ml242
07-02-2012, 06:40 PM
Does anyone know how much passes will be for next year? I forget how much they were pre-season last year but I remember them taking a big jump from early season to regular in 11-12.
Even more importantly, I am comparing prices and weighing options for skiing next season (cheap pass out west yet again for extended trip vs. local), and it seems like Sugarbush and the rest of northern Vermont (stowe, smuggs, jay, bush) are the lone holdouts that do not offer next seasons rates or their passes for sale. Has it always been the case historically that these areas just leave money on the table for three months hoping to eke out more in the fall?
In this day and age, if not economy as well, why not have a tier of early bird rates after the super early bird prices (which justly reward people who are super committed to skiing their home mountain each year) to encourage people to spend? Commerce is available 24/7 on the internet and I know Al Gore is already to take my order if not a clerk at the base at every moment.
And, what about a down payment option so you could at least lock in a rate now and know what you're going to pay later?
I'm curious about the rationale, because it seems like their is a missed opportunity to do business here and if it's only a question of procrastination about deciding what the pricing will be, then it's a real head scratcher. Surely people must ask who come to bike as well, right?
I don't often take the initiative to tell business people how to take my money with better efficiency, but there it is. How much, and till when?
What I've seen and written down today:
Killington (NH): $830
Okemo Value (includes Sunapee and Stratton NH): $730
Whiteface (NH): $769
Gore: (NH)$699
MRG: (FF)$749
SANY Pass (FF)(every area in NY except Belleayre) = $938
Hunter:(FF) $849
Sugarloaf (FF)$715
West:
Epic pass: (FF)$660
Squaw/Alpine (FF)$750
Alpental: (FF)$489
Sierra at Tahoe (FF)$360)
Jackson Hole: (FF)$1600
Red: (FF)$860
Kicking Horse: $980
Jay Peak: $?
Stowe: $?
Smuggs: $?
Sugarbush: $?
nh=non holiday
ff= full freight
These prices are all valid today and some indicate they will be going up again in October.
Even more importantly, I am comparing prices and weighing options for skiing next season (cheap pass out west yet again for extended trip vs. local), and it seems like Sugarbush and the rest of northern Vermont (stowe, smuggs, jay, bush) are the lone holdouts that do not offer next seasons rates or their passes for sale. Has it always been the case historically that these areas just leave money on the table for three months hoping to eke out more in the fall?
In this day and age, if not economy as well, why not have a tier of early bird rates after the super early bird prices (which justly reward people who are super committed to skiing their home mountain each year) to encourage people to spend? Commerce is available 24/7 on the internet and I know Al Gore is already to take my order if not a clerk at the base at every moment.
And, what about a down payment option so you could at least lock in a rate now and know what you're going to pay later?
I'm curious about the rationale, because it seems like their is a missed opportunity to do business here and if it's only a question of procrastination about deciding what the pricing will be, then it's a real head scratcher. Surely people must ask who come to bike as well, right?
I don't often take the initiative to tell business people how to take my money with better efficiency, but there it is. How much, and till when?
What I've seen and written down today:
Killington (NH): $830
Okemo Value (includes Sunapee and Stratton NH): $730
Whiteface (NH): $769
Gore: (NH)$699
MRG: (FF)$749
SANY Pass (FF)(every area in NY except Belleayre) = $938
Hunter:(FF) $849
Sugarloaf (FF)$715
West:
Epic pass: (FF)$660
Squaw/Alpine (FF)$750
Alpental: (FF)$489
Sierra at Tahoe (FF)$360)
Jackson Hole: (FF)$1600
Red: (FF)$860
Kicking Horse: $980
Jay Peak: $?
Stowe: $?
Smuggs: $?
Sugarbush: $?
nh=non holiday
ff= full freight
These prices are all valid today and some indicate they will be going up again in October.