2010-11 Ticket Prices

[SKITODIE]

You are crazy. I like deals maybe more than most, but I need all you guys in the ski business to stay IN business.

Crazy, how? A deal is a deal... We break even and have the best guests! Makes the job fun..

 

[billski]

evenStowe is holiding i

Stowe is holding it's peak holiday, however they have added ALL Saturdays to the peak rate at 89 for this year.
Remember, if you get a FREE Stowe points card from your ski club, your day rate is $63 for non-holidays.

Telluride took at leap to $98 from $92, matching Vail's last year rate of $98.

Waiting to hear that Vail charges a Benji for the day.

 

[billski]

Saddleback

Saddleback has now posted their prices. Up 2% YoY.

At this point, half the resorts have announced pricing. The remainder are still pushing seasons passes.

I am seeing a greater trend towards offering pre-purchasing quantities of lift tickets here in the Northeast.

 

[riverc0il]

Saddleback has now posted their prices. Up 2% YoY.

At this point, half the resorts have announced pricing. The remainder are still pushing seasons passes.

I am seeing a greater trend towards offering pre-purchasing quantities of lift tickets here in the Northeast.

Not bad considering how much they have lowered their mid-week prices. What is it, $35 or $39, one or the other, any mid-week day.

 

[billski]

Not bad considering how much they have lowered their mid-week prices. What is it, $35 or $39, one or the other, any mid-week day.

Saddleback $35 midweek (Wednesday - buy your ticket for 35, bring a friend for $10)
$50 for weekend. Saddleback could be great shelter from the storm (on many levels) during the traditional blackout periods....

 

[billski]

Killington weighs in at $86 peak holiday window rate #2 behind Stowe's unchanged 89. Kmart's ticket prices have increased 25% in five years, while Stowe went up 17%. The K55 deadline ist next friday Oct 15th, so hop to it!

Sunday River is the bad boy in the mix, coming in at #3, raising prices 34% in five years to $79. Sugarloaf ain't far behind with a 26% increase over five years.

 

[Riverskier]

Killington weighs in at $86 peak holiday window rate #2 behind Stowe's unchanged 89. Kmart's ticket prices have increased 25% in five years, while Stowe went up 17%. The K55 deadline ist next friday Oct 15th, so hop to it!

Sunday River is the bad boy in the mix, coming in at #3, raising prices 34% in five years to $79. Sugarloaf ain't far behind with a 26% increase over five years.

If I am doing the math correctly, you are saying Sunday River's peak holiday window rate was $59 in 2005? If so, no way. $69 maybe.

 

[billski]

If I am doing the math correctly, you are saying Sunday River's peak holiday window rate was $59 in 2005? If so, no way. $69 maybe.

Yes way. I've been tracking them for seven years now. They took the big jump in 06-07

04-05 $57
05-06 $59
06-07 $67
07-08 $72
08-09 $77
09-10 $77
10-11 $79

 

[mountainman]

Have only paid to go skiing once in my entire 30 + years of skiing. That was at Camelback. It's who you know and where you work.
Ticket prices are a little up, but for what resorts have to offer it's still not bad. Compare to most professional sporting events for what you pay to go see and that's for 3 hours of entertainment. Please enjoy where ever you go, cause most areas do have something to offer.

 

[billski]

The numbers

Everyone is out with prices except our standard hold-out Stratton.
For NH-MA-NY-VT-ME, the numbers look like this
Baseline: adult, full-day, all-access, holiday/high price, window rate:

1-year price change,
Average increase: 8%
Median increase: 2.7%
Range: 35 to zero

5-year increase:
average: 31%
median: 25%
Range: 45 to zero

The top priced resorts are relatively unchanged. Interesting how Stowe stayed middle of the road, while many of the larger increase have come from the smaller hills.

5 year price
5-year price change, selected resorts
The 5-year data does not include all resorts (14 resorts were not tracked).
Any area that is not shown here had no data or insufficient data to be included.

Granite Gorge 45% Black, NH 41% Mad River 38% Sunday River 34% Sugarbush 33% Gunstock 33% King Pine 32% Cranmore 31% Butternut 30% Whiteface 30% Ski Ward 29% Saddleback 28% McIntyre 28% Wildcat 27% Burke 27% Pico 27% Gore 26% Sugarloaf 26% Waterville 25% Killington 25% Shawnee Peak 24% Cannon 24% Windham Mountain 24% Ragged 23% Crotched 23% Mount Sunapee 21% Magic Mountain 20% Hunter NY 20% Jay Peak 19% Middlebury 19% Bretton Woods 19% Jiminy Peak 18% Okemo 17% Bellayre 17% Smugglers 17% Stowe 17% Bromley 17% Loon 17% Wachusett 17% Bosquet 16% Suicide Six 15% Mount Snow/Haystack 14% Dartmouth 0%

I will publish pretty pictures and charts when time allows in the coming weeks.

 

[billski]

Scoreboard: 5 year price increases

OK, I've got all the price data compiled now. I'll start rolling out the data and updating the tables on my web pages later today.
Here is the 5 year increase in ticket price for selected Northeast resorts.

These are adult, all-day, all-access, full-price walk-up window, Holiday or weekend rate whichever is higher.

The average and median previously cited were erroneous, since they included outlier resorts that had abnormal business conditions, or in one case, where the historical data was in error. Outliers have been removed, and erroneous data corrected.

[FONT=&quot]Resort[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]State[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] 5 yr change [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Granite Gorge[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]45%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Black, NH[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]41%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mad River[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]38%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sunday River[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]ME[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]34%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sugarbush[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]33%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Gunstock[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]33%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]King Pine[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]32%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Cranmore[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]31%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bolton Valley[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]31%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Butternut[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MA[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]30%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Whiteface[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NY[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]30%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Ski Ward[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MA[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]29%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Saddleback[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]ME[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]28%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]McIntyre[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]28%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Wildcat[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]27%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Burke[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]27%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Pico[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]27%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sugarloaf[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]ME[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]26%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Gore[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NY[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]26%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]


Waterville[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]25%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Killington[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]25%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]AVERAGE & MEDIAN: 24%

Shawnee Peak[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]ME[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]24%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Cannon[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]24%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Windham Mountain[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NY[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]24%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Ragged[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]23%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Crotched[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]23%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mount Sunapee[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]21%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Magic Mountain[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]20%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Hunter NY[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NY[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]20%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Pats Peak[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]19%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Jay Peak[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]19%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Middlebury[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]19%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bretton Woods[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]19%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Jiminy Peak[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MA[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]18%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Okemo[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bellayre[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NY[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Smugglers[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Stowe[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bromley[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Loon[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Stratton[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Wachusett[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MA[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]17%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bosquet[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MA[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]16%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Suicide Six[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]15%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mount Snow/Haystack[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]VT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]14%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Dartmouth[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0%[/FONT]​

 

[billski]

One Year Increase

[FONT=&quot]Resort[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Yr-Yr Change[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Saddleback[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]22.5%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Granite Gorge[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]15.4%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Pico[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]9.6%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sugarbush[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]9.3%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]McIntyre[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]7.4%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Stratton[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]6.3%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]King Pine[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]4.8%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Middlebury[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]4.8%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Gore[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]4.2%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Pats Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.8%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Wachusett[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.8%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Suicide Six[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.5%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Burke[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.3%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Jiminy Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.2%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mad River[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.1%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Gunstock[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.1%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Cannon[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.1%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Waterville[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.1%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Jay Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.1%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mount Sunapee[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bromley[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]3.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]AVERAGE[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2.6%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Okemo[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2.6%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Shawnee Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]1.9%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Stowe[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Killington[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Whiteface[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sunday River[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sugarloaf[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mount Snow/Haystack[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bretton Woods[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Loon[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Smugglers[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Wildcat[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Windham Mountain[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bolton Valley[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Hunter NY[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Ragged[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Magic Mountain[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Cranmore[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Butternut[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bellayre[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Crotched[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Ski Ward[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Dartmouth[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Black, NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]0.0%[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bosquet[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]-7.5%[/FONT]​

 

[billski]

'10-11 Prices

[FONT=&quot]Resort[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] 10-11 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Stowe[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 89 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Killington[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 86 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sugarbush[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 84 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Stratton[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 84 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Whiteface[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 82 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Okemo[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 81 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sunday River[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 79 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mount Snow/Haystack[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 79 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sugarloaf[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 77 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Gore[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 77 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bretton Woods[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 76 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Loon[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 76 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Wildcat[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 70 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mount Sunapee[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 70 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Mad River[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 69 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Gunstock[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 69 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Waterville[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 69 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Jay Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 69 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bromley[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 69 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Windham Mountain[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 68 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Smugglers[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 68 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Cannon[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 67 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Burke[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 66 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]MEDIAN[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 65 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Hunter NY[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 65 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Jiminy Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 65 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bolton Valley[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 64 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Ragged[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 64 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Pico[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 62 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Butternut[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 60 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Suicide Six[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 60 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Cranmore[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 59 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Magic Mountain[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 59 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Shawnee Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 56 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Pats Peak[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 56 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Wachusett[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 56 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Crotched[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 54 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Bellayre[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 54 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Saddleback[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 50 [/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Black, NH[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] $ 45 [/FONT]​

 

[Smellytele]

?

Does anyone on this site ever pay full price for a single day ticket to ski areas in the east?

 

[zinger3000]

Does anyone on this site ever pay full price for a single day ticket to ski areas in the east?

I've never paid more than $50 for a lift ticket.

It's helpful that my wife and her parents always ask me for a wish list for Christmas, and one of the items is always a gift card to a ski area I've never been to before. I also save by taking advantage of promotions such as Price Chopper's Ski Any 3 book, value cards, early season, late season, midweek skiing.

 

[billski]

Does anyone on this site ever pay full price for a single day ticket to ski areas in the east?

I'm sure you know by now these data are for sport, and for rainy days with nothing better to do.

 

[Black Phantom]

I'm sure you know by now these data are for sport, and for rainy days with nothing better to do.

Have you ever thought of getting AT gear and effectively "dropping out" of the whole lift ticket game?

You have a ticket to K if/when you want to come up.

 

[eatskisleep]

Collegiate areas are holding their prices flat at last year's rate: Darmouth and Middlebury.

Ragged opted for an 8% increase, while Sunapee went up 3% and Wa-wa went up 4%..

Black Mt. NH took at 15% rise. then again, with one of the lowest rates ($45 on a holiday) in the east for 1000-foot skiing, nobody will blink!

Black Mountain still has some great deals, especially for college students:

January 3- 7, 10-14 College Fest $15 Lift Tickets

I know they'll be getting my business this season!

Wildcat on the other hand... seems like no more college-student lift tickets... $70 for one day... or I can do 4 days the same week at black for $10 less than one day at the Cat :beer: I love Wildcat, but if Black has the snow, you can't beat the prices.

 

[billski]

Have you ever thought of getting AT gear and effectively "dropping out" of the whole lift ticket game?

Yep. Primary problem is I'm too lazy, getting a bit long in the tooth, and (minor reason) too cheap to buy any more gear.

 

[Spaldingxc]

As far as Jiminy Peak goes, the $299 7/7 season pass is great because of night skiing every night till 10pm.
They are running a special offer on top of it for all college students. Siena has a group login that if you use, you get 2x 50% off day passes along with the pass. You don't even have to be a Siena student to use it (just have to be in college)
Anyway, might as well share the love. Here is the login to use:
Username: Siena
Pass: jfarley

https://www.jiminy.com/e-commerce/grplogin.aspx

Hope to see you all on the slopes.