2008-09 Season Pass comparison

[deadheadskier]

Originally Posted by tjf67

Dude you are out of your chicken. If I lived in burlingtn Jay would be the first hill I would buy a pass at. Sugarbush second.

based on terrain/conditions or on price?


I'm almost as big of a Stowe homer as steeze, that said, with the current pricing I would side with your choices though in reverse order due to commute time.

Actually, what I would probably get is a Smuggs pass for $489 or possibly a bash badge plus for $169 and a Mt. Ellen pass for $599, then a few day tickets to Jay, Stowe and MRG through a ski club. I hate the slow lifts at Smuggs and would miss out on Lincoln Peak at Sugarbush, but sometimes storms track more south to the Bush and sometimes more north to the Stowe/Smuggs area. It would be nice to have that flexibility to go were the snow has fallen deeper on a given day.

[bigbog]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

wow:-d

HaHa...Steeze you caught me in my weekly Boyne tirade.....deleted!, but the feelings are the truth. You're looking for RATIONALE(If I can even spell it!) from mgmnt that has to deal with electric and water costs in New England....and usually has an anal attitude towards what a resort should be in the environment. They're most all real estate barons....would love to pave everything over and convert it to property....

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by bigbog

HaHa...Steeze you caught me in my weekly Boyne tirade.....deleted!, but the feelings are the truth. You're looking for RATIONALE(If I can even spell it!) from mgmnt that has to deal with electric and water costs in New England....and usually has an anal attitude towards what a resort should be in the environment. They're most all real estate barons....would love to pave everything over and convert it to property....

When I lived in Bozeman..all the Big Sky employees always bitched about the Boyne management. They were uber strict and uber cheap both with their employees and with running lifts during the week..

why the edit??? Do you work for Boyne?

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

based on terrain/conditions or on price?


I'm almost as big of a Stowe homer as steeze, that said, with the current pricing I would side with your choices though in reverse order due to commute time.

Actually, what I would probably get is a Smuggs pass for $489 or possibly a bash badge plus for $169 and a Mt. Ellen pass for $599, then a few day tickets to Jay, Stowe and MRG through a ski club. I hate the slow lifts at Smuggs and would miss out on Lincoln Peak at Sugarbush, but sometimes storms track more south to the Bush and sometimes more north to the Stowe/Smuggs area. It would be nice to have that flexibility to go were the snow has fallen deeper on a given day.

I base it on condition terrain and price.

[nycskier]

The Gore Whiteface combo pass would be so awesome if they threw in a few days at Belleayre on it too.

SInce they are all owned by New York State I can't see why they can't have Belleayre on the pass too, or at the very least throw in ski 5 or 10 days at Belleayre as a bonus.

It would make it a real draw for the NYC people. I know a lot of folks who live in the City might go for Whiteface pass instead of a Vermont resort pass if they knew on the Whitface pass they could ski a couple days at a mountain that was closer to home.

[deadheadskier]

Originally Posted by nycskier

The Gore Whiteface combo pass would be so awesome if they threw in a few days at Belleayre on it too.

SInce they are all owned by New York State I can't see why they can't have Belleayre on the pass too, or at the very least throw in ski 5 or 10 days at Belleayre as a bonus.

It would make it a real draw for the NYC people. I know a lot of folks who live in the City might go for Whiteface pass instead of a Vermont resort pass if they knew on the Whitface pass they could ski a couple days at a mountain that was closer to home.

maybe the consensus is that if they include Belleayre it would draw traffic away from it's brothers up north?

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by nycskier

The Gore Whiteface combo pass would be so awesome if they threw in a few days at Belleayre on it too.

SInce they are all owned by New York State I can't see why they can't have Belleayre on the pass too, or at the very least throw in ski 5 or 10 days at Belleayre as a bonus.

It would make it a real draw for the NYC people. I know a lot of folks who live in the City might go for Whiteface pass instead of a Vermont resort pass if they knew on the Whitface pass they could ski a couple days at a mountain that was closer to home.

ORDA is in charge of gore/whiteface. That is the reason for the combined pass. I would argue that if the City folk came to the hills up here in the ADK that would buy the pass and no longer go to vermont. Not complaining though Vermont needs you guys