For those who don't/haven't skied out west.

[jaja111]

Just scheduled the Fedex pickup for my families skis for this coming Monday to ship them out to Park City next week. 9 More days and i'm sliding down the hill in Utah!

Oooo, how much $$$? for how much equipment? Valuable information with $100 in baggage fees these days.

 

[ScottySkis]

It's a lot cheaper in Slc then Co, I been to 2 resorts in CO it was fun never snowed, went Slc and hotel cheap, lift tickets cheap and it snowed 100 inches one week.

 

[steamboat1]

Just did a quick check of Delta airlines. If I flew out of JFK Mon. morning to SLC & returned on the red eye Fri. night airfare alone is over $800. I'm sure there are better deals, how much better I don't know. If I remember right the shuttle from the airport up to Snowbird/Alta was $68 round trip. I'm not even talking about accommodations, lift tickets or food.

edit: forgot this is a holiday week. The same flights the following week are $420. But still the way I ski New England I could spend the same money & ski 2 weeks & that would include everything.

 

[AdironRider]

Just did a quick check of Delta airlines. If I flew out of JFK Mon. morning to SLC & returned on the red eye Fri. night airfare alone is over $800. I'm sure there are better deals, how much better I don't know. If I remember right the shuttle from the airport up to Snowbird/Alta was $68 round trip. I'm not even talking about accommodations, lift tickets or food.

edit: forgot this is a holiday week. The same flights the following week are $420. But still the way I ski New England I could spend the same money & ski 2 weeks & that would include everything.

800 for a flight to SLC seems really high. I can usually fly from there to Boston for 3-400.

That being said, I still dont see how someone can swing a trip out West for similar cost to a trip up North. Especially if its more than just yourself.

 

[ScottySkis]

I taken jet blue from Nyc to Slc for four hundred fifty round trip several times.

 

[AdironRider]

Plus you can crank butts in the terminal. If they more booze around Id move in. Jet Blue is nice with easy direct flights.

Forgot about the holiday week until I went out today. Tourists incoming! Surprise little pow day today with some light snow.

 

[abc]

800 for a flight to SLC seems really high. I can usually fly from there to Boston for 3-400.

That being said, I still dont see how someone can swing a trip out West for similar cost to a trip up North. Especially if its more than just yourself.

"Especially"! "More than yourself"!!!

With more than yourself, you'll be sharing gas, room and driving. And paying double the flight cost!

It's apple and oranges.

Let me add to the confusion some more. I'll be going to Tahoe in a few weeks. The flight is free! FF miles, accumulated from all the trips I've flown.

 

[AdironRider]

I still dont buy it. So far everyone has had to list of a myriad of special deals. My FF miles, if I find this convenience store of the highway they have cheap tix and Ill eat roadside cheeseburgers my entire stay, if I can load up 6 dudes in a car it will only cost 10 bucks in gas. If the stars need to align to make a trip out west cheaper, that doesnt make it the rule, its the exception.

This whole argument is built on the assumption that everyone stays in hotels when they ski in the Northeast. I would argue that is overwhelmingly not true to begin with. I can count on one hand the amount of times back East that necessitated a hotel, and that was more because I was absolutely plastered.

 

[4aprice]

That being said, I still dont see how someone can swing a trip out West for similar cost to a trip up North. Especially if its more than just yourself.

I agree. I don't pay for lodging or a car because of the connection I have out there and I still think it's more expensive then going to New England. Most years its worth every penny, this year I'm not so sure, thus we are probably are not going out this year.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[kingslug]

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[kingslug]

Alta: This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 30. South southwest wind around 9 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Tonight: Snow. Low around 14. West wind between 9 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches possible.

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If 200 inches and these kind of reports isn't good...then I don't know what is..yes they are down from usual years..but..really...and yes Stowe and the surrounding areas are looking good considering the way the season has been, hell Stowe is up to 131 inches for the season, maybe I'll get up there in the spring, haven't been that far north in a while...

 

[abc]

This whole argument is built on the assumption that everyone stays in hotels when they ski in the Northeast. I would argue that is overwhelmingly not true to begin with. I can count on one hand the amount of times back East that necessitated a hotel, and that was more because I was absolutely plastered.

So you live close enough to go back home to sleep in your own bed. And you're absolutely convinced you're the "overwhelming majority" here?

Where do you propose those of us who can't day trip sleep? In the car? How about in a motel out west?

Both the OP and my calculation was specifically for people who live far enough away they can't day trip! Skiing out west IS NOT more expensive than skiing in VT. Your situation may not be the same, but that doesn't make ours wrong.

Your refusal to "buy it", even after I listed all the detail cost, is baffling. You said you like to ski west. So maybe you don't mind doing your trips expensively. That doesn't mean it can't be done a lot cheaper! And by doing it cheaply, I get to go twice a year instead of once every 2 years...

 

[steamboat1]

So you live close enough to go back home to sleep in your own bed. And you're absolutely convinced you're the "overwhelming majority" here?

Where do you propose those of us who can't day trip sleep? In the car? How about in a motel out west?

Both the OP and my calculation was specifically for people who live far enough away they can't day trip! Skiing out west IS NOT more expensive than skiing in VT. Your situation may not be the same, but that doesn't make ours wrong.

Your refusal to "buy it", even after I listed all the detail cost, is baffling. You said you like to ski west. So maybe you don't mind doing your trips expensively. That doesn't mean it can't be done a lot cheaper! And by doing it cheaply, I get to go twice a year instead of once every 2 years...

I'll say it again. I don't live close to VT. No day trips here (just read my location). I could spend two weeks in VT. for the cost of your airfare for one trip alone. That includes gas, lodging, lift tickets, food, booze, whatever. I usually do a dozen trips a year up north, not just one or two. I go west too. I'll spend more in one week out there than 40 days in New England. Put out all the numbers you want but I've been doing it for years & know that to be fact.

Yes I have a special situation but I'm no one special. Anyone could do what I do.

 

[Smellytele]

It seems abc is in the minority here saying you can ski out west for cheaper. Anyone else agree with his line of thinking? We need info for what it really cost not if I sleep on someone's couch and ski bum it.

 

[snoseek]

It seems abc is in the minority here saying you can ski out west for cheaper. Anyone else agree with his line of thinking? We need info for what it really cost not if I sleep on someone's couch and ski bum it.

SLC for a week:

plane tix from new york-350 +- depending on baggage fees
hotel on fort union for six nights-250
salt lake super pass 6 days including busses/light rail-400ish
food/beer-150?

its a little over a grand for a cheap vacation to salt lake. Other places like Vail/Steamboat/Jackson are more. Tahoe can be done cheap also but rental car is sorta needed here.

It definately aint cheaper though, especially if its more than just one person. I mean who the hell is driving solo in a Suburban form the mid-atlantic. Those plane and ski tix add up big time if we're talking about a family.

 

[snoseek]

I'll say it again. I don't live close to VT. No day trips here (just read my location). I could spend two weeks in VT. for the cost of your airfare for one trip alone. That includes gas, lodging, lift tickets, food, booze, whatever. I usually do a dozen trips a year up north, not just one or two. I go west too. I'll spend more in one week out there than 40 days in New England. Put out all the numbers you want but I've been doing it for years & know that to be fact.

Yes I have a special situation but I'm no one special. Anyone could do what I do.

At the same time this seems a little exaggerated. If you spend more in a week out here than 40 days in New England then we're in no way comparing apples to apples. You must be living large when you come out here.Really large!!

How much do you pay for airfare? Two full weeks in New England for under 400 dollars? I'd love to see the math on this....

 

[abc]

I'll say it again. I don't live close to VT. No day trips here (just read my location). I could spend two weeks in VT. for the cost of your airfare for one trip alone. That includes gas, lodging, lift tickets, food, booze, whatever. I usually do a dozen trips a year up north, not just one or two. I go west too. I'll spend more in one week out there than 40 days in New England. Put out all the numbers you want but I've been doing it for years & know that to be fact.

If you're been doing it for years out west and can't do it the way I (and snoseek & kingslug) can, you've been doing it wrong!

At the same time this seems a little exaggerated. If you spend more in a week out here than 40 days in New England then we're in no way comparing apples to apples. You must be living large when you come out here.Really large!!

How much do you pay for airfare? Two full weeks in New England for under 400 dollars? I'd love to see the math on this....

 

[abc]

It seems abc is in the minority here saying you can ski out west for cheaper. Anyone else agree with his line of thinking? We need info for what it really cost not if I sleep on someone's couch and ski bum it.

OP and I have listed, in minute detail, the cost of skiing in SLC. And now snowseek had listed one more.

If 30% of the posters are the minority, then it merely means the majority 70% aren't bothering to learn. And what if it's just 1%? If it can be duplicated, and you don't, then you're resigning yourself for not benefiting from others experience. That would be your choice, I guess.

 

[snoseek]

I'm not so sure its cheaper to go out west. More just saying its a very very viable option. Basically for an extra couple hundred you can ski lcc/bcc and as much as I love New England when its on, its hard to not look at this option for five or more days if travelling solo. The less time you spend the more $$$ it gets as airfare will take a bigger chunk for say a long weekend.

The years that I did spend back east I always made a point to go for at least 10 days.

Personally I f$%cking detest flying, such a pain in the ass. That would explain why in just under an hour from now I'll be hitting the road to Ogden and later on in the week Grand Junction. I would rather drive 1500 miles in the next week than fly but that's just me...

Also with planning Tahoe can be done cheap, especially with a dirt cheap pass like a squalpine or Tahoe Value. A cheap rental or a shuttle to the Basin and a cheap room in King Beach or South Lake and you're golden. Just stay away this year!!!!

 

[steamboat1]

How much do you pay for airfare? Two full weeks in New England for under 400 dollars? I'd love to see the math on this....

Last year when I flew out to SLC airfare alone was $500 & change. Then they charged me a $50 baggage fee each way (one bag, didn't bring my ski's). Then the shuttle from the airport to LCC & back was $68. So just transportation was closer to $700 not the $400 claimed.

Now to go to VT. it cost's roughly $100 in gas back & forth with a little driving around. My little subaru gets 30mpg hwy.

Lodging cost's me $24 a night at my SC lodge including breakfast. If I wanted to there are public places I could stay for $30 a night including breakfast. Turn of the River at K or Hostel Tevere at Sugarbush just to name a couple. Skiing is already paid for since I have a pass but if you want to add that cost in I get the daily price under $20 a day by the end of the season. Buy my own lunch at the local store/supermarket . Same with dinner, cook it myself, we have a commercial kitchen in the SC lodge. A 30 pack of beer maybe 2 for 2 weeks. So using the 9 day example that comes out to under $600 & that's includes everything. Like I said to go out west is closer to $700 for me just for transportation & that doesn't include lift tickets, lodging, food or booze. That wasn't hard was it?

Oh yeh I hate flying too.