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16 lines
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{
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"HubID": "3801",
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"Date": "1/22/2024",
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"HubTags": [
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"External Platform Posts",
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"Future Map Forward Guidance",
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"Future Map"
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],
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"Contacts": "",
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"Companies": "",
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"File": "",
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"Image": "",
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"Summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/regenold_299-lift-tickets-long-lines-ski-industry-activity-7155230809359011840-N7CJ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop\">Great post </a>with industry that is approaching critical state in terms of sustainability. On the front end is costs to the customer + logistics for travel + managing crowds = increasingly poor experience. And the backend are operational issues with staffing, CapEx and equipment issues = unsustainable operations. </p><p>The only way to make it work is people like me, who live close to a locals resorts (Winter Park/Mary Jane) where a season pass is dirt cheap when you average in the dozen or so days skied a year, and for lodging I have a van I outfitted for overlanding and overnight use. <br /></p><p>Large destination resorts may be severally disadvantage, piggybacking off a trend I see where legacy brands in general will have a hard time adapting because of entrenched structures, sunk costs, sclerotic management and incumbent backlash (people turning against big established brands who did not do enough to fix problems). <br /></p><p>So the future may be serious disruption with middle-market destination resorts who lose the casual, mass-market and fail, the most elite/upscale resorts survive and grow, and smaller and/or local resorts may do fine who are able to retain the die-hard skiers. Around the edges are backcountry skiing (and cat and helicopter skiing) that grow, but will never attract mass market so will always be niche. A classic barbellization that we see occurring across many consumer segments and industries. <br /></p><p>The secondary effects from the above will affect entire segments in ways we cannot yet fathom (gear/equipment manufacturers, local communities, real estate/vacation rentals, travel...etc). <br /></p>",
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"Notes": ""
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}
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