ASPEN, Colo. - The contest between Vail and Aspen ski areas over which is the highest has nothing to do with mountain elevatio
It's all about the price of a lift ticket.
The Aspen Skiing Co. hiked its single-day lift ticket price to $82 last week, making it — for a while — the highest priced ticket among United State's ski resorts. Vail countered, jumping its price from $77 a day to $85, according to the Aspen Daily Times.
Until recently, it's been the other way around. Aspen was tops in ticket prices. But this year, Aspen officials say they're done, they have no more price increases planned. And Vail's reservation center says the top-tier holiday ticket price won't go above the $85 dollar mark.
But there's more at work than just profit and loss built into the price of a ticket, analysts say. There's also prestige and marketing.
Marketing professor Meg Campbell at the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business said many times consumers assume price equates to quality. Campbell says by labeling themselves the highest priced ski resorts, Aspen and Vail also imply they are the best ski areas.
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12-28-2006, 03:13 AM #1
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why not $100(valet parking incuded of course)
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12-28-2006, 04:04 AM #2
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Bognered!
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12-28-2006, 04:21 AM #3
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I'll just spend $25 more than vail and go heli skiing for a day, thanks very much.
Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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12-28-2006, 04:27 AM #4
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$110/day heliskiing???
Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
how??Kill all the telemarkers
But they’ll put us in jail if we kill all the telemarkers
Telemarketers! Kill the telemarketers!
Oh we can do that. We don’t even need a reason
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12-28-2006, 10:12 AM #5
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And leaving your skis in the on-mountain storage overnight gets them waxed, as well. Originally Posted by Lostinthetrees
OOOOOOOHHHH, I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!
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12-28-2006, 10:31 AM #6
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WHAT? NO FULL TUNE? Fuck them. Originally Posted by BakerBoy
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12-28-2006, 12:28 PM #7
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What kind of care causes them to grow hair? Originally Posted by BakerBoy
Now that's a lift ticket!Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
>>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<
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12-28-2006, 12:40 PM #8
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No handjob either I suppose. Originally Posted by Lostinthetrees
What a waste of time.The only thing worse than the feeling that you are going to die is the realization that you probably won't.
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12-28-2006, 12:46 PM #9
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$110 in fuel for your own helicopter?? Originally Posted by Core Shot
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