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90053
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How are lift passes this expensive?! I'm supposed to be visiting a friend for three weeks in spring but can't really afford it at the moment. Do they give student passes to non-Canadian uni students?
Dec 3 2014 11:23AM
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90053
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is it easy to get a youth pass if you're over 18?
Dec 3 2014 11:34AM
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joelski
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Are you from the state of washington? if yes you could get an edge card otherwise go with someone who has a season pass cause they can get you 20 percent off, or by the passes at the 7-11 in Squamish because they are like $5 cheeper there
Dec 3 2014 5:45PM
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joelskiAre you from the state of washington? if yes you could get an edge card otherwise go with someone who has a season pass cause they can get you 20 percent off, or by the passes at the 7-11 in Squamish because they are like $5 cheeper there


nah uk
Dec 3 2014 5:53PM
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joelskiAre you from the state of washington? if yes you could get an edge card otherwise go with someone who has a season pass cause they can get you 20 percent off, or by the passes at the 7-11 in Squamish because they are like $5 cheeper there


so i get 20% off if i go with someone with a season pass?
Dec 3 2014 5:54PM
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joelski
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ya u should get 20% off unless there is another deal going on at the time for instance i could not give my buddy a discount last weekend cause the day passes are cheeper for early season although i think the 20% off would have been cheeper
Dec 4 2014 12:36AM
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hjalleh
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bumping this one. If i want to ski for about a month, does this mean i have to buy a season pass? 2grand for a month is very expensive. How is the black market, theres gotta be injured people that wants to get some money back for their seasonpass?
Jan 28 2015 9:32PM
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annex_
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you could try. but lifties are given a decent incentive to catch people using the wrong passes.
Jan 29 2015 12:48AM
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hjalleh
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ive never been to whis, how are they checking the liftpasses, with the "scan-guns"? while they greet everybody in the liftline like they do in breck for example? Or just regular turncross with a monitor inside?
Jan 29 2015 6:57AM
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paige.
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You walk through the RFID gate and there is a guy stànding with an iPad next to it on which your photo pops up.

If you're in Whistler for three weeks and skiing everyday you could look into getting a 15-day pass. It's grouped with the season's passes rather than edge cards so I don't think it's restricted based on where you're from.
Jan 29 2015 11:40AM
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hjalleh
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Okey really? Wow its hard to sneak without a pass on bigger resorts. Ill guess i will probably have to pay the 2grand then. I heard something about that u can get a discount if u bring a local or something? Like 10%, have you heard anything about that?
Jan 29 2015 8:04PM
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hjalleh
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Okey really? Wow its hard to sneak without a pass on bigger resorts. Ill guess i will probably have to pay the 2grand then. I heard something about that u can get a discount if u bring a local or something? Like 10%, have you heard anything about that?
Jan 29 2015 8:04PM
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paige.
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Like I said the $1200 for the 15-day pass is gonna be cheaper than $2000 for a season's pass, even if you get up a few more than 15 days. That said depending by what you mean by spring, spring passes might be available by then.
Jan 29 2015 9:21PM
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joelski
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hjallehOkey really? Wow its hard to sneak without a pass on bigger resorts. Ill guess i will probably have to pay the 2grand then. I heard something about that u can get a discount if u bring a local or something? Like 10%, have you heard anything about that?


if you go w/ someone who has a season pass, they can get you 20% off of a day ticket.
Jan 30 2015 11:32PM
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hjalleh
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Well ive decided to try and stay til 1 of may, so a season pass is all i can do. But did you guys say they have some sort of spring pass? When does it kick in? Cant wait to ski whistler, a dream come true. Hows the park looking? Aprox how many hit can u get in a run, 20?
Feb 4 2015 11:48AM
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Logan.
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Just to answer your question about student passes, you have to go to a BC university. Also if you get caught using someone else's pass, it's a $500 fine. The best bet would be an edge card or going with someone who has a pass, good luck bro!
Feb 7 2015 2:34AM
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hjalleh
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Okey! I Will probably just end up buying a season pass, but about that springpass, is it made-up or something that actually exists?
Feb 7 2015 12:21PM
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