Help Settle a Bet I Have With GSS

[highpeaksdrifter]

GSS says that the majority of season pass holders pack and bring their lunch to the mountain. I say the majority buy their lunch at the mountain. If you are a passholder please vote.

I know this is stupid, but it’s something to do.

Also please post where you are a passholder.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Yes - Whiteface

 

[Zand]

Yes - Wachusett

Sometimes I don't eat at all because I usually only go for a couple hours but when I do eat it is always there.

 

[drjeff]

Yes - Mount Snow - but usually at the deli in the Grand Summit Hotel, not in the main base lodge (unless I need a burrito fix )

 

[andyzee]

Nope - Killington. Sometimes we'll buy lunch, but most of the time we bring it. Not only is it cheaper, usually better as well.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm a passholder at Blue..and I buy food at the ski area about 5% of the time..

 

[wa-loaf]

I only hold a season pass to WA and generally ski nights. Race nights we end up in the bar and I usually have two beers and split nachos with the group. Occasionally I'll grab dinner.

 

[snoseek]

Loveland, Winter Park, Copper. Never ever ever will I eat the overprice gruel at the mountain. I know some mountains have decent stuff but they run a ridiculously low food cost, far lower than the industry standard. I will starve myself if I forget lunch. Then again I don't eat out very often and when I do it is stuff that's not easily prepared at home(mexican, sushi, chinese, cheap but stuff that I don't keep around the house). I would never order a steak out as it's pretty easy to grill a good steak, same with lobster or pasta.

Most people I've met (passholders) will bring a lunch and even use the various gas grills, ovens, microwaves, located throughout the mountain at LL for skiers to heat or cook their own lunch. I will occasionly buy a beer at the lodge but I usually pack that also.

 

[kingslug]

Yes , Hunter but lately been bringing a few Cliff bars instead.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

At Stowe on Sunday I had two hot dogs...chips..and a 20 ounce gatorade for $14.something..I've had steak and lobster dinners cheaper than that. At Jackson Hole they have a tip jar by the register at the Casper lodge..who tips on cafeteria food..lol

 

[mlctvt]

Yes - Mount Snow - but usually at the deli in the Grand Summit Hotel, not in the main base lodge (unless I need a burrito fix )

SHHHHH, I thought this was my secret place to avoid the crowds. This is where I go too if I don't ski home for lunch.

 

[ckofer]

When I had a night pass at Gunstock we used to always eat in the bar. Unfortunately, too many resorts charge airport prices for the most basic foods-one more reason for the average skier to keep visits down. Ragged has done a good job keeping food affordable. They have little pizza shop in the main lodge where you can score a pretty good pizza for under $9.00.

Now there is a factor that complicates the real question here: if you own a ski-on home, you'd probably have a season pass. You may be likely to ski in at lunch time. Sugarloaf seems to have plenty of these homes where Cannon, of course, has none.

 

[deadheadskier]

I voted no, which is partially true

I grab a bite at the mountain about 15-20% of the time. Last year as a season pass holder at SR that figure was more like 10%

After working at ski resorts for several years and knowing the CRAP they purchase for ingredients, I'm uniclined to spend money on the product. Good food at ski areas is beyond rare

 

[riverc0il]

GSS says that the majority of season pass holders pack and bring their lunch to the mountain. I say the majority buy their lunch at the mountain. If you are a passholder please vote.

I know this is stupid, but it’s something to do.

Also please post where you are a passholder.

How about a "sometimes" option. I used to brown bag only but once I started buying season passes, I became much more likely to "forget" my lunch or simply became lazy about packing it up. This year I got better, but I am always better about bringing a lunch when I am buying a ticket. I always buy lunch at MRG because of the APR, that doesn't really count though since it is pre-paid. I would say that when skiing at my season pass mountain, I buy some kind of food on mountain at least 50% of the time.

 

[deadheadskier]

Stowe actually has the best set up for on mountain dining. Get there early for front row at the middle Gondi lot, ski in ski out all day to your car for beers and snacks

 

[riverc0il]

At Stowe on Sunday I had two hot dogs...chips..and a 20 ounce gatorade for $14.something..I've had steak and lobster dinners cheaper than that. At Jackson Hole they have a tip jar by the register at the Casper lodge..who tips on cafeteria food..lol

Stowe was charging $8 for a burger at the Octagon last weekend, no thanks. Not really a fair comparison when you are citing the most expensive place in the East as an example. Two years ago at Da Bush, they were serving up burger, chips, and a drink for about $8 for their last weekend of operation at North's mid-mountain lodge, just to put that last weekend of operation mid-mountain $8 burger in perspective. $10 at MRG buys a burger, fries, and a beverage and about the same at Jay which isn't terrible.

 

[gorgonzola]

i usually buy food at the mountain - but i always buy lunch out too unless theres some really good leftovers, just not a big fan of the brown bag lunch,

after a morning at blue i'll usually grab a baconeggandcheese(holdthesteeze)sandwhich for the ride home, friday night with the kids the have to take a valley lodge fry break, so i'll pick on a few of their and have a chili or something. most areas have a decent food service any more and you can usually find somehting reasonable not to feel too violated

 

[tcharron]

5$ 99 cent burgers? Pass. I only buy from the mountain if I'm staying overnight someplace. Season pass places, I bring a small cooler with what would cost like 50$ at the mountain, purchased for, ohh, maybe 8-10$ at the store.

 

[deadheadskier]

Stowe was charging $8 for a burger at the Octagon last weekend, no thanks. Not really a fair comparison when you are citing the most expensive place in the East as an example. Two years ago at Da Bush, they were serving up burger, chips, and a drink for about $8 for their last weekend of operation at North's mid-mountain lodge, just to put that last weekend of operation mid-mountain $8 burger in perspective. $10 at MRG buys a burger, fries, and a beverage and about the same at Jay which isn't terrible.

For me, it's not so much the cost, but the cost for the ingredients they use. I'll pay $14 for a good burger if I know its good quality meat. It's the same reason you'll never catch me eating at an Outback or something of the sort because I know they are buying garbage.

Like I said though, I do occasionally buy food at the mountain, but it's more a social thing and having beers with friends. If I'm skiing by myself, I never eat mountain food.

 

[snoseek]

Also cheeseburgers-french fries-pizza-hotdogs are not exactly the kind of fuel I'm looking for.

I have no problem paying eight dollars for a sandwich, it just needs to be on good bread, with good meat, and good cheese. Most ski area cafeterias run on maybe a 25% food cost which is just silly. With profit like that you should be able to pay a good wage and attract skilled labor but they just bank it. Funny thing watching all the people lined up at lunch to pay 4 dollars for a hot dog that cost 75 cents-bun included.

Yeah hot dogs-fuel for real athletes