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Ironically it was Stowe that caused Sugarbush to create their For 30s pass. SB had the For 20s pass for 5 years now (and that pass made a lot of sense), but it wasn't until last year when Stowe announced in the late summer that they were doing a Young Adult pass that covered up to age 34 that SB responded and created an "Early 30s" pass which they've now changed to cover the entire 30s age range for next year. I didn't particularly think it was necessary to do that, but it benefits me so who am I to complain?
As for a Stowe-only local pass version, I have a hard time thinking they will end up doing that. The Epic pass itself is already half the price of Stowe's previous adult pass, so is there really a need? I would think Epic alone should have easily driven an increase in Stowe pass sales over previous years due to the cheap price. I think a cheaper local option in Stowe's case would only undercut their own Epic pass sales potentially and wouldn't really steal much from anyone else at this point.
Well I put money down on the Epic Pass and then tried to change to the Keystone/A Basin pass and they would not let me change.
That's a bummer.
I agree with yes but full on. After all, the college graduate is the most likely to become a life long skier with the income to support it. I think we are being too narrow minded to think Vail won't try some different products pass-wise in the East. It is a bit of a different market. Even if just for this season to try and hook people onto them.
