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Tourism is killing skiing. I think.

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boo10159
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Lift tickets to every resort in park city is 100 dollars. Whistler is 100. Heavenly is 100. My grandma remembers skiing at Alta, which is 90, for ten dollars with gas charges. Tourism killing skiing? I think yes.
Mar 3 2013 1:10PM
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TOAST.
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Prices are like that everywhere that isn't a restaraunt. Go to a ballpark, movies, etc. They all charge a lot. At least resorts allow you to bring your own food but you are just to lazy to make food before you go.
Mar 4 2013 9:32AM
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YouAllSuck
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Those prices are high, but if the chalet is higher on the mountain transporting the food up, and garbage down is not cheep
Mar 4 2013 12:08PM
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KravtZ
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sounds a little bit on the expensive side but idk exact numbers.

Think about that giant metal pole, putting it into the ground, maintenence, etc....definitely cost a pretty serious penny. I would imagine that would be the most costly part of installing a new gondola or tram, would have to be the setup not the cars themselves
Mar 4 2013 1:26PM
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Alpineslide
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you dont know shit about tourism
Mar 4 2013 1:32PM
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.Hugo.
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I don't think that really factors into the price much. It's more of most of the tourists that go to these places have money. These people are willing to pay that much for food so they that's why they can jack the prices up so high. If everyone stopped buying the food because it was too expensive they would lower the prices or else there would be no money to be made. I mean as long as people are willing to pay that much why wouldn't you set the price that high?
Mar 4 2013 1:49PM
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VD.
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Whoever came up with the idea of ski resorts run in the way they're run in the US and Canada is a f*cking genius. Convincing the wealthy they wanted to have a retreat in a ski town, thus selling off previously worthless mountain land for a premium.
Mar 4 2013 2:41PM
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FroesenSkeeze
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A can of pop/soda used to be 10 cents. Now, it is around $1.50. With your logic, are fat kids killing the soft drink industry?
Mar 4 2013 3:04PM
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Mr.Bishop
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My grandma used to buy chocolate bars for a penny.

Hell... I used to buy gas at $0.34 / litre.

Of course, skiing is too expensive I do agree with that. Its not just tourism though.
Mar 4 2013 3:06PM
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theabortionator
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Tourism killed the radio star
Mar 4 2013 3:23PM
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GayWolf420
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I think the group thread verdict is that OP is in middle school still.
Mar 4 2013 5:03PM
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Stickity
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hahahahahahaha
Mar 4 2013 5:05PM
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yourthemannowdog
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Tourists pay full price for things so the locals don't have to. If you're young and can't afford lift tickets, you will still find a way to get on the lift.
Mar 4 2013 7:55PM
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Balbertt
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Correct!
Mar 4 2013 10:13PM
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nine50seven
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beside prices going up why do you think tourism is killing skiing?
Mar 4 2013 10:21PM
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JIB_WALRUS
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Gapers are killing skiing
Mar 4 2013 10:50PM
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boo10159
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You guys get so butt hurt when someone posts something you don't agree with. Get trolled.
Mar 5 2013 9:49AM
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.Hugo.
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Hahaha classic. Someone posts something stupid and gets called out for it by everyone. Comes into the thread later and says they were trolling.
Mar 5 2013 1:10PM
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JamesEarlRay
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Idiot
Mar 5 2013 1:45PM
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All the real skiers are heading into the back/side country earning those turns now, let the tourists have the resorts, see if I care.
Mar 5 2013 1:56PM
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dan4060
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Gas prices exploded around 05/06.  They had dipped to something like 1.96 when Obama came in, but no realistic person expected that to last.  They were going to go up regardless of who won that election.

While you are literally correct, what you are doing is highly misleading.  Are you implying Obama caused it?  Because that would be absurd.  As I said before, gas had already exploded, and the dip down to 1.96 was not going to last anyway, so I don't see what the point of your statement is.

No legit economist actually thought 1.96 was going to last.  We were always destined to go back up.

As to the actual point of the thread, mega resorts survive because of tourists.  I would be curious to study the model of resorts in Washington, where things are different.  I don't know enough to really comment, but I believe they do things differently.  Bridger Bowl too.

Powder did an interesting article on this back on 09 or so.  They noted how resorts were trying to get back the hardcore skier with low season passes.  Contrary to the opinion expressed in this thread, those passes DO help the big resorts.

Mar 5 2013 3:13PM
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Randy_Quench
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lets end the politic/obama discussion there before we start debating why its obamas fault we cant afford to ski.
Mar 5 2013 3:18PM
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Casey
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It obviously is obamas fault. We just have to figure out why. I think socialist gun grabbing is killing skiing, but it could also be aeriels.
Mar 5 2013 3:24PM
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boo10159
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Yup, pretty much
Mar 5 2013 7:58PM
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Hoeseph
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inflation raising price? i think yes. ask your grandma how much she made back then. also way more people (besides tourists) have gotten into skiing since then, making the price go up.
Mar 5 2013 9:36PM
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