No friends on powder days, they say. But there are plenty of strangers.
As of Friday morning, Vail Mountain had seen 17 inches in 24 hours, making it one of the mountain’s top five powder days. Naturally, no one wanted to miss out on a dream ski day. No. One.
Pretty quickly, multiple videos were posted of skiers flocking to the lift line. One would think it was opening day at Arapahoe Basin …
On a , multiple people pointed out that it would be quicker to skin up the mountain yourself. Although there seemed to be some confusion about the uphilling rules. Let us clear it up: Vail allows uphilling before, during and after operating hours on all designated routes (and itap free).
An initial call to Vail about the long lift lines has not yet been returned.
Meanwhile, you won’t find any lines at Loveland Ski Area, which was due to high winds.
