Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Lift Tickets

As expected, lift ticket prices are still going up, especially in areas without competition for the ski dollar, and in areas which know they are true destinations. There are enough deals out there that only 10% of people really pay the walk up , full freight price. One thing to note - many lift ticket deals are specifically not on the internet. They are advertised locally, or in print media, because resorts don't want to cannibalize their full price sales to tourist traffic. In general, for our Western trips, I have had minimal success in getting lift pass discounts. Vail gave us a mild discount for buying a multi day ahead of time but Aspen, Sun Valley, Targhee, Lake Louise, Whistler etc..... nothing beyond the walk up window multi day discount (which may be $1 - $2 per day off, which is weak).

Sun Valley Ticket Prices = Ouch!
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