Tom Gosiorowski

Skier, Cyclist, Hiker

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog Well...pre Epic Pass I was paying around $1300 for a Merchant Pass (local worker pass) to ski at Vail & Beaver Creek. That was in the early 2000s, adjusted by CPI that would cost around $2200 today, which is nearly double a full Epic pass. Mega passes didn't = more expensive.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog And yet the alternative (Ikon Pass) offered by Altera costs 28% more, but I guess they are a bunch of saints...

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@WFG_DEN I'm so sorry for you and can't imagine the agony you must be suffering.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@WFG_DEN I think he might be saving a lot of money right now and able to blame it on ski patrol. And when the snows come, the skiers will come back too. I'm not sure the patrol strategy of striking on 12/27 during this particular year will work out the way they might have expected.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog @Telluride I wonder if these patrol strikes are going to motivate resorts to develop ways of operating without ski patrol as we know it today. Possibly a separate group to do avalanche control, contracting with local EMS to provide medical treatment and evac, maint workers for the labor...

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog That lodging cost number is certainly suspect, but the lift cost makes sense given that so many skiers now purchase a season pass. The problem is that people new to the sport won't likely commit to a season pass, so the walk up lift ticket price is a huge disincentive to new ppl

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@WFG_DEN @ColoradoDOT @NWSBoulder @BianchiWeather @BoulderCAST @ColoradoSkiUSA Sounds like the state let their vendor contract expire and didn't have another plan prepared. I suppose they wont need those cameras to effectively manage the interstate for the next couple of years.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@philippilk @elonmusk No doubt that lawyers rule America.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog Does an automatic lowering safety bar exist? I've ridden lifts that automatically lift the bar and bubble at the top terminal, but i don't think I've seem one that lowers the bar after loading.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@SilverPD01 @GovofCO I have to think it costs more to employ people to handle and process checks than it does to cover the bank fee, but maybe that just makes too much sense.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog I guess it's fortunate for Vail Resorts that these Wall Street types are so disconnected from what's acttually happening in the mountains. I skied yesterday on a nearly empty Vail Mountain with January-like snow. Fasten your seat belt for the next quarterly earnings call.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog @beavercreekmtn WTF. I ski Beaver Creek regularly, please tell me you able to share this directly with an appropriate person at the resort.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog I wonder if they were directed to take this action by the tramway board, or voluntarily initiated it. Also wonder when the last inspection of the failed grip occured.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog It appears that VR is no longer listing percentages of open trails or lifts for any of their resorts.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@elonmusk Many people have a hard time facing reality even when it's not their reality.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog Kinda sad that only 10% is going to charity, it's not like these have any value for reuse on another lift so the resort owner is mostly just putting money in their pocket.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@jasonblevins Did it really make any difference when OR left? Will it really matter if Sundance comes? I'm sure someone has wild estimates of economic impact, but are many Coloradans really directly impacted by this stuff?

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@SS_strength Thank you, I'll look for that.

[Tom Gosiorowski @tomgos]

@liftblog @forestservice Sometimes I wonder who the FS is really working for, but I really shouldn't.