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Lift tickets just for park

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coachfraenk
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Visiting the website of Laax i noticed that they have lift tickets just for park. That should defintily be offfered in more resorts. I mean park skiers are most of the time using one lift and one piste only at the resort, so it would be fair to pay less. At least where im from isnt such an option. Are there more resorts doing that?
Apr 16 2024 5:00AM
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hi_vis360
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Yeah I think it’s pretty common in Europe, when I was in Italy the resort I was at had a park pass that was just the gondola to get to the park and the park lift
Apr 16 2024 6:59AM
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Dlonetti
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this should definitely be more common. my local (afton alps) is a vail resort so day tickets are super expensive. when we build a cool park no one comes to ride it cuz they don’t want to pay full price. all we would need is like a $20 rope tow only physical ticket on a wicket and it be perfect
Apr 16 2024 8:09AM
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steez_apprentice
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Sugarbush does this and it’s great
Apr 16 2024 8:43AM
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a_burger
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^ yup definitely check your resorts website, the Bush one originated as a beginner lift ticket. I just realized our resort also does a beginner lift ticket that gets you to half our parks for $70. There may be one for your mountain already but nobody in marketing realizes it
Apr 16 2024 9:20AM
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KilaTsunami
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In America, this would cause the parks to be even more flooded with non park skiers just trying to save a few bucks.. They'd end up getting in the way of park skiers and then proceed to blame them. So honestly i dont wish to see the Park only ticket lol
Apr 16 2024 12:59PM
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Dlonetti
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KilaTsunamiIn America, this would cause the parks to be even more flooded with non park skiers just trying to save a few bucks.. They'd end up getting in the way of park skiers and then proceed to blame them. So honestly i dont wish to see the Park only ticket lol


we dont let rentals into the park so that helps keep out some of them but could see this happening to some degree
Apr 16 2024 1:13PM
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SofaKingSick
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Dlonettiwe dont let rentals into the park so that helps keep out some of them but could see this happening to some degree


what if i show up on rentals? will my being so cool and good at skiing cause them to bend the rules?
Apr 16 2024 1:20PM
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Dlonetti
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SofaKingSickwhat if i show up on rentals? will my being so cool and good at skiing cause them to bend the rules?


if you can k fed a rail first try on rentals then I guess I'd let it slide. dont tell my boss tho
Apr 16 2024 2:14PM
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KilaTsunami
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Dlonettiwe dont let rentals into the park so that helps keep out some of them but could see this happening to some degree


The renters are pretty good about staying on main tbh. It’s the hardo Nordica Enforcer dickheads that want short lift lines so they can “farm vert” … if I ever refer to skiing as “vert farming” just take me out back n put me down like lassie bro Jesus Christ 😂😂
Apr 16 2024 3:14PM
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Farmville420
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KilaTsunamiThe renters are pretty good about staying on main tbh. It’s the hardo Nordica Enforcer dickheads that want short lift lines so they can “farm vert” … if I ever refer to skiing as “vert farming” just take me out back n put me down like lassie bro Jesus Christ 😂😂

Tbf when there's no build on inferno that run is a groomer assassin's wet dream, so steep and flowy
Apr 16 2024 4:44PM
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KilaTsunami
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Farmville420Tbf when there's no build on inferno that run is a groomer assassin's wet dream, so steep and flowy


Yea no I’m not talking about Inferno. That’s valid. A waste of space! But valid
Apr 16 2024 7:16PM
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partyandBS
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i think it was prior to vail acquisition but park city used to have a ticket for just the 3 kings lift and maybe whatever is next to it but it was to ride the park only.
Apr 16 2024 7:48PM
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Paul.
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Mt hood skibowl offers tickets for their rope tow park! Too bad yall are sleepin and only come out for tline spring pass. Skibowl is the shit
Apr 16 2024 10:17PM
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midwestcoast
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I haven't payed attention as of the last couple years, but Arapahoe Basin used to have a Molly Hogan Lift ticket for beginners. Was like half price (or less) for the lift out of the parking lot. Probably 20 vertical feet. I always thought this was great to way to make skiing more accessible and less intimidating for first timer...
Apr 17 2024 10:51AM
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xblth
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Thinking about reaching out to some of the resorts around Zurich and ask them to do this because I’m broke as fuck lmao
Apr 18 2024 11:22AM
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Christian_Bale
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this could be a great idea but how would you enforce it? I know some mountains have scanners for every lift but my hill doesn't, so it wouldn't really be possible to give out tickets for park only
Apr 18 2024 11:32AM
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partyandBS
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Christian_Balethis could be a great idea but how would you enforce it? I know some mountains have scanners for every lift but my hill doesn't, so it wouldn't really be possible to give out tickets for park only


yeah it’s really gotta be set up for it in an isolated area where you couldn’t ski to a mid mountain lift.
Apr 18 2024 11:58AM
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NutsToRail
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There's no profit incentive for this, NA resorts would never
coachfraenkVisiting the website of Laax i noticed that they have lift tickets just for park. That should defintily be offfered in more resorts. I mean park skiers are most of the time using one lift and one piste only at the resort, so it would be fair to pay less. At least where im from isnt such an option. Are there more resorts doing that?
Apr 18 2024 1:14PM
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Dlonetti
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Christian_Balethis could be a great idea but how would you enforce it? I know some mountains have scanners for every lift but my hill doesn't, so it wouldn't really be possible to give out tickets for park only


for a midwest resort with a rope tow it actually work pretty smooth. We are all RFID so for the park ticket just do a physical ticket you have to wear that is easy to see. Then just need a worker in the park watching the bottom of the rope to see if people are wearing them
Apr 18 2024 2:27PM
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coachfraenk
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NutsToRailThere's no profit incentive for this, NA resorts would never


in the long run they could make more money because more people would get into skiing. The people who got into skiing in the park would probably still buy the ticket for the whole resort on a pow day.
Apr 18 2024 4:47PM
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theabortionator
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Sugarbush, kingvale, ski bowl
Apr 19 2024 4:34AM
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freestyler540
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The only one I know is Blue Mountain, Collingwood Ontario. Any local can tell me if that chair still runs for the park?
Apr 19 2024 7:15AM
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xblth
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NutsToRailThere's no profit incentive for this, NA resorts would never


I feel like there us though. If a resort can get most of the park rats with no cash in the area to ski to ski their park then they should still be rakin in a little no?
Apr 19 2024 10:36AM
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Disvo
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your definitely not at a vail resort
Apr 19 2024 10:44AM
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