Minimum Ski Days When Flying for a Trip

[Nick]

I would say 5 but that's on the short end. I don't like to anywhere on a plane for less than 7 days. Even if it's not ALL skiing days.

 

[steamboat1]

We plan on a trip to Banff this season to ski for 4-5 days which I am looking forward to.

Just a heads up. The Mountain Collective Pass ($389) now includes Lake Louise & Sunshine Village. You can ski two days at each resort on the pass & receive 50% off any additional days. Thought you might be interested but knowing you you already have a beter plan.

 

[dlague]

Just a heads up. The Mountain Collective Pass ($389) now includes Lake Louise & Sunshine Village. You can ski two days at each resort on the pass & receive 50% off any additional days. Thought you might be interested but knowing you you already have a beter plan.

If you like to get a nice variety and don't mind traveling - that is a real nice deal!


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[steamboat1]

If you like to get a nice variety and don't mind traveling - that is a real nice deal!


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Forgot to add it also includes Norquay so you could ski 6 days on that pass.
Scatch that. Upon further reading it's good for only 2 days. You can ski 2 days at either LL, SV or Norquay but not 2 days at each. Oh well !

The 50% off additional days would still apply.

 

[skiNEwhere]

If you like to get a nice variety and don't mind traveling - that is a real nice deal!


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Meh....I personally think MC is not a good bargain. Except for mammoth and squaw, all the other resorts are in different states. When people go on a ski vacation I'd imagine they want to ski more than 2 days, so they'll either end up buying more lift tickets, or skiing just 2 days and wasting money getting back to their home.

You aren't getting a good deal unless you ski at at least 2 different location. More airfare, hotels, and extra lift tickets

I think the resorts agreed to sign with the MC for that reason....


The point steamboat brought up about 2 days at LL AND Sunshine Village might be what salvages it.

 

[jaytrem]

Forgot to add it also includes Norquay so you could ski 6 days on that pass.

Buzzkill time. You only get 2 days total at the Banff/LL areas. But still the 50% off the other days could help, especially if you can also do a trip to one of the other places.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Just looked it up. It's a total of 2 days at norquay, LL, OR SV. Not 2 each.

So back to what I was saying, I don't think it's that good of a deal

 

[SIKSKIER]

Actually,that mountain colective pass is good for 2 days each at these 6 areas:

AltaSnowbird.
Aspen/Snowmass.
Jackson Hole.
Mammoth.
Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine.
Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows.
Whistler Blackcomb.
I didn't see Norquay on the list.

 

[skiNEwhere]

 

[steamboat1]

Just looked it up. It's a total of 2 days at norquay, LL, OR SV. Not 2 each.So back to what I was saying, I don't think it's that good of a deal

Yes I had already edited my post to reflect that fact. Not a good deal at all. Should add this to when a deal is not a deal thread.

 

[Puck it]

Yes I had already edited my post to reflect that fact. Not a good deal at all. Should add this to when a deal is not a deal thread.

Good deal when you have a lot of frequent flier miles!!!

 

[jaytrem]

Good deal when you have a lot of frequent flier miles!!!

Or maybe a bunch of gas cards. Could be quite a road trip.

 

[dlague]

Meh....I personally think MC is not a good bargain. Except for mammoth and squaw, all the other resorts are in different states. When people go on a ski vacation I'd imagine they want to ski more than 2 days, so they'll either end up buying more lift tickets, or skiing just 2 days and wasting money getting back to their home.

You aren't getting a good deal unless you ski at at least 2 different location. More airfare, hotels, and extra lift tickets

I think the resorts agreed to sign with the MC for that reason....


The point steamboat brought up about 2 days at LL AND Sunshine Village might be what salvages it.

True by the time you fly, rent, eat, etc.

 

[jimk]

I think where the Mtn Collective starts making sense is for frequent flying, strong budgeted skiers/boarders who intend to take two or three ski trips per winter to different places for ~3-5 days of skiing at each. I believe for a while this spring and summer they were offering three free days per resort instead of two on next year's pass, making it even more cost effective.
Here is another way it could make sense: two bloggers for Liftopia did a story on their two-week lower budget roadtrip to four of the MC resorts:
http://www.liftopia.com/blog/mountain-collective-chronicles-chapter-1-call/
The second scenario is drifting from thread topic of flying for a ski trip to driving for a trip.

 

[St. Bear]

strong budgeted

I like this euphemism.

 

[dlague]

If someone is strong budgeted then do they need to worry about saving money with that pass?

 

[jimk]

If someone is strong budgeted then do they need to worry about saving money with that pass?

You gotta be frugal before you can be rich:razz: