Season Passes - What are you getting?
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- Name: Vanessa
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OK, so season passes are on sale a lot of places and a lot of them are cheap. What are people's thoughts? Where are you going next year? Find any great deals that we shouldn't pass up? Am I the only one who's already stoked on next year, when this one's not even over yet?? =)
So yeah, I already have an 09/10 pass for Boreal, since it was only like $200 and I rode five or six days this year with it, so it already paid for itself. That was pretty sweet. But what else. Squaw Valley for $369? Being a snowboarder, Squaw doesn't really make all my dreams come true, as it tends to do for skiers, but still...that's a sweet deal. I live in Incline Village, so I'll probably have to pick up a Diamond Peak Pass. That's around $300 I think, but they're on sale until September so I'll wait on that one. Kirkwood's was pretty cheap, but I'm not sure I'd make it down to south shore enough times to make it worth it. I mean, it would pay for itself, but I like to get thousands of dollars worth of riding out of my $300 passes. Haha So I'm thinking the Alpine/Homewood pass for $299 is a pretty ridiculously good deal. I've never been to either resort, but they're both well-loved among the locals, especially Homewood on a powder day. Any suggestions? Feel free to give us the DL on other areas besides Tahoe too. =) Thanks!!
So yeah, I already have an 09/10 pass for Boreal, since it was only like $200 and I rode five or six days this year with it, so it already paid for itself. That was pretty sweet. But what else. Squaw Valley for $369? Being a snowboarder, Squaw doesn't really make all my dreams come true, as it tends to do for skiers, but still...that's a sweet deal. I live in Incline Village, so I'll probably have to pick up a Diamond Peak Pass. That's around $300 I think, but they're on sale until September so I'll wait on that one. Kirkwood's was pretty cheap, but I'm not sure I'd make it down to south shore enough times to make it worth it. I mean, it would pay for itself, but I like to get thousands of dollars worth of riding out of my $300 passes. Haha So I'm thinking the Alpine/Homewood pass for $299 is a pretty ridiculously good deal. I've never been to either resort, but they're both well-loved among the locals, especially Homewood on a powder day. Any suggestions? Feel free to give us the DL on other areas besides Tahoe too. =) Thanks!!
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by gma1970
Apr 29, 2009
I'm sorry I'm a New Englander and can't quite relate to what would be a smart move for Tahoe. I can say I've always been hesitant to buy a pass at all. My favorites have been things like a fundraiser that included 1 day ticket to every operating area in Vermont. Use all the big hills and it turned out to be about $20/day. Burn the gas to ski the stuff I could find in my backyard too and, it got really cheap. (Sorry, its not around next year, or, I'd share) I'll try a scenario. Rumor to me, only place I've skied in CA is Mammoth. I'm South of the rain/snow line for a lot of storms that have one and hit all of New England. If I buy a local pass, I have to pay to have a powder day under those conditions. If I buy a pass further North and the storm is all snow, I have to slug it out through hours of who knows what on the road to ski with my pass. I hear Kirkwood is a lot higher than Squaw where you might get rained out on a day where at Kirkwood you could at least ski fresh goo. Passes can be handy and really keep costs down but, I really think they do put a damper on doing what you need to to get the best out of your season. Plus, you actually don't have to spend a mint on day tickets if you just sniff around a bit. Kinda like picking where you might go on your next ski day, look at the radar and, follow your nose.- Was this helpful?
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