Gas Prices = Apprehension for Next Season?

[bigbog]

...open 7 days/wk = becoming a dinasaur...?

Just a guess...but I think we might see some resorts closing down for a few days/week...from day 1 throughout the season...just a guess.
If I'm echoing a previous...sorry, didn't go past page 2;-)
> 4 adults in a Civic...maybe if they're midgets or the front seats are moved way up..
My 73' Corolla had just as much room as your Civics do now....granted it wasn't much...but we got out every so often to stretch. We did three A Lot!...not four, but it didn't damage my psychic(sp?) to load up.

$.01

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just a guess...but I think we might see some resorts closing down for a few days/week...from day 1 throughout the season...just a guess.

I can see this happening especially at the smaller resorts...as long as Blue mountain doesn't pull that crap...:argue:

 

[Geoff]

Or better yet a small hatchback! I once had a VW GTI that was very comfortable for 4 adults. I used it for a cycling vacation once with my wife and another couple. four bikes on the roof, four full size luggage bags in the back , four sets of cycling gear and four adults on a long drive. It worked fine. It was only a 2-door hatchback but very similar to a small wagon.

I'm on my 2nd GTI. The average height in the US is 5'9½" for men and 5'4" for women. I'm 6'2" so I drive with the seat all the way back. Ain't no way anybody is sitting behind me. It's just fine for 3 people.

I suppose you could put two average sized couples in a GTI. If you pull out the cargo cover in the back, you could fit enough luggage for a week.

I'm thinking about putting a receiver hitch on mine. I hate Thule bars and I'm getting tired of coaxing my mountain bike in and out of the sucker. My road bike won't fit at all. With a receiver hitch, I can have a bike rack, a ski rack, a wire mesh box, and a place to put a small utility trailer. That reminds me... I need to pull the SUV out of the garage and drive it today. It hasn't moved in 6 or 7 weeks.

 

[Greg]

Anyone else worried?

Not any more... :lol:

Seriously prices here in CT are approaching $2.00. I hope we hold onto these prices through the ski season...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Yesterday I filled up for $2.14 and it was way under $30..I wonder how long it will stay this low..it has to be a good thing for the ski resorts.

 

[Greg]

I wonder how long it will stay this low..it has to be a good thing for the ski resorts.

I wonder how many of the small local feeder hills were planning to capitalize on high gas prices, i.e. betting that folks would ski locally vs. traveling to the bigger resorts.

 

[RootDKJ]

I saw $1.93 for credit & $1.85 for cast on Rt. 22 in Union yesterday.

Awesome it's so low right now.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I wonder how many of the small local feeder hills were planning to capitalize on high gas prices, i.e. betting that folks would ski locally vs. traveling to the bigger resorts.

I think the low gas prices will help all ski areas. Alot of people who ski Blue mountain live in the Philadelphia area and drive 75 miles to Blue..if gas was $4 I don't think they'd go as often. For diehards 75 miles is nothing but for casual skiers it's far. I don't like to drive 75 miles to play golf..

Destination resorts have lots of lodging specials and alot of hotels kept their prices the same as last season..airfare has dropped since fuel prices and demand have declined..This ski season could be alot more reasonable for many of us than last season..

 

[RootDKJ]

I think the low gas prices will help all ski areas. Alot of people who ski Blue mountain live in the Philadelphia area and drive 75 miles to Blue..if gas was $4 I don't think they'd go as often. For diehards 75 miles is nothing but for casual skiers it's far. I don't like to drive 75 miles to play golf..

Destination resorts have lots of lodging specials and alot of hotels kept their prices the same as last season..airfare has dropped since fuel prices and demand have declined..This ski season could be alot more reasonable for many of us than last season..

It's just about 80 miles for me to get to Blue vs. 70 to Camelback vs. 50 to Mountain Creek

I think the cheap gas will defiantly bring out some folks this winter. I know I'm looking to break my personal ski day and vert records this season!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

It's just about 80 miles for me to get to Blue vs. 70 to Camelback vs. 50 to Mountain Creek

I think the cheap gas will defiantly bring out some folks this winter. I know I'm looking to break my personal ski day and vert records this season!

You can keep track of vert at www.paskiandride.com I've been #1 in vert the past three seasons..even with alot of 3 hour sessions..

 

[deadheadskier]

$1.85 here in town

I'm happy, but I'm also pretty pissed at the same time considering how high they were this summer. It just doesn't seem right to me how market betting, not supply and demand, determines the price on commodities.

 

[RootDKJ]

You can keep track of vert at www.paskiandride.com I've been #1 in vert the past three seasons..even with alot of 3 hour sessions..

I saw that. I've tracked it via Excel, but was thinking about making an Access database this year. Online seems much easier though.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I saw that. I've tracked it via Excel, but was thinking about making an Access database this year. Online seems much easier though.

It's great if you like numbers and statistics. It's going to be tough for me to beat my 61,000 vert day from two years ago at Jackson Hole..maybe one day I'll ski Blue from 8AM to 10PM

 

[andyzee]

As I was passing a gas station by my house this morning, they were just changing the price to 1.84. The station up the block always has the lowest and they have not changed their price yet.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

$1.85 here in town

I'm happy, but I'm also pretty pissed at the same time considering how high they were this summer. It just doesn't seem right to me how market betting, not supply and demand, determines the price on commodities.

Demand globally is down, markets always overshoot on the upside and downside. The question is, will we (consumers) go back to driving everywhere all the time thinking that cheap gas will stay for the foreseeable future? Does Detroit decide it can pump out gas guzzlers? How does cheap gas move us away from it? Tough to ween the addict off a drug when the market is flooded with "cheap" product. The stronger dollar has contributed to the commodity collapse as well, go back to the Volker years and you can see it repeated then. That said, let's enjoy the short term savings for ski season.

 

[deadheadskier]

Oh I'm sure demand is down, but it's definitely not less than half what it was this summer. I feel sorry for the poor bastards who locked into heating oil prices this summer.

 

[andyzee]

I think we should sell OPEC milk at $10 a gallon so they have something to wash down the gas with.

 

[MadPadraic]

$1.85 here in town

I'm happy, but I'm also pretty pissed at the same time considering how high they were this summer. It just doesn't seem right to me how market betting, not supply and demand, determines the price on commodities.

I'd argue that it *is* supply and demand that have been controlling the price of oil and speculation played a minimal role, if any.

 

[MadPadraic]

My BMW is a 3 yr lease, another 1.5 yrs on it. Might try to persuade the wife to look at hybrids. The new Camry's are nice looking, will have to see whats on the market then. I own and plan to keep the 03 Pilot until decent SUV hybrids are produced. I only have ~33,000 miles on it.

The BMW 120d is where its at. If only it were available here.

 

[deadheadskier]

I'd argue that it *is* supply and demand that have been controlling the price of oil and speculation played a minimal role, if any.

So you're saying the demand this summer was more than double what it is now???? :???: