Is skiing elitist?

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tennis equipments is cheap and there are many public courts but you need a lot of lessons (years) to even begin to play well. so no that cheap really.

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Anonymous wrote:Skiing, golf, dressage, polo and sailing are THE most elitist pursuits there are

You forgot sports car racing.

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Anonymous wrote:Skiing is definitely for rich people.

This is such BS! We are not rich, we save a portion of our paycheck for a vacation each year, and yes it is skiing. We cannot afford ski in/ski out, brown paper bag our lunches (as we do everyday for work and school, which is how we save money) and we buy used equipment at ski swaps when we need something. Most of the time we drive to our destinations, especially if the kids school vacation is between two weekends giving us ten days of vacation. We are not rich, probably never will be, but it's how we choose to spend our vacations with our children. And we are certainly not elitists.

You are not a skier.

Really? Skied telluride before it had a ritz, skied purgatory with my new husband, have good friends who own a property near squaw and skied there often before kids. But that was when DH and I lived out west and were childless, not rich but just jumped on any day ski junket we could. Pizza junctioin in tuckeewas the best, no longer there sadly. I am a skier, a damn good one at that even skied China bowl as a child after school. You are the definition of an elitist skier op is talking about, and obviously quite the snot. Lol

You were a skier, you are not now, nor are you kids. if you go to Teluride a few weekends every winter, you are a skier, or go up to vermont or have a cabin you go to on the weekends.

You save your pennies to take your kids to ski every blue moon.

You are not a skier and you are not raising skiers.

DP you sound unnecessarily angry with the PP. She’s clearly a skier raising skiers. You’re an idiot.

They ski once a year. It's like playing tennis once a year and claiming you are a tennis player.

She clearly understands skiing is very expensive because she has to save alllll year to do it and can rarely afford to do it.

Ehh. DP. We are skiers. We take our kids skiing once a year. Just got back from a week in Colorado (week after Christmas). My 8 yo can do black diamonds, so I think we are raising skiers despite going once a year.

Your kid could go every 5 years and still do black diamonds, it's not that big of a deal.

You are an odd one!

That's a funny way to spell douchebag.

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Anonymous wrote:Skiing, golf, dressage, polo and sailing are THE most elitist pursuits there are

You forgot sports car racing.

Why are we dancing around the issue by calling these sports “elitist?”

These sports are all racist.

What an idiotic statement. Just because something costs money does not make it racist.

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My dad grew up dirt poor and managed to ski, but he wasn't doing it in Aspen.

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Anonymous wrote:My dad grew up dirt poor and managed to ski, but he wasn't doing it in Aspen.

Exactly! I think it depends on where you go skiing. A few day/weekend trips to places around here isn't cheap but neither is a day at an amusement park/Disney and plenty of non-elite people do that. Skiing in Aspen every year...elitist. Same with golf. There is a big difference between playing a public course and belonging to Congressional.

This is coming from someone who neither golfs nor skis so I may be way off base.

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Anonymous wrote:My dad grew up dirt poor and managed to ski, but he wasn't doing it in Aspen.

Skiing at the closest place (Liberty) is minimum $$125-150 PER PERSON PER DAY just for lift ticket and rentals. To say nothing of food or lodging if you wanted to stay over, or lessons. When we go to Disney and I see those dads wearing the t-shirt that says “Most Expensive Day Ever” I always think “ha! That family clearly hasn’t been skiing.”

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Yes. I grew up in Colorado and had never been downhill skiing when I got to college. All the rich people at my college thought I was a loser who had "wasted a good opportunity" because they'd all been to Colorado dozens of times to go skiing at high end resorts with their family. It never occurred to them that many families cannot afford the cost of a one day ski pass for their kids, even if they are able to borrow all the gear. And if you can't borrow gear, it's going to cost you at least a few hundred to rent skis/boots/helmet and buy (even used) snow gear. And then all the food at ski resorts is super pricy too.

Yes you can ski more economically but it only works if you do it a lot and/or come from a family of skiers who know how. I had friends in high school who were skiers and they got free passes by serving on ski patrol or working at resorts over holiday breaks, and they were able to put together their gear over time from hand me downs. But they were really into skiing -- it was their thing.

It's not something you can do just casually, a few times a year, unless you have $$$.

Yes, skiing is elitist.

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^^^^^ ie- racist.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I grew up in Colorado and had never been downhill skiing when I got to college. All the rich people at my college thought I was a loser who had "wasted a good opportunity" because they'd all been to Colorado dozens of times to go skiing at high end resorts with their family. It never occurred to them that many families cannot afford the cost of a one day ski pass for their kids, even if they are able to borrow all the gear. And if you can't borrow gear, it's going to cost you at least a few hundred to rent skis/boots/helmet and buy (even used) snow gear. And then all the food at ski resorts is super pricy too.

Yes you can ski more economically but it only works if you do it a lot and/or come from a family of skiers who know how. I had friends in high school who were skiers and they got free passes by serving on ski patrol or working at resorts over holiday breaks, and they were able to put together their gear over time from hand me downs. But they were really into skiing -- it was their thing.

It's not something you can do just casually, a few times a year, unless you have $$$.

Yes, skiing is elitist.

It can be expensive but doesn't have to be. My family (well, not me as I don't prefer to ski) buys equipment of Craigslist (or another only market) uses it for a season and resells it. This was especially true when my DC was growing out of the gear every season. We never lost money. We certainly have snow pants, etc. but we would have bought that anyway.
(and save a little if you need to), it's doable. There a season passes that work at the local places. Plus, Bryce, Massanutten, Liberty . . . they're not top of the line skiing but there are these and several other places that you can do easily and that aren't that expensive. And if you pack your own food and snacks, you don't need the food/bar tabs that go with it.

It is doable.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I grew up in Colorado and had never been downhill skiing when I got to college. All the rich people at my college thought I was a loser who had "wasted a good opportunity" because they'd all been to Colorado dozens of times to go skiing at high end resorts with their family. It never occurred to them that many families cannot afford the cost of a one day ski pass for their kids, even if they are able to borrow all the gear. And if you can't borrow gear, it's going to cost you at least a few hundred to rent skis/boots/helmet and buy (even used) snow gear. And then all the food at ski resorts is super pricy too.

Yes you can ski more economically but it only works if you do it a lot and/or come from a family of skiers who know how. I had friends in high school who were skiers and they got free passes by serving on ski patrol or working at resorts over holiday breaks, and they were able to put together their gear over time from hand me downs. But they were really into skiing -- it was their thing.

It's not something you can do just casually, a few times a year, unless you have $$$.

Yes, skiing is elitist.

It can be expensive but doesn't have to be. My family (well, not me as I don't prefer to ski) buys equipment of Craigslist (or another only market) uses it for a season and resells it. This was especially true when my DC was growing out of the gear every season. We never lost money. We certainly have snow pants, etc. but we would have bought that anyway.
(and save a little if you need to), it's doable. There a season passes that work at the local places. Plus, Bryce, Massanutten, Liberty . . . they're not top of the line skiing but there are these and several other places that you can do easily and that aren't that expensive. And if you pack your own food and snacks, you don't need the food/bar tabs that go with it.

It is doable.

You completely missed the point of the PPs post. There are a lot of people that it IS NOT doable for. No matter what they do, no matter if they pack their own snacks, or buy second hand gear. They CAN'T afford to ski.

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Anonymous wrote:My dad grew up dirt poor and managed to ski, but he wasn't doing it in Aspen.

Skiing at the closest place (Liberty) is minimum $$125-150 PER PERSON PER DAY just for lift ticket and rentals. To say nothing of food or lodging if you wanted to stay over, or lessons. When we go to Disney and I see those dads wearing the t-shirt that says “Most Expensive Day Ever” I always think “ha! That family clearly hasn’t been skiing.”

I am European and we ski in Austria and Italy for much less.

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Anonymous wrote:My dad grew up dirt poor and managed to ski, but he wasn't doing it in Aspen.

Skiing at the closest place (Liberty) is minimum $$125-150 PER PERSON PER DAY just for lift ticket and rentals. To say nothing of food or lodging if you wanted to stay over, or lessons. When we go to Disney and I see those dads wearing the t-shirt that says “Most Expensive Day Ever” I always think “ha! That family clearly hasn’t been skiing.”

I am European and we ski in Austria and Italy for much less.

Sure - but Europe is racially homogeneous to a far greater degree than the US.

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Anonymous wrote:My dad grew up dirt poor and managed to ski, but he wasn't doing it in Aspen.

Skiing at the closest place (Liberty) is minimum $$125-150 PER PERSON PER DAY just for lift ticket and rentals. To say nothing of food or lodging if you wanted to stay over, or lessons. When we go to Disney and I see those dads wearing the t-shirt that says “Most Expensive Day Ever” I always think “ha! That family clearly hasn’t been skiing.”

I am European and we ski in Austria and Italy for much less.

Ok and? This board is for people who live in the DC area. It’s pretty expensive to fly to Austria or Italy from here, genius.

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No OP- your use of the word "elitist" is not correct nor is a previous posters use of the word "racist".