Season pass deadlines approaching

[roark]

Mount Snow and Killington/Pico prices go up at the beginning of the month.

I was planning on buying the Snow Classic pass but couldn't pull the trigger. I was very impressed with the fan guns and new management this year, but I'm still waffling between $500 for Snow and $650 for K/Pico. Snow is about 35 min closer drive, but I wonder if crowds will be a bigger issue this year at Snow thanks to gas prices. Obviously the terrain is vastly better at K. Similarly, the snowmaking is vastly better at Snow. Management is infinitely better at Snow. I do get bored at Snow, but then again that forces me to run drills. And tree_skier gets to beat on me at Snow.

I skied 35 days at K 2 yrs ago. None last year. 23 at Snow last year. I'm pretty much set on a pass at one of the 2. pokemon/flatton/sunapee is not a consideration. Magic needs to prove they can make snow (and the cheaper deadline has passed). Everything else is too far to consider a pass at.

Or maybe I should just go the ski club route and earn more turns this year....

dilemmas...

 

[deadheadskier]

I'd do the Snow pass and get a ski club membership. The Ace membership is $20 and that last year got you $38 K tickets and $15-$25 tickets to Pico and Magic; the other two places you like.

At least with Snow you've got the early/late season effort and overall effort on snowmaking. I don't think that gas prices will drive more traffic to Snow than K, but this years reports of better service and snowmaking at Snow might.

 

[skiboarder]

Go with Killington. A full season at Snow sounds very boring.

 

[MommaBear]

We finally pulled the trigger yesterday for Snow. Its closer to home and to our condo in VT and the kids love the terrain parks.

But if our condo wasn't near Snow OR we didn't have kids (crabbing in the back seat for the extra ride to Killington), we would have done Killington for the more varied terrain.

Let's hope Snow hears our cries for more mogul runs this year.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Adult Non-Holiday at Whiteface - Deadline for this price is June 4th - $399.

 

[Geoff]

I'd do the Snow pass and get a ski club membership. The Ace membership is $20 and that last year got you $38 K tickets and $15-$25 tickets to Pico and Magic; the other two places you like.

Killington has not announced what they're doing with ski club programs for the 2008-2009 season. I would not make my ski plans assuming any ski club program discounts at Killington. They completely killed the Connecticut Ski Council voucher program last year along with their NY/NJ club voucher programs. That created a lot of very negative backlash in their core markets. You don't want the ski clubs and the intertwined ski shops in those markets telling people to never ski Killington. There's no telling what they'll do this year. I think they will bring those programs back but that's just my opinion.

 

[SIKSKIER]

Just bought my Cannon passes.Deadline for last years price of $475 for NH resident ends May 31.

 

[deadheadskier]

Just bought my Cannon passes.Deadline for last years price of $475 for NH resident ends May 31.

That's not a bad deal....I might look into that for 2009-2010.....won't be a NH resident until June and I'm planning on the ski club thing for next season augmented with a Tenny pass