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Season Passes Suck

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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063
Ok this is the first year that I had to buy a season pass myself...my mountain www.skiroundtop.com isnt that big but for the price of the pass it may sound like it...i just dropped 455 on a pass and i definately took for granted the past years my parents have bought one for me...i sent in an application to my mountain so hopefully i will get a job there and they will just reimburse the amount of my pass becuase then i will ride for free...but im just seeing if other people think their pass prices suck compared to the skiing they get in return...

an advantage to it thought..it gives me free trips to stratton when my mountain is closed and 4 free trips to stratton when my mountain is open
Oct 31 2006 4:40PM
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joeA
Posts: 153 - Karma: 21
i cannot agree with you man, i spent like $450ish for an all east pass and i will ski mt. snow, killington, pico, attitash, sunday river, and sugar loaf with only 10 blackout days, but they are stuff like christmas when it is packed and i wouldnt wanna be skiing with those lines anyway!
Oct 31 2006 4:43PM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21
yeah i know what your talking about because i got a wachusett pass because its basically in my backyard and that seemed pretty steep. Plus it seems to always be packed except in the middle of the week. but i dont really care that much since its skiing anyways and its close so its convenient
Oct 31 2006 4:49PM
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396222687862
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all for one pass is mad good price. please dont complain bout that. i'd rather have 6 mtns i love than a Jiminy peak one thats 600 and isn't that great
Oct 31 2006 4:51PM
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dozerr
Posts: 4007 - Karma: 403
yeah season passes are so expensive.

i did this thing this year, where if i sold 15 all east passes i got mine for free. so i got mine for free this year
Oct 31 2006 4:55PM
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word929
Posts: 199 - Karma: 9
try 1050 for a alta or a bird pass. but wait i still do get to ski in ut so i guess it could be worse.
Oct 31 2006 4:56PM
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SteezePatrol
Posts: 10281 - Karma: 36
well yea my mountain charges just under what whistler charges...
Oct 31 2006 4:58PM
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chickenwang
Posts: 5639 - Karma: 40
just work for an asc resort and u get mad hook upz
Oct 31 2006 4:58PM
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fouldsys
Posts: 7404 - Karma: 39
i got a 5x7 for blue mountain for like $160. you get to ski weekdays and every night of the week but the week days dont count during christmas. pretty dope idea tho and not that expensive
Oct 31 2006 5:00PM
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armxskier9
Posts: 267 - Karma: 10
college passes are the shit - its way cheaper than i thought i'd be paying this year
Oct 31 2006 5:06PM
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anomericas
Posts: 8237 - Karma: 61

College all east -- $375 for killy, mt snow, attitash, sugarloaf, pico, maybe some others, i dont really remember. no blackout dates.

Oct 31 2006 5:28PM
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skates_mcfarlin
Posts: 214 - Karma: 10
i think i got one of the best deals.. 415 for whitewater. Best powder in the world and i get a discount at the other local hill. Doesnt get much better then that
Oct 31 2006 5:57PM
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philipc
Posts: 6651 - Karma: 1,286
im dropping 285 at my local mtn with night skiing and 420 on a sugarloaf/sundayriver combo with no blackout dates
Oct 31 2006 6:02PM
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BFFset.
Posts: 2210 - Karma: 12
snowbird pass for 99 motha fuka. plus same with park city, if you buy one early enough, brighton, canyons, and many others in the utah area, they have great deals for students... but then im still in high school so thats probably another factor...
Oct 31 2006 6:06PM
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sktrkdo7
Posts: 1920 - Karma: 182
if u ski a ton then the pass pays its dividends very quickly
Oct 31 2006 6:06PM
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phatbush
Posts: 1693 - Karma: 20
HOLLA!
Oct 31 2006 6:08PM
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jamesdominguez
Posts: 107 - Karma: 10
I get my week day pass for 299 in the summer, stevens pass,
And we got an OK park with quite a big booter. Pipe sucks most of the year though. My family owns a pass in tamarack idaho too... sick park. Pipe is gona be 22ft this year too, I was up there this summer while they were doing the dirt work for it.
Oct 31 2006 6:09PM
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JGP.
Posts: 2785 - Karma: 474
yea i ordered my all east a few days after it was available so i only ended up paying about 500 for it no blackout dates = killy, mt snow, sunday river, etc
Oct 31 2006 6:11PM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
word big mountains are 50 a day so you save soo much in the long run
Oct 31 2006 6:12PM
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C-Burg
Posts: 4729 - Karma: 130
they can do that because their arent that many places to ski around you, unlike in CO or UT where their are allot of places wanting you to ski their. Also the big resorts make their money off of tourists.
Oct 31 2006 6:15PM
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bigairjay.
Posts: 292 - Karma: 10
I get paid $14.30/hr that I ski at my mountain. try to beat that deal.  free pass to and 35% off anything in the shops and off food.
Oct 31 2006 6:17PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
I got a Bridger Bowl pass for $360 and  a sky card at Big Sky for $69 ($28 a day all season with 14 free days).  I also might be getting a free pass at Moonlight Basin if I get a job up there.
Oct 31 2006 6:21PM
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1440ski
Posts: 2049 - Karma: 1,110
That sucks i pay 200 to ski snowbird and alta
Oct 31 2006 6:46PM
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dozerr
Posts: 4007 - Karma: 403
you spent 450? you must not be in college

that sucks

its only 375 for no blackout dates if you are in college
Oct 31 2006 6:47PM
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bigwhite.steeze
Posts: 8227 - Karma: 1,030
wow comeon not very high prices here....
Oct 31 2006 6:58PM
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Logchucker
Posts: 1508 - Karma: 16
340=Brek Keystone A-Basin and 10 days at vail and beaver creek;
170ish=Copper and Winter Park
Oct 31 2006 7:35PM
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evan25
Posts: 931 - Karma: 20
i get a sick deal 230 i think for loon and waterville and last year at sugarbush i got one for like 110
Oct 31 2006 7:44PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
my pass price is worse than your grandmas soiled underwear...859 for me(14) for 1000 acres when absolutley EVERYTHING that they can possibly open is open
Oct 31 2006 7:52PM
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evaroni
Posts: 3895 - Karma: 3,776
I held a gun to my parents heads and told them if they don't give me the 500 for my pass the lead would fly. Haha I wish, I had to work 50 hours for my old man for free.
Oct 31 2006 8:12PM
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TimmyP
Posts: 2086 - Karma: 128
what i hate is how they have different passes with different blackout dates,

what would be best is one, flat rate sale with no blackout dates,

fuck blackout dates, that is the biggest scam ever created to fuck consumers
Oct 31 2006 8:27PM
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*i<3snow*
Posts: 6440 - Karma: 41
I know matt. Last year i set up the night club card group so i didnt have to pay for a season pass. But this year I had to dish it out myself. I'm sorry but 455 for a season at ROUNDTOP. that's lame. im pissed now.
Oct 31 2006 8:29PM
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DeSena
Posts: 4126 - Karma: 1,352
there so legit, dont have to wait in line for day pass, and your picture can be so sexy
Oct 31 2006 8:36PM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
as long as you use it alot its worth it
Oct 31 2006 8:36PM
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french_fry
Posts: 4698 - Karma: 53
390 canadian to ski whistler blackcomb with 3 blackout days, but that's a college deal. Still, youth passes for whistler are 500-ish, that's the same price as a lot of crappy ice coast mountains (surprising really), and even the local vancouver mountains are more expensive. Goddam corporate resorts.
Oct 31 2006 8:45PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
werrrrdd, got my all east fo 375 with no blackouts, whoo college student.
Oct 31 2006 8:48PM
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ble
Posts: 35 - Karma: 11
HOLLA!
Oct 31 2006 9:08PM
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mark311
Posts: 508 - Karma: 21
$130 for a pass to spirit mountain (duluth). ill pay it off if i go 4 saturdays.
Oct 31 2006 9:19PM
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mark311
Posts: 508 - Karma: 21
oh yeah, if you ski even a decent amount, you will make your money back, no matter what you pay. altas pass is over $1000? whats a day pass, $60? $70? you pay it off in about 16 times. if you have a season pass and go less than that there is something wrong with you.
Oct 31 2006 9:20PM
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ijibgoremtn
Posts: 4221 - Karma: 13
ha at my mountain if you get it like right at the end of the season before its 289 which still is a dec amount but its not 455
Oct 31 2006 9:53PM
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hemlockjibber8
Posts: 5975 - Karma: 3,530
hemlock was $109 CND, Whistler full price is $1800, early bird is $1100
Oct 31 2006 9:57PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
i get mine for 150 or 180 or soemthing like that because of our ski trip for the school
Oct 31 2006 9:59PM
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thefilmerguy
Posts: 2847 - Karma: 55
haha...i got a season pass, no blackout dates, to TELLURIDE, a world class resort for a whopping 109 dolla
Oct 31 2006 10:57PM
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skiwoj
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 52
yeah i pay a mere 650 to ski at holiday valley, such a deal
Oct 31 2006 11:12PM
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awsomecoolguy
Posts: 3536 - Karma: 13
for my 300 feet of rise i have to pay 400$ "thats if you buy it at this time of year when ther most exspensive" thats a dollor and 33 cents a foot
Oct 31 2006 11:24PM
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Freestyla_01
Posts: 8586 - Karma: 34
I'm paying $370 for my whistler pass, $260 for my grouse pass, and $210 for my seymour pass.
$940 total. For like 65 days of riding.
But I can't just ski one mountain all the time. I get tired of riding the same lifts, and knowing that another park has a new feature that I can't hit because I don't have a pass.
Oct 31 2006 11:32PM
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abek
Posts: 1255 - Karma: 1,587
480 for mammoth + june. expensive but tickets are 78 a day now. ew.
Nov 1 2006 12:48AM
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cofreeskier
Posts: 3189 - Karma: 15
$250 for Keystone, Breck, A-Basin, and 10 days at Vail
Nov 1 2006 12:57AM
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reeski
Posts: 1024 - Karma: 1,591
Season passes are the greatest ever I went back to grad school full time just to get one (kiddin) but I'm gonna be pissed when I have to pay 700 for an All East pass.
Nov 1 2006 12:09PM
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Tasche
Posts: 5422 - Karma: 99
where you getting that deal I think it cost me something like 380 this year and the wp 2 4 1 was like 170 plus my girlfriends pass 170 so fuck man thats like almost 700 bucks in ski passes not to mention gas and equipment. Skiing is expensive.
Nov 1 2006 12:15PM
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windhamskibum
Posts: 1193 - Karma: 16
wow, 455 seems pretty steep for roundtop, i haven't been there, but i now go to school a hour away so il have to make a trip. a adult pass at windham is 1110. thats right 1000 dollars, its redic, they do hook college kids up with a 250 dollar deal. no black outs, but i mean, i guess they can get away with it because there only competition is hunter and belleayre.
Nov 1 2006 2:13PM
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