Cannon Charging $54 for skiing today??!!

[thetrailboss]

They only have one run open, but according to the snow report today is "2 for $54" day. :blink: For one trail? I'd think they'd be doing pre-season pricing due to only one trail open...

Any insight on this?

 

[salida]

Man whats their deal this year, I'd rather skin up that mountain and not deal with people on the lifts any day....

 

[neutron]

They only have one run open, but according to the snow report today is "2 for $54" day. :blink: For one trail? I'd think they'd be doing pre-season pricing due to only one trail open...

Any insight on this?

Well to me, 2 for 54 is $27 per person, which is preseason pricing.

And according to that link, they have more than "one trail" open granted it's only 5 trails.

 

[thetrailboss]

They only have one run open, but according to the snow report today is "2 for $54" day. :blink: For one trail? I'd think they'd be doing pre-season pricing due to only one trail open...

Any insight on this?

Well to me, 2 for 54 is $27 per person, which is preseason pricing.

And according to that link, they have more than "one trail" open granted it's only 5 trails.

This is in no way preseason pricing. This is their regular pricing.

I'm not claiming that it is a bad deal...it's just that is the rate for PEAK ski season. They do the 2-for-$54 during the winter season. I don't understand how they can justify setting the same price for 'less of a product' when I could ski there in February with everything open for the same price. It makes no sense and in effect they are losing. Why not offer a $25 lift ticket because of lesser variety of terrain that is opened. That is the custom of most ski areas, including Stowe.

So today they would have theoretically less skiers on the slopes than if they had charged say a $20 midweek pre-season fee. Granted some skiers are going to ski regardless, but why pay $54 for two people to ski two runs essentially when I can pay $30 per person to ski 3 or 4 runs at Sunapee right now? :-?

 

[riverc0il]

i don't suspect any skier is paying more than $27 at cannon today whether they have a second person with them or not. this may just be poor wording or not correctly stating their pricing structure. i can't imagine cannon not being on early season pricing right now. maybe they bumped up their early season to something like $30 and the two fer deal just drops it down a few bucks? seriously, you can't believe any ski area would really charge full seaosn pricing for one route down?

 

[thetrailboss]

i don't suspect any skier is paying more than $27 at cannon today whether they have a second person with them or not. this may just be poor wording or not correctly stating their pricing structure. i can't imagine cannon not being on early season pricing right now. maybe they bumped up their early season to something like $30 and the two fer deal just drops it down a few bucks? seriously, you can't believe any ski area would really charge full seaosn pricing for one route down?

Which is my point as well...

 

[riverc0il]

as i suspected, from cannon's site:

Lift ticket rates tomorrow are $30 for adults and $20 for teens/jrs/srs.

 

[thebigo]

seriously, you can't believe any ski area would really charge full seaosn pricing for one route down?



Actually i showed up at crotched opening day at 1:00, expecting to pay $15 - $20 for a few runs. They had one run open and they charged me $34, which is their mid season half day rate. I had already driven one hour so i paid, but it will cost them in the end because now ill choose ragged or pats over them everytime.

 

[thetrailboss]

seriously, you can't believe any ski area would really charge full seaosn pricing for one route down?

Actually i showed up at crotched opening day at 1:00, expecting to pay $15 - $20 for a few runs. They had one run open and they charged me $34, which is their mid season half day rate. I had already driven one hour so i paid, but it will cost them in the end because now ill choose ragged or pats over them everytime.

Whoa That is steep IMHO. I thought it was cheaper for that day as well...I recall seeing something about a special 'opening day rate?' You could have headed to Sunapee and skied more vert and more terrain for less $$$.

 

[thebigo]

My post might have been misleading, they did have a special opening day rate. They were selling all-day passes for the half day price, but for what they had open $34 was expensive for a full day pass no matter a few hours. Normally I would have driven to sunapee or kmart but i had driven home from suagrloaf the night before and enjoyed a few Guiness before bed. Actually didnt plan on skiing but when i woke up, clicked on AZ and saw crotched was open I figured I could still get in a few turns.

 

[HDHaller]

Cannon may make hard snow. It may be slow to open and slow to expand open terrain. It may lack a half pipe. It may not use its unique terrain, lifts and expansion possibilies to their fullest extent. But high ticket prices are, at least, one problem Cannon usually avoids. Liftlines are another.

-HDH