Poster: A snowHead
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Call me naïve, but I was astonished to discover the existence of this little enclave of privilege.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/0301/112_print.html
Yellowstone Club has 7 chairlifts (8 more are planned) and 2000 acres - for reference, that's about the same size as Breckenridge - to share between 16 people on a typical day's skiing. It's a shame I don't have a net worth of $3m.
I was pretty jealous until I realised that there'll never be enough skiers there to form a mogul field. Serves them right for being so stinking rich!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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They probably have the servants make them for them.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Who needs a mogul when you're a mogul?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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I'm surprised they admit to Dan Quayle being a member; it brings the tone down a little, having to ski with illiterates. (Was that a potatoe?)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Jonny Jones, I don't think being illiterate matters in the US if you've got the important stuff like money!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Chris Reed, or indeed, in any country.
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There is a more serious side to this. Mountains are not a limitless resource and - as several other recent threads have pointed out - only a finite amount of development is acceptable on environmental grounds. Yellowstone Club benefits a tiny number of people - membership will be capped at about 800 - but causes a similar level of environmental damage to major ski resorts that serve hundred of thousands of people across a season.
If Yellowstone Club is successful, other developers will surely mimic it. Resorts that appeal to the great unwashed will then face even greater hurdles should they wish to expand. The world is big enough for one Yellowstone Club, but could it cope with 15 or 20?
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Jonny Jones wrote: |
to share between 16 people on a typical day's skiing |
16 people? Sounds like some of the resorts I ski at. One day last season I was the only person skiing in the whole resort!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Was there a reason for that?
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There was no snow
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