rfarren":1lkpagta said:
Soulskier used examples such as Alta to define his very subjective view of what makes a mountain "soulful".
I'm on Soul's sides on this one.
rfarren":1lkpagta said:
Marc_C explained that some of his examples to defend his opinion were patently wrong.
Talking about the village thread? I haven't had much time to spend on the ski forums lately due to work. Intrawest/Vail villages, although they look nice aren't lived in. Not sure who agreed or disagreed with that statement.
rfarren":1lkpagta said:
With all due respect Soulskier brought much of the ire upon himself. His platitudes are entirely subjective but he speaks of them in objective terms.
Regardless of people opinions on his projects and ideas. Although no longer involved (I think), he set the fire under the people at Shames about the ideas of a Coop. Guess what? Shames Coop are now selling shares.
Manitoba? Probably better demographic and location.
rfarren":1lkpagta said:
He ripped on Mad River Glen and east coast skiing.
As someone who grew up in California and not in tune with the east, are you surprised? How many times have I heard that. Anyway, he always envisioned at alpine terrain with is virtually none existant in eastern ski areas. Nuff on that point. As a MRG shareholder, I should have been the one that would have been offended, no? Not someone who talks about six-pack and heated chairs.
rfarren":1lkpagta said:
He says base villages ruin ski mountains but can't explain why, or comment on counter opinions. Finally, he doesn't respond to negative opinion or counter ideas when it comes to his operation.
Placing a base village at Manitoba mountain, Shames, etc... would be counter productive. Most artificial base villages have no soul if they only really on a transient population. The only thing it does is drive the locals (meaning people that live and work there all season) further away.
rfarren":1lkpagta said:
I understand it's early for his operation, but he hasn't shown us, so far, how his idea will work.
One step at a time. People were attacking the Shames idea. Now he's got a blank canvas to work on. Building another resort isn't the solution. This is no means a solo soulskier project. It's a collective. Requires feedback and brainstorming. He might have his ideas, I have my ideas, a bunch of people have their own vision...what is the common ground that all these people interested in Manitoba have? It's take time to work it out.
rfarren":1lkpagta said:
The problem lies in that he has made his mission to show us that every other mountain is bad and soulless based on completely arbitrary elements, and that his mountain, because it will be bare bones, is soulful.
I believe that skiing it is purest state is soulful. Distractions like Disneyfied villages cloud it up. Do you know who I think the most soulful skiers that something write here are? icelandic and gpetrics. Again, it's my point of view.
rfarren":1lkpagta said:
Mountains can come in many different shapes and forms, one isn't correct, yet, he spends far too much time pointing out the flaws (in his eyes) of other places rather than looking at the flaws in his project.
He pointing out something that the ski industry has lost a few people and doesn't have enough diversity.