endoftheline wrote
AS, You could repost your original version for today at WF. Crystal clear hardly any wind but the Summit Chair and Lookout chair were on wind hold until about 10:45am. Funny, Summit chair on wind hold but we noticed a Cat backed up to the base terminal and a ladder deployed with guys working on it, guess they didn't want to admit to mechanical problems on that thing again. Only thing spinning early was Facelift and Racer chair, Little WF chair and Mtn Run chair didn't move. When they finally got the Summit chair going about 11am Skyward was excellent for about 2 runs then started getting a little clumped and pasty since the fresh snow from the past week or so hasn't had a chance to cycle through any overnight freezes to get the good corn growing. Again the love/hate relationship with WF but what can you do? Shut up and ski and make it fast, this year it's not going to last.
endo
I think one difference is that on the weekend you expect more lifts to run compared to the middle of the week. But you bring up a good point when i think about it that the moral of this story is not just about communication but also flexibility.
I've found that lift ops is sticking to a certain per approved plan to run certain lifts but when mother nature doesn't cooperate with that plan decisions need to made more quickly to adjust and roll with the punches. For example today it was clear that lifts would not run from the outset up high so why not take the crew assigned to Lookout and put them at Mt Run shuttle to get that going and move the crowds around. Once the winds calmed down you move that crew over to an upper lift once the Gondi gets going as it did. If you are paying for the crews why not do it this way. Maybe I'm ignorant to some factor that doesn't make this work - if so please educate me.
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