Ticket Prices 06-07

[theguy10]

i think an interesting comparison would be break even point day tickets vs. season pass pricing... some sort of mathematical comparison showing that the ski areas with the highest per day pricing have some of the lowest break even days on their season pass. same with multi-day deals and ski and stay packages. obviously, the big resorts have decided to totally ignore day trippers in favor of season passes and ski and stay deals. chances are, if you are skiing a place like stowe on a full price single day ticket, you are going with friends or a group for the day and thus your destination has been decided for you without consideration of price. i suspect the amount of people paying full price at places like stowe for a single day lift ticket are quite low, at least relatively compared to other ways tickets are sold.

I can attest to that. I have a trip in 5 weeks to Stowe. The location was decided for me and I will be one of the people in the group paying the $76 single day ticket price.

 

[ctenidae]

Imagine if they would let us pay by the run. A whole new dynamic!

I've thought about that- using an RFID card at the lift, pay as you go. Might be nice if it were a debit card useable at other retail locations at the lodge, too. I wonder how well that would work for the ski area.

 

[billski]

nogo

I've thought about that- using an RFID card at the lift, pay as you go. Might be nice if it were a debit card useable at other retail locations at the lodge, too. I wonder how well that would work for the ski area.

I suspect the resorts have no interest in it. Imagine all the skiers that just go out for 1 or 2 or 3 runs and snobunny it in the lodge the remainder of the day. It's much more lucrative to get them to buy their 60 or 70 buck ticket, AND get robbed at the cafe and bar.

If they went with your model, they might only get half that amount, let's say $10 a run. That is pretty evident when you look at how they've virtually elliminated half-day passes at the large resorts. Stowe has one, Sunday mornings only, it's a real joke: $59 versus $76.
Really. $59 for 3 1/2 hours.....:-x

 

[hiroto]

Billski, very interesting data. It came to me that I can digup some information
from several years back via web archive, http://archive.org. Here
are some older Wachusett rates missing from your table:

03/04 $45 http://web.archive.org/web/20031213112420/winter.wachusett.com/mountaininfo/rates/liftticketprices/

02/03 $44 http://web.archive.org/web/20021030104326/www.wachusett.com/rates/tickets/

01/02 $43 http://web.archive.org/web/20020222233137/www.wachusett.com/prices.shtml

00/01 $42 http://web.archive.org/web/20010206070523/wachusett.com/rates.htm

When I get bored, I'll try to dig up different mountains.

 

[skicone]

theguy10...I found the Vacation Rewards program at Stowe helpful in reducing the cost of skiing for my family last winter. I suggest you look into it.

 

[theguy10]

Thanks, I will look into it.

 

[theguy10]

Here is an idea...I would like to see a mountain take the Six Flags pricing model. You can get a 1 day pass for about $60 or a season pass for less than $100. They afford this by marking up things that you buy while there like food. And having lots of stuff to sell.

Or how about a combination theme park/ski mountain with rides and games and such? You could ride the new giant roller coaster to the top instead of a lift. Would anybody be interested in doing a Six Flags/Disney type park during the Winter?

I think I'm on to something...maybe I can get ASC to invest, they are pretty good at overextending themselves...