tirolerpeter":2537yiu9 said:
Hey Tony, you mentioned "Season Passes." What are some of the "deals" that I might be eligible for if I live in the Salt Lake area? Is there such a thing as a "UT Resident (and/or Sr.) Discount Program" similar to what VT does? It doesn't hurt to plan ahead.
Admin":2537yiu9 said:
I'm not aware of any locals deals that are anything wonderful other than I think possibly something at The Canyons. Most individual resorts are +/- $1000 and the AltaBird pass is something like $1300.
The Alta/Bird combined pass is $1250 ($1400 if purchased after 9/13). Most other SLC local resorts are around $800 +/- $100 - a little less than Marc's kilobuck estimate. Some areas offer senior citizen discounts. Alta's kicks in at 65 and is $499 (and free if you're over 80).
Alta also
drops their season pass rate if you buy it after late January. Some other local deals include:
Discounted tickets for all resorts are available at most of the ski shops in SLC (not Park City). Discounts range from $4 for Alta to around $18 for The Canyons.
Alta Silver Card: this transferable $99 card gives you a once / day $20 discount off of the window price. Only for UT residents and requires a UT driver's license (or photo ID) to purchase and at each use.
Deer Valley: a 10-pack locals only book of tickets. Non-transferable but quite the savings on the regular $74 ticket.
The Canyons: Cherry Picker Pass, sold in blocks of 5 days at around $32/day.
Solitude: one of the more innovative season pass ideas - their site explains it best:
Build your own pass with only the days you ski most by picking one weekday (Monday-Thursday), and ski that day all season long for just $249. Add additional days and save even more! Add additional weekdays (Monday-Thursday) for just $69 each. Add every Friday for just $99. You can even ski weekends. Add every Saturday for $359 or every Sunday for $179. It will still work out to $1K for a full pass. They also have ticket packs:
Pick up an 11 Pak + Card and get 11 or more days for just $33 a day. Or grab a 6 Pak + Card and get 6-10 days for only $36 a day. Purchase the days you want and bypass the ticket window with direct-to-lift service. Also, add more days during the season at the pre-season price.
Snowbird: a variety of ticket packs, with or without the Tram. They also have a "Seven Summits" premium pass, which gives you full line-cutting privileges, including the Tram. It costs a mere $7500 in addition to your season pass.
Snowbasin has some kind of discount card similar to Alta's and PCMR has it's assortment as well. It's best to just go to the web site of each resort you're interested in and see what the deals are.
Any rates I quoted above are generally pre-season and will increase at some point. I'll be doing what I usually do - get an AltaBird pass, add in an Alta Silver Card for guest use (they usually find ways to reimburse me!) and maybe add in a Solitude 6-pack. I've been here 5 seasons and have yet to ski PCMR, let alone the out-of-state but reasonable drive resorts of Jackson, Targhee, Big Sky or the Colorado areas.
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