First chair is coming
It's that part of fall. The nights are getting cold, the snow reports are posting first-flurry photos from the ridgelines, and you've already done a lap of your gear. Skis need wax. Boots still fit.
Early season is all anticipation, and anticipation is a decision-making game. Which resort opens first. When you burn the first pow day. Groomer laps or the hike gate. Every skier spends October arguing about lines that don't have snow on them yet.
Max Vert was built for exactly this part of the calendar. You pick your runs from a market of lines — greens you'll definitely clear, double blacks that might eat you. You gear up. Then the choice that defines every ski day: bank the safe vert, or send it and roll for double. Stomp the landing and that run goes legendary. Crater it and you're walking to the lift with nothing.
The whole game is the argument you're going to have on the chairlift in December, played out on a table in October.
Play a run free in the browser — no install, no account: https://www.playmaxvert.com/play/
Bring your ski crew. The game is better when somebody says they're playing it safe and then sends the couloir anyway.
First chair is coming. Get your sends in early.