All 4 One Economics

[BeanoNYC]

I keep a nerdy little spread sheet that tracks days skied and ticket price for that day. I also keep track of the "breakeven" for my ASC pass along with out of pocket discounts for my wife's tickets and lessons. Here's what I got so far. (Jan 3rd)


Total Days Out: 10
Total ASC Days Out: 8

Price for ASC Gold Pass: $619

Personal Day Ticket Price (ASC): $511
Ticket and Lesson Discounts for my Wife: $188

Total Savings: $699.00

That puts me ahead of ASC by $80 bucks (Which I've probably spent already in the lodge on :beer: )

Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

 

[riverc0il]

perhaps this is better addressed in another thread, but "true" breakevens are much harder to calculate than dividing the season pass cost by full price weekend rates. if a season pass holder did not have a season pass, they probably would still go to certain mountains but would still find ways to not pay full weekend price through mid-week days, discounts, coupons, etc.

for example, my jay peak pass was about $570 or so? at a $39 vermonter rate, that would be 15 days before the break even. but that doesn't factor in all the 2 for 1 deals jay throws around and also early season rates when the price of a lift ticket is only $25 or so. my "real" breakeven point is much closer to 20-22 days when you consider that you would not have paid full weekend price many times you have skied at the area. late season is also often times reduced rates. this is even more of a factor if you do not get a "vermonter" rate and are comparing discounts to a full weekend lift ticket. another factor is short days. a number of my early season days involved only one or two hours for a few runs when it was not worth skiing much longer... these are days i would not have even bothered driving up if i did not have a season pass, so those days do not factor into the "real" breakeven point. also, as you mentioned beano, i think as a pass holder i am much more likely to "forget" my lunch and just buy something at the ski area... something i never would do on a day ticket.

an ASC pass is definitely the easiest season pass in new england to reach the real breakeven point. i gotta wonder what the percentage of pass holders to day trippers is on a typical day at ASC areas.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Well..I'm trying to be as realistic as possible on this one. I figured out the discounted rates for the days I went. Thanksgiving week the tickets were $51 ... so that was my measuring stick. A day at Mount Snow was $49 so I used that for that day. Granted I put in the full price for last week while many of my friends skied on $50 vouchers. I realize that the spread sheet is flawed in some ways and I won't have truly break-even until I get out a bit more....but it sure feels good to know that I will very soon.

 

[ga2ski]

I broke even on my Bronze on christmas day after day 8 based on the price of a lift ticket each day. looks like my wife will break even this weekend.

 

[klrskiah]

I broke even on my pass on New Years :beer:

True that was not figuring discounted early season tickets, and without a pass i probably only would have been one or two days so far, but the rest of the season is free as far as i'm concerned!

 

[snoseek]

ive broke even on both my bronze, and cannon/bw midweek pass.

 

[AdironRider]

Ive already broken even on my WHiteface/Gore pass, and after tomorrow will be only 2 days or so including discounts on my Cannon/Gunstock/Sunapee pass.

 

[Flan]

I don't have a season's pass anywhere, but I do belong to a local ski club. The family membership is $35. Basically it pays for itself the first time out. Almost all of the ski council days are $35 or less on that particular day. Example, I just skied Mt. Snow a few weeks ago. It was $29 with the club discount. The full day rate that day was an early season discount price ($53). Last year I saved several hundred dollars using the ski council discounts. If your family skis you're saving that much more. Definitely worth the money.

 

[Terry]

I have broken even on my ASC pass already and am only a couple of days away from breaking even on my Shawnee Peak pass. Definately well worth it to get a pass if you are going to ski many days! I plan on between 60-70 this season. Actually I am even on my peak pass because we had race signup last night and I saved $75 by having a pass already! :beer:

 

[Vortex]

I have 10 days in on my Threedom. Got my value out of it before the new year.
I have 6 days in on my Asc Bronze pass using 2 black out dates. I'll need two more days on that, based on using early season rates to break even.
I should get around 20 days on that pass and 35 on my threedom minimal. Math is complicated, but I get good use out of the money spent. At this rate I'll be in the 60's for days on the hill not the 70's like last year.

 

[tcharron]

That puts me ahead of ASC by $80 bucks (Which I've probably spent already in the lodge on :beer: )
Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

They don't happen to have a family ASC pass, do they?