Park city ski patrol on strike

[Anonymous]

https://www.parkcitymountain.com/plan-your-trip/lift-access/tickets.aspx

1-day lift tickets are $328/adult, $213/child up to age 12.

So for our family of 4, it would be $1,082/day for just the lift tickets.

Remember that next tiem people complain about Disney World being expensive!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.parkcitymountain.com/plan-your-trip/lift-access/tickets.aspx

1-day lift tickets are $328/adult, $213/child up to age 12.

So for our family of 4, it would be $1,082/day for just the lift tickets.

Remember that next tiem people complain about Disney World being expensive!

Those are walk-up window prices.
You should have gone with Epic, payed the extra for the blackout dates, and get the most bang from your buck with a few Saturdays at Whitetail or 7 Springs (which are easily accessible for the day/weekend).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.parkcitymountain.com/plan-your-trip/lift-access/tickets.aspx

1-day lift tickets are $328/adult, $213/child up to age 12.

So for our family of 4, it would be $1,082/day for just the lift tickets.

Remember that next tiem people complain about Disney World being expensive!

Those are walk-up window prices.
You should have gone with Epic, payed the extra for the blackout dates, and get the most bang from your buck with a few Saturdays at Whitetail or 7 Springs (which are easily accessible for the day/weekend).

This ! we paid $334.00 for a 3 day epic pass!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in park city, but I’ve been out of town for the past couple of weeks. It’s not ideal. They have brought in replacement ski patrol, but as you would imagine, they don’t know the terrain as well. There was a decent snowfall recently and more snow in the near future, but not as much is open because of the strike.

There’s still enough open for most people, but if you have skiers who want to hike to terrain and want to ski bowls and chutes, coming in December was a gamble anyway. Many locals don’t ski much in pc until January. DV is better due to more snowmaking, but it will be mostly groomed until there’s more snow. Pc is not too far from other ski areas- many families do a day trip to snowbird/alta or solitude/brighton. Snowbasin is not too far either. The first 4 resorts have lodging but it’s dull for non skiers, whereas park city has much more to do.

Your post doesn’t make sense. There was snow failing. Look at this post by Deer Valley about their ski patrol and being safe because there is lots of new snow.
https://x.com/deer_valley/status/1873758542630441364?s=46&mx=2

Deer Valley is reporting 19 inches of new snow in the past 3 DAYS on a 90 inch base. Park City posts 24 inches in last three days.

[Anonymous]

We are in PC now and agree that Vail is the problem - they have mismanaged the resort for years and the ski patrol has been trying to negotiate for $23 per hour since last March. This strike is not a surprise to anybody and Vail, which made hundreds of millions in profit last year, can afford to give ski patrollers, who perform valuable healthcare services on the mountain, a raise. I say this as somebody who is privileged to have a second home here loves this community. I'm sorry vacationers are having a bad time (and we have family visiting who are not skiing because of the conditions and mismanagement) but the ski patrol has precious little leverage and they have to exercise their minimal power this week and next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starting wages were raised to $21 per hour in 2022, but rising costs equate to what should be a $23 starting wage today. Neighboring resort, Deer Valley, recently raised their starting wage to $23.50 and Powder Mountain-another Utah ski resort-starts ski patrollers at $26 an hour.

A one day lift ticket tomorrow is $328
Three years ago it was $219 for a one day lift ticket. So the ski patrol gets no raise but look how much lift tickets have increased!!

Ten years ago a one day ticket to Aspen was 120. And that felt expensive. Lift tickets have increased exponentially as private equity has taken over ski mountains. We are fairly affluent and skiing has become outrageously expensive for us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting wages were raised to $21 per hour in 2022, but rising costs equate to what should be a $23 starting wage today. Neighboring resort, Deer Valley, recently raised their starting wage to $23.50 and Powder Mountain-another Utah ski resort-starts ski patrollers at $26 an hour.

A one day lift ticket tomorrow is $328
Three years ago it was $219 for a one day lift ticket. So the ski patrol gets no raise but look how much lift tickets have increased!!

Ten years ago a one day ticket to Aspen was 120. And that felt expensive. Lift tickets have increased exponentially as private equity has taken over ski mountains. We are fairly affluent and skiing has become outrageously expensive for us

It’s like a round of golf. If you want cheap, go to a local par 3 city owned course for $50. If you want the best conditions, amazing views and a vacation experience, go to Pinehurst for $400.

All day experiences run about $300-400. No one is entitled to these. And if you want to do it, pay up.

That all being said, yes the ski patrol deserves more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starting wages were raised to $21 per hour in 2022, but rising costs equate to what should be a $23 starting wage today. Neighboring resort, Deer Valley, recently raised their starting wage to $23.50 and Powder Mountain-another Utah ski resort-starts ski patrollers at $26 an hour.

A one day lift ticket tomorrow is $328
Three years ago it was $219 for a one day lift ticket. So the ski patrol gets no raise but look how much lift tickets have increased!!

Ten years ago a one day ticket to Aspen was 120. And that felt expensive. Lift tickets have increased exponentially as private equity has taken over ski mountains. We are fairly affluent and skiing has become outrageously expensive for us

It’s like a round of golf. If you want cheap, go to a local par 3 city owned course for $50. If you want the best conditions, amazing views and a vacation experience, go to Pinehurst for $400.

All day experiences run about $300-400. No one is entitled to these. And if you want to do it, pay up.

That all being said, yes the ski patrol deserves more.

Far be it from me to defend golf, but there are not easily accessible municipal ski resorts like there are golf courses. There may be some literal trash hills in the Midwest where you can snag a midweek $60 lift ticket but unless you're in the lower Midwest you then still have to pay for lodging. It's certainly less expensive, and you can do off peak days at Snowshoe for $85, but it's definitely surged so that people who may previously have been able to save up for a Vail no longer can.

[Anonymous]

Skiing out west is hobby for the UMC and up. It is what it is.

There is no way you can do a week out west for less then 5k all in. And that is with getting the epic pass early when it’s cheapest. I won’t even go into ski equipment, clothes, etc…

It’s crazy but DS loves it and DH grew up skiing. I grew up poor and did not even know what skiing was. Took it up as an adult and not breast as good as DS or DH. Their warm up is skiing with me. M My preference would be to go to Europe on that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Skiing out west is hobby for the UMC and up. It is what it is.

There is no way you can do a week out west for less then 5k all in. And that is with getting the epic pass early when it’s cheapest. I won’t even go into ski equipment, clothes, etc…

It’s crazy but DS loves it and DH grew up skiing. I grew up poor and did not even know what skiing was. Took it up as an adult and not breast as good as DS or DH. Their warm up is skiing with me. M My preference would be to go to Europe on that much.

PP make it 6k with rental car and food

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.parkcitymountain.com/plan-your-trip/lift-access/tickets.aspx

1-day lift tickets are $328/adult, $213/child up to age 12.

So for our family of 4, it would be $1,082/day for just the lift tickets.

Remember that next tiem people complain about Disney World being expensive!

Those are walk-up window prices.
You should have gone with Epic, payed the extra for the blackout dates, and get the most bang from your buck with a few Saturdays at Whitetail or 7 Springs (which are easily accessible for the day/weekend).

This ! we paid $334.00 for a 3 day epic pass!

Which does not include your airfare, lodging, food, and transportation in Colorado.

Anyone trying to assert this isn’t expensive because they got a deal on an epic pass is either a moron, or even more privileged than we realized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.parkcitymountain.com/plan-your-trip/lift-access/tickets.aspx

1-day lift tickets are $328/adult, $213/child up to age 12.

So for our family of 4, it would be $1,082/day for just the lift tickets.

Remember that next tiem people complain about Disney World being expensive!

Those are walk-up window prices.
You should have gone with Epic, payed the extra for the blackout dates, and get the most bang from your buck with a few Saturdays at Whitetail or 7 Springs (which are easily accessible for the day/weekend).

This ! we paid $334.00 for a 3 day epic pass!

Which does not include your airfare, lodging, food, and transportation in Colorado.

Anyone trying to assert this isn’t expensive because they got a deal on an epic pass is either a moron, or even more privileged than we realized.

Um, you pay airfare, lodging, food, rental car on any given vacation.

Epic pass makes it a bit more "affordable " as does using airline miles and other travel savvy hacks (costco for rental car, hotel points, SW for free ski bags, etc).

You're just mad bc you overpaid at the ticket window.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.parkcitymountain.com/plan-your-trip/lift-access/tickets.aspx

1-day lift tickets are $328/adult, $213/child up to age 12.

So for our family of 4, it would be $1,082/day for just the lift tickets.

Remember that next tiem people complain about Disney World being expensive!

Those are walk-up window prices.
You should have gone with Epic, payed the extra for the blackout dates, and get the most bang from your buck with a few Saturdays at Whitetail or 7 Springs (which are easily accessible for the day/weekend).

This ! we paid $334.00 for a 3 day epic pass!

Which does not include your airfare, lodging, food, and transportation in Colorado.

Anyone trying to assert this isn’t expensive because they got a deal on an epic pass is either a moron, or even more privileged than we realized.

Um, you pay airfare, lodging, food, rental car on any given vacation.

Epic pass makes it a bit more "affordable " as does using airline miles and other travel savvy hacks (costco for rental car, hotel points, SW for free ski bags, etc).

You're just mad bc you overpaid at the ticket window.

I don’t ski. But I take plenty of expensive vacations. But I don’t try to assert they are “affordable” to the masses or that I am not privileged.

[Anonymous]

Picket lines at a ski resort is the most first-world comedy I’ve heard in a loooong time, LOL. You can’t make this stuff up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Picket lines at a ski resort is the most first-world comedy I’ve heard in a loooong time, LOL. You can’t make this stuff up!

Agree. The schadenfreude comes easy with this one.