2008-2009 Ticket Price Survey

[billski]

Continuing my tradition of reviewing ticket window prices. I have consistently collected data since 2004-2005. Items of interest:

Destination resorts – average ticket prices up 5% (range: 33 to 89) median $69.

Non-destination resorts – average ticket prices up +10% (range 27 to 71) median $53.

Note: A "destination resort", by my definition is a resort which has substantial investment (owned or third-party) in slope-side/nearby beds to directly support its operation.

Average ticket prices
Mass - $50, range: 40 to 62

Maine $49, range: 25 to 77

NH 54, range: 27 to 74

VT $63, range: 20 to 89

Insufficient CT and NY information for a valid average.

Areas with no price increase
[FONT=&quot]Black[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Magic Mountain[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Dartmouth[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Saddleback[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]McIntyre[/FONT]

Areas with largest increase
[FONT=&quot]Granite Gorge 34%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Ragged 28%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Squaw (Big) Mountain 25%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Black Mountain 25%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Mad River 19%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Ski Ward 18%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Bellayre 13%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Cranmore 12%[/FONT]

Most expensive (over 70)
Stowe Killington Whiteface Sunday River Okemo Sugarloaf Mount Snow/Haystack Sugarbush Bretton Woods Loon Gore
(no data for Stratton, but I'm sure they're in the pack)

Least expensive (under 45)
King Pine Middlebury Ski Ward Bosquet Dartmouth Saddleback Black (NH)
Granite Gorge Balsams McIntyre Squaw (Big) Mountain Black Mountain Cochran's
You can find all the data here:
http://www.iabsi.com/public/ski/

Have fun!

 

[andyzee]

I think you need to put Killington and Stowe under the most expensive category

 

[billski]

I think you need to put Killington and Stowe under the most expensive category

yeah, where did they go?Whiteface too. fixed the original post. Thanks!