Insane day rates are how they sell season passes
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Insane day rates are how they sell season passes
That mostly hurts people going skiing/riding who are not fully committed/addicted to the sport yet. They don't invest in Ikon or Epic passes but then don't go at all due to high day rates. Ultimately it's profits now but bad for long-term growth of the sport. <\rant>Insane day rates are how they sell season passes
Epic and Ikon passes cost what about 3 days worth of those lift tickets cost. Pick one (or both) before the season starts and you're done. It's nice not stressing about getting your 'money's worth' on an expensive day ticket. The pass is a sunk cost. Want to sleep in and ride half the day? Take a long lunch? Spend the afternoon in the bar? Go slow on easy runs with the wife and kids? Leave at mid day once the freshies are sufficiently hammered? It's all good with a pass.
This is so true.How can people afford skiing there?
loved those movies back in the day and i was a skier, Critical condition i think was my favorite, those guys pretty much invented "extreme" snowboarding.Bro, you’re not Sean Farmer are you???
Capitalism 101That mostly hurts people going skiing/riding who are not fully committed/addicted to the sport yet. They don't invest in Ikon or Epic passes but then don't go at all due to high day rates. Ultimately it's profits now but bad for long-term growth of the sport. <\rant>
I've been looking at resorts in Norway.Epic and Ikon passes cost what about 3 days worth of those lift tickets cost. Pick one (or both) before the season starts and you're done. It's nice not stressing about getting your 'money's worth' on an expensive day ticket. The pass is a sunk cost. Want to sleep in and ride half the day? Take a long lunch? Spend the afternoon in the bar? Go slow on easy runs with the wife and kids? Leave at mid day once the freshies are sufficiently hammered? It's all good with a pass.
Yes - because the consumer sets the price of the lift ticket.Capitalism 101
The resorts are a scarce resource and the number of affluent people is growing and they are having kids too.That mostly hurts people going skiing/riding who are not fully committed/addicted to the sport yet. They don't invest in Ikon or Epic passes but then don't go at all due to high day rates. Ultimately it's profits now but bad for long-term growth of the sport. <\rant>
That's definitely the cost of 3 days beginning on whatever date....but yeah, it's still fuckedThe resorts are a scarce resource and the number of affluent people is growing and they are having kids too.
There will be plenty of skiers and snowboarders that will be able to pay.
Sun Valley ticket prices/per day for a 3 day trip in January average $600/day:
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Brighton resort in Utah use to have a lift ticket that gave you one lift up - then you would hike from there above tree line to Wilber bowl that would drop you into the rock garden. Not sure if it still exists - serious fun.Get a split board and avoid those lift costs. I miss real back country riding so much.
I haven’t been there but that’s not all that uncommon still.Brighton resort in Utah use to have a lift ticket that gave you one lift up - then you would hike from there above tree line to Wilber bowl that would drop you into the rock garden. Not sure if it still exists - serious fun.
Lot of places including here let you skin for free.I haven’t been there but that’s not all that uncommon still.