Colorado Pass and Bike Access to Resorts
I was up in Vail this weekend and decided to go for a ride on the mountain. I thought that in years past your Colorado Pass gained you access to the lifts with your bike at no additional charge. I almost went nuclear when I rolled up to the Gondola and was told that I could indeed ride the lifts myself, but if my bike wanted to come along I needed to fork over another $30 to the evil empire. Now, if Joe Starter Jersey walks up to the window and wants to ride up the gondola by himself he pays $18. If same Joe Starter Jersey wants to take his bike he pays $30. Seems to me, logically, that ridiculous as it may be, the marginal price of hauling a bike up the mountain is $12, a price which I would happily fork over to skip a boring 2000 ft. slog up the vail cat tracks. But why the fuck should a season pass holder have to pay the same $30 to haul his bike and effectively buy his lift ticket twice?
Is this arrangment the same at Keystone for all you that ride there, or do you buy a bike pass for the summer in addition to Colorado Pass? Always strikes me that at Vail anyway to screw you out of a few more bucks will be the default option, regardless of season.
The ride, BTW, from eagle's nest out to vail pass via two elk pass and commando run was pretty nice, particularly the section from the top of the world down to shrine pass road. Excellent single track descent through there.
