi-ski.com/?p=7202#comment-9346 Yeah, I’ve seen those and don’t buy them for that reason. I have yet to be in a situation where it is best to buy a restricted lift ticket.

]]> By: GraysOn Trays https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/sometimes-too-cold/#comment-9345 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:23:56 +0000 http://www.wi-ski.com/?p=7202#comment-9345 Thanks for the clarification. Yeah, if you’re a day-tripper who hasn’t bought a ticket yet, you’re not losing anything to the resort if you get there and it says, “Nope, we’re closed today.” That said, some people do buy tickets (and nothing else) online, for a specific date.

]]> By: The Wisconsin Skier https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/sometimes-too-cold/#comment-9337 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 23:20:27 +0000 http://www.wi-ski.com/?p=7202#comment-9337 Mostly the customer who shows up and is turned away is only out the cost of their transportation, they are not losing the lift ticket. ONe of the Big Snow resorts has a stay 3 days during the md-week they give you lift tickets for the stay. In that case I still want those tickets.

]]> By: GraysOn Trays https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/sometimes-too-cold/#comment-9336 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 21:59:32 +0000 http://www.wi-ski.com/?p=7202#comment-9336 Just wrote about that here: http://twincitiesskisnowboard.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/cold-enough-to-close-ski-areas-in-minnesota/

You write, “People pay good money to stay with a resort and if a resort believes the conditions warrant suspending snow operations that is no fault of the guests and they need to be taken care of. If I show up at the resort with a lift ticket and am denied the opportunity to ride that is something quite different and there is no obligation on the resort’s part.”

I’m not sure I agree with that. What’s the difference between the two situations? In either case, the guest is denied the chance to ski/ride. In the case of stay/ticket package, at least the guest gets a room to stay in.

But yes, giving a complimentary lift ticket should be something the resort does. Not to sure what to do, if anything, about the value of a room stay when it’s too cold for the wheels to turn.

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