Oversold and under equipped. Went on 9 January 202...

Oversold and under equipped. Went on 9 January 2021. Bought lift tickets a day in advance only to drive 3 hours to find no parking. People were parking on the streets leading up to the lodge from Banner Elk. Once in parking lot 2 (45 minutes later), an attendee asked for $30 for a guaranteed parking space (its supposed to be free). After parking in what was probably an unapproved place I walked to see what I can only explain as the most grossly oversold mountain I have ever seen in my 20+ years of snowboarding. I couldn t see the end of the lift line it went so far up the mountain.

Fixes: limit capacity to what your resort can actually handle with the covid mitigations. Opening up overflow parking will only exacerbate the issue.

Update: previous times I have been here the lift attendant was not scanning lift tickets. There may be people taking advantage of this, not buying a lift ticket and using the mountain, which could be adding to the crowd.