WWMD Season Pass...

[ak_powder_monkey]

I have a few choices

Choice one:
Join the juneau ski patrol and ski for free on weekdays as long as I have a radio and have to do work on weekends (read less skiing with buddies on weekends) and have money for skins

Choice two:
Go into debt on my credit card (19% intrest... ouch) and buy the $325 season pass and stay on the Denali ski patroll to finish being a canidate meaning a whole lot of skiing buy skins

Choice Three: Buy skins ski alone in the BC pay for singe tickets (less skiing overall but cheaper) stay on Denali ski patrol finish being a canidate

Choice four save up past the early bird season pass rates (ending Nov 6) and pay the extra $175 vs. not paying credit card bills

[edg]

3: Just cos then you'd get a bad-boy-hardcore-backcountry-die-hardist rep with the chicks.

edg

[Pinner]

Choise five:

[truth]

Choise five:

definately

[Tippster]

Skiing alone in the BC is so core.... and smrat.

[Viva]

Save the credit card for emergencies or for when you know you can pay it off in full.

Buy low, sell high.

Don't bother me, I'm eating

Tippecanoe and Taylor too

What would Jesus huck?

[Canuk]

Buy a pass on your card, and pay it off over a couple of months. The interest that you will pay (even at 18%) is going to be a lot less than the extra $175 that you will pay by saving to pay cash for it.

[INDY GS]

Buy the season pass on your credit card. work as hard as you can to save the money to pay as much as possible off next month. Then you will only pay finance charge on the remainder. Which should be at least half, at 16% $162.50 the finance charge will be about $31 dollars. Work hard again pay off balance then you avoid paying the extra charge for missing early bird.

Yeah you pay 31 bucks or so to the CC, but you saved your poor broke ass some cash, which is a good thing.

Or join patrol, ski all you want or can and suck up the fact that for free skiing sometimes you have to miss out on skiing with your buds. Which admit you have very few of anyway . .

edit because I missed the 1 in 16% above

[INDY GS]

damnit canuk, you beat me too it.

[SLSki]

I don't think that he will have that low of a finance charge, probably something more like 16%?

[m1e448]

It's AK just sell some dope, crack, meth, whatever, make the money fast and buy your pass. Don't screw with CC shit.

[INDY GS]

I don't think that he will have that low of a finance charge, probably something more like 16%?

I just mis-typed the 1 in 16. I calculated 16% of half the cost that will be 31 bucks.

[LIP]

Go with patrol, ski free, and pick their brains as much as you can for avie knowledge, S&R techniques, etc. Also, you usually get pro-form on gear if you're on patrol. They can run flashcards with you to help with that spelling thing too.

[Darkside]

Rather than paying interest on your debit card, just get a real CC with a 6-12 month 0% intro. rate.

[Camilo]

Choice Three: Buy skins ski alone in the BC pay for singe tickets (less skiing overall but cheaper) stay on Denali ski patrol finish being a canidate

Why does BC skiing have to be alone? Also, BC skiing isn't cheaper if you factor in avy class, beacon, probe, shovel.[/captain obvious]

[SPREAD EAGLE]

If you do the CC thang call the company first and bitch at them for the outrageous interest rate. Then immediately do a 0% interest transfer to another company and DON'T default on the payments.
There is never a need to pay 19% call and bitch.
But I agree also that CC's are bad news unless it is necessary.

[ak_telemike]

I have a few choices

Choice one:
Join the juneau ski patrol and ski for free on weekdays as long as I have a radio and have to do work on weekends (read less skiing with buddies on weekends) and have money for skins

Choice two:
Go into debt on my credit card (19% intrest... ouch) and buy the $325 season pass and stay on the Denali ski patroll to finish being a canidate meaning a whole lot of skiing buy skins

Choice Three: Buy skins ski alone in the BC pay for singe tickets (less skiing overall but cheaper) stay on Denali ski patrol finish being a canidate

Choice four save up past the early bird season pass rates (ending Nov 6) and pay the extra $175 vs. not paying credit card bills

buy the early bird pass - you'd be stupid not to

Even if you do join the Juneau Ski Patrol, candidates do not get a season pass. I should know - I'm on it. If you are serious about joining, you should be at the next meeting in November. Mandatory training happening soon. And you'd better be serious, because we are ruthless with FNG's.

Please tell me you are in the UAS avalanche class next month..........

[Plakespear]

ski alone in the BC

Patrick, I'm really concerned for your well being. I mean, why are you contemplating suicide? Life will get better, seriously.

[powder11]

buy the pass on your cc, pay it off quickly and use the money you saved to get a clue

[ak_telemike]

We can't sell you a clue, but as the avy coordinator I can guarantee you that you will get solid training and experience.

[ak_powder_monkey]

buy the early bird pass - you'd be stupid not to

Even if you do join the Juneau Ski Patrol, candidates do not get a season pass. I should know - I'm on it. If you are serious about joining, you should be at the next meeting in November. Mandatory training happening soon. And you'd better be serious, because we are ruthless with FNG's.

Please tell me you are in the UAS avalanche class next month..........

I wish I was in the avy class next month hopefully I'll be in the one spring semester. I am working on the Fish Creek Knob study site with Eran Hood meaning I'll dig a pit every month. I won't be a canadate by the time my transfer from Denali to Juneau takes place (hopefully) all I have to do back at alpenglow is pass the sleds test and take a CPR course here, I hope to get all of this done over thanksgiving weekend. I'm planning on being at novembers meeting and taking to refresher here. I'm staying on a patroll I'd just rather transfer to Juneau Patrol at patroller status instead of canidate...

Skiing alone in the BC is sorta a joke and non option, especially here where I have no idea what the snowpack does (I sorta have a clue in the anchorage bowl) my problem is I have no competent partners everyone scoffs at the idea of having a beacon its really shitty and scary

[smmokan]

Rather than paying interest on your debit card, just get a real CC with a 6-12 month 0% intro. rate.

Remember, this kid is in college and has no credit. No way is he getting a 0% interest CC.

[ak_telemike]

You'd still need to do our required avalanche and chair evac training, know alll the sweep routes, and go through a check-off scenario. You don't just slide in as a patroller from another area, not even Alyeska.

Come to the meeting in November - I'll be announcing the schedule for the NSP Level 1 Avalanche class in January.

[INDY GS]

Remember, this kid is in college and has no credit. No way is he getting a 0% interest CC.

Still no excuse to have a 19% interest rate. Unless he has already defaulted on payments or something. My worst card in college got a rate of around 12-14%.

CC companies will do most anything to get college kids, and they will give most of them credit, knowing that if the kid defaults there is a higher likelyhood of mommy & daddy bailing them out while still in College.

[ak_powder_monkey]

You'd still need to do our required avalanche and chair evac training, know alll the sweep routes, and go through a check-off scenario. You don't just slide in as a patroller from another area, not even Alyeska.

Come to the meeting in November - I'll be announcing the schedule for the NSP Level 1 Avalanche class in January.

Yea I figured as much... I just sometimes forget how rediculusly easy Alp is to patroll (no trees you ca see the entire mountain from pretty much anywhere) anyhow I'm going up next week to check out the study site and I guess the patrol director is gonna run the lift for us I'll talk with him then. Meanwhile should I buy a pass?