Ikon Pass

[skaredshtles]

Denver and it's local mtns are country bumpkins compared to the Alps. Winter Park being one of those poor little hills.

[m2711c]

Best ski lunch in this lifetime for me so far....$24 including the beer.

[simple]

Winning. Damn that looks fine

[PNWbrit]

First time anything on a glass plate has ever looked appetizing on TGR.

Well done.

[skaredshtles]

Best ski lunch in this lifetime for me so far....$24 including the beer.

I don't want to burst your bubble... but that's wine.

[m2711c]

Yeah, the wine weren’t mine though. The girlfriend is the quiche eatin’ wino, not me. Red meat, taters and beers for me....

[skaredshtles]

<snip> Red meat, and beers

This is blasphemy.

[ChaseBrooklyn]

Ironically, the route that you take is probably one that a lot of locals will choose - which will, to our Ikon overlords, be proof that it's working and people love it (even the BS locals!) and be likely to insure that Ikon continues after the initial contract expires.

Yeah, but if that's really the case, then won't that actually end up hurting all these local's home mountain more than helping? Since many would-be season pass holders won't be buying expensive season passes anymore...

How can that be a good thing for them?

[ChaseBrooklyn]

I have to call bullshit on that. Most of the IKON passholders I have chatted with made their decisions based upon conditions and have a flexible lifestyle that allows them the freedom to go where they want and when they want.

Factor in that today our seasons pass prices were rolled out. About a 14% increase IF you buy early season, up to $1492 from $ 1337 last season. No IKON consideration and if I want to ski MC areas I can do so at 50% discount, big fucking deal.

My response will be to buy the Mon.-Thursday pass and a full IKON pass. I also have that flexibility and the home mountain will just have to make less off of me than they already do.

Ikon + Open Snow App = Powder Chaser.

Yeah, there is something very seductive to the average person about being able to chase storms. 8,000 miles on my car in the past two months!

I've put in just over 40 days on the slopes since January. So far, 3 out of 4 days have been powder days, the rest have been residual powder days, with only a couple hard pack days.

I hit most of the major storms this season at one resort or another. Before this year, you'd be hard pressed to find many people who could claim that; now it's commonplace.

And to sound like an even bigger asshole, gotta admit, after 30 big powder days in a mere two months, I get salty just thinking about skiing hard pack again. Powder be addictive.

So yeah, I'll be doing Ikon again next year, coupled with a mid-week pass at Alta. All this running around has shown me the value of having an awesome home mountain, to complement the storm chasing.

Just got back to the East coast, and even though I swore I'd never waste my money skiing here again, I'm heading up to Vermont tomorrow to catch a decent size storm promising 4-8" of fluff. Yeah, I caught the bug.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Ikon + Open Snow App = Powder Chaser.

Yeah, there is something very seductive to the average person about being able to chase storms. 8,000 miles on my car in the past two months!

I've put in just over 40 days on the slopes since January. So far, 3 out of 4 days have been powder days, the rest have been residual powder days, with only a couple hard pack days.

I hit most of the major storms this season at one resort or another. Before this year, you'd be hard pressed to find many people who could claim that; now it's commonplace.

And to sound like an even bigger asshole, gotta admit, after 30 big powder days in a mere two months, I get salty just thinking about skiing hard pack again. Powder be addictive.

So yeah, I'll be doing Ikon again next year, coupled with a mid-week pass at Alta. All this running around has shown me the value of having an awesome home mountain, to complement the storm chasing.

Just got back to the East coast, and even though I swore I'd never waste my money skiing here again, I'm heading up to Vermont tomorrow to catch a decent size storm promising 4-8" of fluff. Yeah, I caught the bug.

[The SnowShow]

Best ski lunch in this lifetime for me so far....$24 including the beer.

Damn! And so cheap! $24 at Vail gets you a slice of pizza and a view of hundreds of gapes sitting in a lodge.

[Ottime]

I'm glad that you show the intelligence to understand economic Dynamics as evidenced in the first paragraph. Which makes your second paragraph perplexing. In all the debate over Ikon and MC passes the only hard data that we have put out there are figures from the resort managents. Despite the questioning of these figure, they are the only ones we have and as such must be accepted as valid. I was attempting to provide the only hard data that I have. Maybe now that we are at the tail end of the season, other Ikon / MC user can provide some of their own data and reasons for their skiing choices. I did not include any travel budget figures because those costs are incurred whether I buy a resort day pass or use a Ikon / MC. I didn't travel to get my cost down. That's what it worked out to. Most MC usage was at a few resorts - JH (8), Alta (4), Snowbird (4), and Snowbasin (3) with a quick side trip to Aspen, Colorado so I could resupply. This was all on one extended safari not multiple trips. So as far as carbon footprint goes; are you driving up every weekend from Santa Cruz to Kirkwood to use your season pass? Anybody that is not touring from their back door and spouting carbon footprint is being hypocritical. You say you use air travel elsewhere. I suppose that being in food service management makes you an expert on quality food or at least cafeteria food anyway. I still maintain that quality food can be had at any major N.A. resort. You did not provide any that do not. Dude! Hard facts and data.

Try a paragraph break and I might try to read your crap. Otherwise, bye bye. And, no, I don't ski every weekend.

And did you research me? So charming. Get a life dude.

[Ottime]

For you, so far.

Not so for others - day ticket purchases, Ikonic areas who don't give benefits to their season pass purchasers, those that enjoy quieter slopes....

Join or die isn't necessarily a good business model for the resorts or consumers. Neither is a duopoly.

How long do you think this "you get more for less" sales pitch can carry on? How long until independents are driven out of business? how long until one of the big players goes under and drags down dozens of resorts with it.

This is all going to end badly.

This guy is kind of the new bunny.

[soyboy80]

are we still complaining about that ski family?

[EWG]

This guy is kind of the new bunny.

If Bunny is still Bunny, how can there be a new Bunny?


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[PNWbrit]

This guy is kind of the new bunny.

You need to try and keep up with the conversation.

And on a personal level go fuck yourself with a rusty hacksaw blade.

[Ottime]

Been there, done that. No result.

are we still complaining about that ski family?

That has moved to the Tahoe thread.

[Benny Profane]

This guy is kind of the new bunny.

Hey, I'm an Ikon fan. Works for me. Screw the whiney locals. Get a job.

[Ottime]

And there it is. In a few years, you’ll be the one complaining about the ikoners. It is just epic redux.

I thought you were a yurp local now.

[Benny Profane]

I Am an Ikoner, and proud of it.

[Kinnikinnick]

Ikoners Rule and Locals Drool!!


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[droppinloads]

Best ski lunch in this lifetime for me so far....$24 including the beer.

That looks like Chez Vrony...

[paulster2626]

I Am an Ikoner, and proud of it.

And good for you and the other Ikoners for getting out and having fun. In a sport that is considered to be dying, getting more butts in chairlifts is important. Maybe it'll suck for the small local hills eventually, but maybe not.

[Benny Profane]

But he's eating better these days.

[MontuckyFried]

Best ski lunch in this lifetime for me so far....$24 including the beer.

Holy shmoly! At most US resorts, $24 might get you half of a week old hot dog and a partly crushed bag of chips. Perhaps a fountain soda if you're lucky.