Their margins suck, too. They must have insanely high operating costs to have declining margins with these price

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Time

What in the freaking world???

COACHdrn

Jan 4, 9:51am

Yup. And season passes are thousands.

byuluvr

Jan 4, 9:52am

Epic pass is like $700. Season passes are not much.

crimedog

Jan 4, 9:55am

It's the only way to go

Gunga Galunga

Jan 4, 10:25am

Do you even want to go right now with the ski patrol strike going on? Half the runs are closed and lines are enormous

scootsy

Jan 4, 9:52am

I just checked and basically every list that’s open is 20+ min wait. And none of

maxpowers

Jan 4, 9:55am

No, I don't. I just read about it, which led me to look at the prices.

COACHdrn

Jan 4, 10:08am

Is the strike the reason prices are so high right now?

Cougarclaw

Jan 4, 10:11am

Wow, that makes days at Disney look cheap

2FarGone

Jan 4, 9:53am

Then there are ski rentals, parking, and proper ski gear plus food. The vast majority of Utahns now never ski.

CSoul

Jan 4, 9:54am

Sounds like they need more ski resorts in Utah

thewaterboy

Jan 4, 9:56am

Don’t forget about the cost of surgery afterwards.

Yukon

Jan 4, 10:03am

You can fly to Austria and ski there for cheaper than going to a US resort

Skeptical Optimist

Jan 4, 9:54am

Yes $73 lift tickets

SwanSong

Jan 4, 10:14am

Japan, Italy, Norway all cheaper than a week at a major U.s. resort.

rad dawg

Jan 4, 10:29am

Suddenly, Disneyland is looking pretty good for families!

Nikomedes

Jan 4, 9:54am

But I am not a hypocrite!

DKN

Jan 4, 9:55am

Vail Group has ruined so many resorts. They even seem too cheap to make snow.

rivercitycoug

Jan 4, 9:54am

Their margins suck, too. They must have insanely high operating costs to have declining margins with these price

Skeptical Optimist

Jan 4, 10:01am

I used to ski all the time, when an all day pass was five dollars.

CopperLix

Jan 4, 9:55am

Go to Brianhead. Kids ski free and adults are like 60$

Durden

Jan 4, 9:55am

Veteran+dependent season passes were $561, active duty and retired were $172

justAnotherCoug

Jan 4, 10:02am

This is partly why I never signed my kids up for ski school--this isn't a hobby

runnincoug

Jan 4, 10:04am

You can ski Sundance for $100, but they need a lot more snow right now.

Art Director

Jan 4, 10:06am

night skiing is way less. Ikon base pass is just over $1k for a season pass. It can be done.

dryflyelk

Jan 4, 10:15am

That's one person. And you need skis for each person. If you own them you need to store them and you

CSoul

Jan 4, 10:26am

In high school a season pass was $99. I miss that.

Geldir

Jan 4, 10:18am

Forcing everyone to buy Epic or Ikon pass..gym membership strategy

Qhall

Jan 4, 10:23am

Yup and half the runs arent even open due to ski patrol strike

Gunga Galunga

Jan 4, 10:25am

Holy crap!! And people think golf is expensive!

AlternateShot

Jan 4, 10:27am

RE: What in the freaking world???

tippmancoug

Jan 4, 10:50am

I’ve never been skiing, this won’t change it

BaseCoug

Jan 4, 11:12am

You're not missing much. It is way overrated.

2FarGone

Jan 4, 11:15am

I’d love to try it once while I still live here but doesn’t match with the uni

BaseCoug

Jan 4, 11:24am

BYU has done deals with Sundance before where they have discounts for night

ossicles

Jan 4, 12:56pm

Sundance

BYU Grounds

Jan 4, 11:22am

Go to a better resort. Won't cost you as much. Also there are many deals to be had, unless you want to pay full price.

unctoothman

Jan 4, 6:29pm

If your a park rat, go to Woodward, if not other places are a lot more cheep

McMax

Jan 4, 6:40pm

In 91 i used to snowboard snowbird for free on the towrope hill.

ordinary tri guy

Jan 5, 8:29am

Luckily none of our kids really took to skiing. Wife and I both grew up skiing

NYC and Japan

Jan 5, 11:05pm

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