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POWDR Presidents Address โ€˜Confusionโ€™ Over Fast Track Controversy | Refunds Offered for Those Still Not Happy

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Fast Tracks was only announced last week, but has already got a petition against it and has received criticsm from a US Senator. Itโ€™s fair to say that the announcement has not gone down well. Related: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Criticizes New โ€˜Fast Tracksโ€™ Program at Oregonโ€™s Mt. Bachelor in Letter Addressed to Parent Companyโ€™s Founder Ski industry operator POWDR announced [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 18, 2021
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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Criticizes New โ€˜Fast Tracksโ€™ Program at Oregonโ€™s Mt. Bachelor in Letter Addressed to Parent Companyโ€™s Founder

Mt. Bachelor is one of POWDRโ€™s four resorts that will implement the new and controversial Fast Tracks pass this winter which allows guests to pay extra to skip lift lines. The pass will let anybody skip the regular lines on all but three of Bachelorโ€™s lifts on the day they purchase it. The program has sparked widespread criticism; first from [โ€ฆ]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | October 15, 2021
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New โ€˜Fast Tracksโ€™ Passes for Upcoming Season Spark Criticism, Petition at Mt. Bachelor, OR

Mt. Bachelor is one of Powdrโ€™s four resorts that will implement the new and controversial Fast Tracks pass this winter, which allows guests to pay extra to skip lift lines. The pass will let anybody skip the regular lines on all but three of Bachelorโ€™s lifts on the day they purchase it. Itโ€™s a guest experience thatโ€™s new for the [โ€ฆ]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | October 12, 2021
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