Vail tickets top $80!

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Originally Posted by MarsB

Sadly, I'd be hard pressed to come up with a resort that still has a day ticket window price of less than $80. Even the mom & pops have crept up to this level.

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The walk up mid-week rate at 49 Degrees North(WA) is still $49. A day pass anytime at Lost Trail (MT) is $58. Midweek at Lookout Pass (ID) is $55. All great ski hills, operating on pubic land, catering to local skiers. The issue is that in a completely free market, some are free to game the system, and free to bleed you dry.

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Originally Posted by Name Redacted

To be fair, $12 in 1970 = $94 in 2022
High speed quads were invented in 1981
And I'm guessing that in the 70's there were no back bowls, and far less acreage.

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The High Noon lift was built in 1964, so there was access to Sun Up and Sun Down bowls since then. That was the only lift in the Back Bowls till Orient Express opened in 1988.