How much did a ski trip cost your family?

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At Christmas when prices are high, it’s around $20k for 5. That’s in a nice house, rental car, etc. We have passes for 3 of the 5, and equipment for 3 of the 5. No lessons.

But I also went to Deer Valley in the spring for the cost of hotel and food. No rental car. 5 days for 3 was around $3000 with miles, no rental car, in one hotel room with breakfast included.

[Anonymous]

If you are looking to do it cheaply, you can stay in Ogden and take the bus to Powder Mountain.

But there are definitely a lot of cheaper ways to go than $25k for Aspen. The biggest cost is often lessons. When our kids were younger and needed lessons, we often chose where we skied based on which mountains has most affordable lessons.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are looking to do it cheaply, you can stay in Ogden and take the bus to Powder Mountain.

But there are definitely a lot of cheaper ways to go than $25k for Aspen. The biggest cost is often lessons. When our kids were younger and needed lessons, we often chose where we skied based on which mountains has most affordable lessons.

Yes, you can ski out west for cheaper than 25k, and if you want, you can spend a lot more. If you can fly with miles that will help with the cost and staying off mountain helps too.

We skiied Taos, NM once and it was great. Very affordable, for skiing, and hit it when conditions were really good. Taos is in southern part of the Rockies, so snow isn’t always great.

[Anonymous]

Flights, hotel, and ski tickets/rentals, probably $5k or $6k for 4 people. We stay in a medium priced hotel that includes breakfast.
My favorite is Whistler, Canada for the ease of getting into the mountain from the town, and it has a huge amount of terrain for everyone. I also like Canada because it’s a good deal with the exchange rate.

[Anonymous]

Breckenridge - April 2023 - $4500. We have military Epic Passes so that brings the cost down a lot. We get a condo (walking distance to slopes) and eat a lot of meals at condo.

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Anonymous wrote:Breckenridge - April 2023 - $4500. We have military Epic Passes so that brings the cost down a lot. We get a condo (walking distance to slopes) and eat a lot of meals at condo.

Wow…cheap. How many in your group? For us to fly to Denver, for family of four, it’s about $2,800 ($750 for each RT fare). I don’t think we could do Break for less than $7500.

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Anonymous wrote:Breckenridge - April 2023 - $4500. We have military Epic Passes so that brings the cost down a lot. We get a condo (walking distance to slopes) and eat a lot of meals at condo.

Wow…cheap. How many in your group? For us to fly to Denver, for family of four, it’s about $2,800 ($750 for each RT fare). I don’t think we could do Break for less than $7500.

Two adults, one teen - this year is projected to be around $5100 because FCPS’s break is a week earlier and the condo price is higher. Our epics are somewhere around $159/season. The military price can’t be beat.

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Anonymous wrote:Breckenridge - April 2023 - $4500. We have military Epic Passes so that brings the cost down a lot. We get a condo (walking distance to slopes) and eat a lot of meals at condo.

Wow…cheap. How many in your group? For us to fly to Denver, for family of four, it’s about $2,800 ($750 for each RT fare). I don’t think we could do Break for less than $7500.

You need to shop better for airfare and plan ahead!
We were just in Breck Dec 16-24 and tickets were $291 on frontier. We paid an extra $40 each way in baggage fees since it’s frontier so $371. Spring break is far cheaper.
Car rental was $750 for a large four wheel SUV.
Lodging was a ski in ski out 4 bedroom for just under $9K.
Of the Colorado resorts, I think Breck is far more reasonable for ski-in and ski out accommodations.

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Anonymous wrote:Breckenridge - April 2023 - $4500. We have military Epic Passes so that brings the cost down a lot. We get a condo (walking distance to slopes) and eat a lot of meals at condo.

Wow…cheap. How many in your group? For us to fly to Denver, for family of four, it’s about $2,800 ($750 for each RT fare). I don’t think we could do Break for less than $7500.

You need to shop better for airfare and plan ahead!
We were just in Breck Dec 16-24 and tickets were $291 on frontier. We paid an extra $40 each way in baggage fees since it’s frontier so $371. Spring break is far cheaper.
Car rental was $750 for a large four wheel SUV.
Lodging was a ski in ski out 4 bedroom for just under $9K.
Of the Colorado resorts, I think Breck is far more reasonable for ski-in and ski out accommodations.

I’m not above saving a dollar, but I won’t fly Frontier. For Denver, it’s United or Southwest for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Breckenridge - April 2023 - $4500. We have military Epic Passes so that brings the cost down a lot. We get a condo (walking distance to slopes) and eat a lot of meals at condo.

Wow…cheap. How many in your group? For us to fly to Denver, for family of four, it’s about $2,800 ($750 for each RT fare). I don’t think we could do Break for less than $7500.

You need to shop better for airfare and plan ahead!
We were just in Breck Dec 16-24 and tickets were $291 on frontier. We paid an extra $40 each way in baggage fees since it’s frontier so $371. Spring break is far cheaper.
Car rental was $750 for a large four wheel SUV.
Lodging was a ski in ski out 4 bedroom for just under $9K.
Of the Colorado resorts, I think Breck is far more reasonable for ski-in and ski out accommodations.

I’m not above saving a dollar, but I won’t fly Frontier. For Denver, it’s United or Southwest for me.

Well, then enjoy paying twice as much!
We’ve had far more delays and cancellations with southwest than frontier FWIW.

[Anonymous]

We are headed to Beaver Creek now and it will probably be about $12k total. Epic day passes, flights (agree that I won't fly frontier or spirit), car rental, ski rental, condo rental. Only one lesson for advanced skiing kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to Aspen. Family of 5 was approximately $25k. It was fun but everything is so expensive.

This is why i ski Wisp and Timberline, which I can barely even afford.

Wisp? seriously? you need to get out west and realize it is totally worth it.

Wow. Work on your reading comp.

PP, can you afford driving to Vermont?

I second that. If you want decent skiing ( still eastern) , try Vermont. The most budget friendly is Smugglers Notch ski resort. It is not part of any passes, but more than west VA hills, and far better snow especially end of January early February..

[Anonymous]

We used to fly to Manchester NH and ski for a couple days at Waterville Valley. That is much cheaper than going out west and better than local skiing.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to Aspen. Family of 5 was approximately $25k. It was fun but everything is so expensive.

This is why i ski Wisp and Timberline, which I can barely even afford.

Wisp? seriously? you need to get out west and realize it is totally worth it.

Wow. Work on your reading comp.

PP, can you afford driving to Vermont?

I second that. If you want decent skiing ( still eastern) , try Vermont. The most budget friendly is Smugglers Notch ski resort. It is not part of any passes, but more than west VA hills, and far better snow especially end of January early February..

I've actually never been to Smuggs but I know VT very well and people do love it. But if you want budget friendly it gets cheaper and closer to DC than that. https://magicmtn.com/ and https://www.bromley.com/ and there's more like those.

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Anonymous wrote:We used to fly to Manchester NH and ski for a couple days at Waterville Valley. That is much cheaper than going out west and better than local skiing.

How much time and money do you really save though over going out west?

What's great about skiing in New England is that a car full of people ends up being MUCH cheaper than 5 or 6 plane tickets.