Day tickets going through the roof in Vermont

[fbrissette]

I know they want us to buy a season pass but really ?

Sugarbush 185.20$
Stowe: 174.64$
Killington: 184.14$

Some Vermont Ski Areas Are Charging Nearly $200 for a Day Ticket This Season

www.compassvermont.com

 

[cdskier]

I bought a single day Epic pass to use at Stowe this winter...$67 in September. Even right now you could still buy that for only $70. But if you wait and want to buy a window ticket...then yes, you'll pay. A LOT.

 

[raisingarizona]

I’m about done with this sport. I can see myself heading down to the Sonoran desert for winters in a few years.

 

[Hastur]

$180.83 at Stratton.

$637.74 for my family of four for a day of skiing on 12/29.

 

[thetrailboss]

Well I never thought I would see Sugarbush more expensive than Stowe. Wow.

I'd say this is a real opportunity for the smaller independent areas (what is left of them).

 

[Zand]

Vail is $239. Is that the highest in the US?

 

[thetrailboss]

Vail is $239. Is that the highest in the US?

Deer Valley has a $249 holiday rate.

 

[cdskier]

Well I never thought I would see Sugarbush more expensive than Stowe. Wow.

I'd say this is a real opportunity for the smaller independent areas (what is left of them).

Even MRG is up to $97 for a day at walk up rates...

 

[Abubob]

 

[thetrailboss]

I did laugh at this.

Depending on where prices go in the future, ski resorts may have to try new slogans, like, "skiing is the new yachting."

 

[Kingslug20]

"Skiing..afford it if you can"

 

[jimk]

How many years has it been since any of you walked up to a window and bought an un-discounted day ticket?

 

[abc]

Sugarbush 185.20$
Stowe: 174.64$
Killington: 184.14$

What’s with this putting the dollar sign behind the numbers? Some kind of protest?

 

[Granite1]

Even MRG is up to $97 for a day at walk up rates...

Ski it if you can.....afford it.

 

[fbrissette]

What’s with this putting the dollar sign behind the numbers? Some kind of protest?

It's a Quebec thing. Don't know why.

 

[thetrailboss]

How many years has it been since any of you walked up to a window and bought an un-discounted day ticket?

Last season at Ski Discovery, Montana.

 

[Abubob]

How many years has it been since any of you walked up to a window and bought an un-discounted day ticket?

Exactly! This is the dawning of the age of Liftopia! The age of Liftopia! Liftooopiaaaa! Liftopeeeeaaaaah!

 

[KustyTheKlown]

How many years has it been since any of you walked up to a window and bought an un-discounted day ticket?

for real. if you mosey up to a major ski resort the morning you plan to ski, you get what you deserve. plan a little in advance or patronize a reasonably priced indy. this isn't news nor is it new.

 

[VTKilarney]

It will be interesting to see what impact, if any, this has on the number of people entering the sport. I know that there are still feeder hills, but those people are not going to want to take the once-a-year trip to Vermont now.

 

[ss20]

It will be interesting to see what impact, if any, this has on the number of people entering the sport. I know that there are still feeder hills, but those people are not going to want to take the once-a-year trip to Vermont now.

Very true. I've got several casual skier friends who do 5ish days a year. We can't all go to the big mountains anymore...it's nuts. Luckily I turned them onto the Indy pass so that's a godsend. But no more weeks renting a condo at a major resort *sigh*.