gravityluv
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I went up to the TSV sunday morning, beautiful mild sunny day, light breeze. Their website stated 33" base, eight lifts operational, and I was thinking, "yea, lift 4 (backside) and lift 8 (great groomers) must be running". When I took my first chair up I happened to be sharing it with an instructor. I asked about lifts 4 & 8 and she said "no, they're not running". I inquired furthur and she said not running those chairs must be to "save labor costs".
The few lifts that were running had lines as long as I've seen at TSV since Presidents Day weekend. The few blue groomers that were open were terribly crowded, skiers of all abilities, core experts and beginners crammed in the same runs.
It was unsafe....unsafe...I took about three or four runs and headed to the parking lot. TSV is a schizophrenic place: the Ski School is one of the best in the country and wonderful folks, the Ski Patrol is friendly and do an amazing job with the unstable Southern Rockies snowpack.
The TSV management is another story. They are geared primarily to the vacationing Texas and Oklahoma skiers. Over the past few years the cheapskates at TSV have been taking the local skier for granted. It's too bad, when the base builds and we get the snows, TSV is truly one the most challenging mountains in the country.
The few lifts that were running had lines as long as I've seen at TSV since Presidents Day weekend. The few blue groomers that were open were terribly crowded, skiers of all abilities, core experts and beginners crammed in the same runs.
It was unsafe....unsafe...I took about three or four runs and headed to the parking lot. TSV is a schizophrenic place: the Ski School is one of the best in the country and wonderful folks, the Ski Patrol is friendly and do an amazing job with the unstable Southern Rockies snowpack.
The TSV management is another story. They are geared primarily to the vacationing Texas and Oklahoma skiers. Over the past few years the cheapskates at TSV have been taking the local skier for granted. It's too bad, when the base builds and we get the snows, TSV is truly one the most challenging mountains in the country.
