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2016/2017 Season Passes
- Thread starter VTKilarney
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steamboat1
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Just read the FAQ fully. It actually is valid at ALL Peak Resorts properties. No more frequent skier cards. No more spring skiing for free with next year's pass.
Follow up question: What about Midwest Ski Resorts?
If you are travelling to a Midwest location and wish to ski at one of our Midwest Resorts please bring your pass and visit the ticket office, where you’ll be issued a complimentary lift ticket. One lift ticket per pass, per day.
Is the Fanfare, Vertical Value, Big Lift Super Saver cards going to be offered this season?
At this time we do not anticipate offering frequent skier cards. Other limited time multi-ticket products may be available in the future.
Follow up question: What about Midwest Ski Resorts?
If you are travelling to a Midwest location and wish to ski at one of our Midwest Resorts please bring your pass and visit the ticket office, where you’ll be issued a complimentary lift ticket. One lift ticket per pass, per day.
Is the Fanfare, Vertical Value, Big Lift Super Saver cards going to be offered this season?
At this time we do not anticipate offering frequent skier cards. Other limited time multi-ticket products may be available in the future.
drjeff
Well-known member
I'm grinning ear to ear right now as that will amount to a roughly $1100 savings for my family over what our Nor'easters cost last year, and we get Hunter and it's festivals added in as well!
VTKilarney
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So how do you think other northeastern resorts will respond?
Brown underwear.
VTKilarney
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It will be very interesting to see what Stratton, Okemo, and Killington do.
I'm makes sense that Bromley would counter by including Jiminy Peak and Cranmore. That's at least a start.
Overall this announcement is at best neutral for me. It only saves my household $120 total between our two passes. It actually represents a sizable price increase for the Crotched crowd. It also eliminates spring skiing for free which ruins my plan to buy my wife's pass every other year and rely on my Valley Pass tickets to fill in the gaps.
VTKilarney
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Bromley's 2016/2017 pass is $925. Do they stay the course or adjust the price?
At this point the die is cast. Stay the course and assume that not everyone will flock to Mt Snow. Crowds are bad enough their already. I can't imagine what that place is going to be like next year.
It is a deal reminiscent of the old ASC passes. Obviously not the same caliber of resorts, but the bargain basement pricing.
Hopefully Peaks has someone real bright working in yield management and this low ball pass doesn't drive down overall revenue for the company.
I may finally do at Catskills weekend next year and potentially ski Mount Snow, but only on a weekday. Peaks would need to pay me to go there on a weekend.
Hopefully Peaks has someone real bright working in yield management and this low ball pass doesn't drive down overall revenue for the company.
I may finally do at Catskills weekend next year and potentially ski Mount Snow, but only on a weekday. Peaks would need to pay me to go there on a weekend.
+1 on all counts
thebigo
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Not how I read the faq, see the following.
Edit - Just called Crotched, free skiing for the remainder of this season is included.
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The more I think about this, it does not change much (if anything) in the New Hampshire market. There is already a healthy competition among multi-mountain passes in the region. This does not move the price point very far, and the new mountains will see very little traffic from NH skiers.
Vermont on the other hand... that area has long been a bastion of dramatically overpriced passes that restrict you to one hill. Peaks is clearly taking a shot at that market.
Vermont on the other hand... that area has long been a bastion of dramatically overpriced passes that restrict you to one hill. Peaks is clearly taking a shot at that market.
VTKilarney
Well-known member
That is my take too. It is a serious game changer for southern Vermont. And even more of a game changer for the New York metropolitan area skiers.
As much as I would like saving money if I were a Mt. Snow skier, I really wonder what this will do to the crowd levels. Mt. Snow is within easy day trip range.
Thanks. Either I missed that or the page changed.
So with the gift card discount, the cost of the unlimited adult pass is $480. A fine price. I'm in.
Jcb890
Active member
?? Gift card discount?
The Explorer pass says free unlimited Spring skiing. ($599)
The Ranger pass does not say anything about Spring skiing. ($499)
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