I can't believe anyone cares about this.
I can't believe the report that trail maps were going to be eliminated was debunked 8 pages ago and it's still being debated.
I can't believe anyone cares about this.
Look at the joy on our faces! "So, there's an entire other section of the mountain above the clouds, you say?!"
You didn't need a trail map to figure that out... you could have just asked the people waiting in the tram-line-that-never-opened what they were doing there.Look at the joy on our faces! "So, there's an entire other section of the mountain above the clouds, you say?!"
I got a kick out of it when I stumbled upon that picture.Look at the joy on our faces! "So, there's an entire other section of the mountain above the clouds, you say?!"
I can't believe the report that trail maps were going to be eliminated was debunked 8 pages ago and it's still being debated.
We're a passionate people.
oooooh there's a thought.If Vail and/or any other entity discontinues trail maps, does that open opportunities for entrepreneurs to replace them with their own trail maps?
If Vail and/or any other entity discontinues trail maps, does that open opportunities for entrepreneurs to replace them with their own trail maps?
Good insight.Unless they are also going to just give them away for free, not sure if it's a viable business model.
The james nieuhues painting+the overlay is sort of freely passed around on the internet, but it is copywrrited and owned material. If an entrepreneur actually starts Selling it for money without any agreement, I think that will trigger the lawyers to come out of the woodwork and issue a cease and desist.
So the company will actually make their own trailmap, aka by really drawing their own map or using a public domain base map.
I don't know how much of a market there is for people to pay for that unless there is really special guide information on top of what's freely available.
Let alone the risk that Vail can just change their mind and squash them out by changing their decision and offering the same thing again for free, or at a token cost at any time. So a lot of startup risk, with very low reward.
See page 3 my post #53.If Vail and/or any other entity discontinues trail maps, does that open opportunities for entrepreneurs to replace them with their own trail maps?
3 issues with printing your own even if you know how: 1) printing it as large as you would normally be able to get at the resort, 2) printing on both sides, and 3) the type of paper.See page 3 my post #53.
Anyone will always be able to print out either the online resort website map or one of the many older season maps archived on various sites. At issue is many people have only simple computer and browser skills, and don't even know how to selectively screen capture portions of their monitor displays, much less save such files in a form capable of being printed out. None of this is difficult and there are many websites with tips for doing so. An issue in this era of impatience are the large numbers that refuse to read any documentation or procedures beyond simplest instruction that is usually more an attitude issue than reality.
A smartphone won't do you any good at the top of Heavenly's Nevada side or Gondola, where there is no signal. And they only have the big map boards at a few locations.Vail Resorts Permanently Axes Trail Maps at All Its Resorts
A blow to those few people (like me) without a smartphone.
Vail Resorts Permanently Axes Trail Maps at All Its Resorts
A blow to those few people (like me) without a smartphone.
Want to use your phone instead of a paper map. Good luck.
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