OT: Love my mountain, hate my mountain's crowds!

Wind Slither · Since 04 Mar 2005 2588 Posts The 503 METAL

***RANT***

Portland has to have the biggest pack of alpine dumbasses!

Attention, you squatters on the crapper, there's 20 dudes in line out here, put your phone away and wrap it up! Alien

Hey, you jackasses in the dog area, you're not in the deep wilderness, you're in a heavily used dog park. There's free bags and garbage can right f'ing there. Scoop your dog's f'ing poop!

You f'ing MORONS in the lift line, do you understand what "alternate" means? It's not that hard of concept. Do you realize the line gets longer when you decide you need to ride the chair all by yourself? Mad

And lodge bunnies, guess what....aisles are for walking and tables are for sitting and eating. Not for storing your crap that should be left in your car. Next time you might find a little surprise in that bag of yours. Shocked

Ho-Toe · Wed Feb 21, 18 7:11 am

...and in a few months all of those assholes will be at my local beach.

I keep rooting for ebola to make a comeback, but I'm not sure that helps.

Evil or Very Mad

eric · Since 13 Jan 2006 1838 Posts XTreme Poster

I am 90% in agreement with you. However, MHM does not do a good enough job ANTICIPATING the weekend nutfest, and the 10% of clients that will be purposefully clueless unless shown/told/demanded to behave otherwise. It's the 10% of the a$$hats that cause 95% of the angst and frustration for the ret of us. MHM does much better than days of old, but still needs to do better. How?

Staff the lift lines with at least one seasoned, well trained lift op who has the skills and maturity to direct traffic, and pay said folks accordingly. We have all experienced how smoothly lines can flow when there is someone in charge who can direct traffic with that right combination of assertiveness, humor, and goodwill. Two years ago there was a gentleman in his late 20's, red beard, who was often on Shooting Star on the big days and was phenomenally good.

Eric

Sasquatch · Since 09 Mar 2005 2086 Posts PNW Bigfoot

[quote="Wind Slither"]***RANT***

Portland has to have the biggest pack of alpine dumbasses!

Hey Slither, news flash: Mt Hood Meadows has made it too cheap to ski and oversold the resort. Time to increase the barriers to entry and weed out the weak and some of the dumb-assess; time to bump up the season pass prices two-fold.

Attention, you squatters on the crapper, there's 20 dudes in line out here, put your phone away and wrap it up! Alien

Slither, give most of those guys a break. It is f*cking hard “dropping off the kiddies into the pool”, especially with ski boots on. That is because when one is sitting on the porcelain throne, with or without ski boots on, it puts a kink in one's intern hose and stops the Ben & Jerry's chocolate soft-serve from sliding out quickly.

As for using one’s mobile phone on a public ski lodge throne, some know no shame and obviously have no sense of smell.
I wish Meadows would improve their ventilation in the Men’s bathrooms.
I also wish they would provide a spray bottle of this stuff in every sit-down stall:

Link

It also might speed up the line if they had one of these in every stall:

Link

Hey, you jackasses in the dog area, you're not in the deep wilderness, you're in a heavily used dog park. There's free bags and garbage can right f'ing there. Scoop your dog's f'ing poop!

Sounds like the CrowdBar down in the Hood. Some dog owners just don't have a clue or just don't care about others.

You f'ing MORONS in the lift line, do you understand what "alternate" means? It's not that hard of concept. Do you realize the line gets longer when you decide you need to ride the chair all by yourself?

Yeah, I love this one. The pair that won't double up with the pair ahead of them in the quad line. Once again clueless and inconsiderate people. When this happens I often ask the pair ahead of me if they would mind if I coupled up with the pair ahead of them. Sometimes they say "OK" and other times they figure out that they could do this and thus saving themselves many extra minutes in the chair line.

And lodge bunnies, guess what....aisles are for walking and tables are for sitting and eating. Not for storing your crap that should be left in your car. Next time you might find a little surprise in that bag of yours.

Yeah, this is a tough one. Sometimes these people are going up with someone that likes to ski/board and they don't like it as much or don't ski/board at all; or the weather is too much for them to endure. On super busy days not much to do about this situation.

A.K. · Since 01 Jul 2006 190 Posts Stoked

What? People still ski on-piste?

craz z · Since 01 Dec 2008 130 Posts Montana Stoked

The best way to eliminate these problems is SNOWKITING. Haven't been on a resort in 13 years and the powder is endless.

I do understand that its not that easy in Oregon, but i would much rather invest in gear or a snowmobile then to ever be subjected to the retardedness that ski hills provide. It was bad back then I don't think i could handle any of it at this point.

Problem solved Very Happy

Wind Slither · Since 04 Mar 2005 2588 Posts The 503 METAL

blancoh2o · Since 15 Mar 2005 1154 Posts Oregon Phishy

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ldhr · Since 21 Jul 2009 1487 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

Even the backcountry is getting crowded!

Sasquatch · Since 09 Mar 2005 2086 Posts PNW Bigfoot

[quote="blancoh2o"]

Wind Slither · Since 04 Mar 2005 2588 Posts The 503 METAL

Meadows cheap? I am spending quite enough as it is...and I don't think resort skiing needs to be reserved for the financially elite.

If the weather let's Meadows get all or most of the lifts going, even with 3 full lots, plus busses, plus HR shuttles, they still keep the lines reasonable.

But per my original, people need to pull their heads out!

And yes, if I didn't have to be there for my boy's race team I would be skinning and/or snow kiting in the back, not waiting behind 20 other dudes ready to crap my bibs. Mad

Sasquatch · Since 09 Mar 2005 2086 Posts PNW Bigfoot

zipperline · Since 02 Aug 2005 66 Posts Hood River

Your mountain please.....

It's everybodys mountain.. How long have you lived here?

I've lived here summers since 92 year round for 25. I don't consider myself a true local. I was not born and raised here. My kids are.... Locals and are frustrated with the growth here.. Not much they can do.

Unless you were born here. A long time ago you are probably not a local. Unless you have been living under a rock it's obvious that people have figured out that the PNW is a great place for everything kiting skiing snowboard moto mt biking fishing kyaking etc...

I always say that this area is not the best for everything but really good at all of the above..

Quit bitching or move somewhere else.....

It's only going to get worse..

I miss the days of seeing 1 or 2 mt bikers in Post canyon plus a horse or 2. All summer long....

Or parking at HRM and knowing everybody in the lot by name.. Those days are over.
Or kiting with 20-30 people because that was the the total amount of kiters in 2000 here in the gorge. Times change so we have to deal with it..

Still love this place but there are more kooks coming from everywhere...

Stoked to have been here before the Mayhem...

Sasquatch · Since 09 Mar 2005 2086 Posts PNW Bigfoot

moondog · Thu Feb 22, 18 6:46 am

My extended family in Colorado quite skiing a couple years ago when the 1 hour drive turned into 2-3 hours with all newbies moving to Colorado. So you got that going for you. My brother only does backcountry in Park City now. Oh and by the way the kiters have at least doubled in La Ventana from 3 years ago! Maybe that is why Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in The USA!

blowhard · Since 26 Dec 2005 2026 Posts Windward

IT WILL only get worse

Slither your are OLD same thing for Sassy, (damn)

John and I were at Bachelor yesterday and parking lot was almost full

I had none of the problems you had Razz

take a spin on the road
It's closer than you think,

only I can think is too put up with it Very Happy

my grandkids are 7 th gen oreguinens ,what will it be like for them?
Everybody has to someplace (Americans) so the CAN move to (your) state too

super fun
Wink

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4909 Posts Portland Unstrapped

you should come snorkeling with me! no crowds yesterday! and saved $2 on ice

do need to rally for a snow kite trip - Montana? - what has comparable/better terrain than Camas (when it has snow)