Is skiing elitist?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it costs at least $60 bucks per person for a lift ticket. Only the ultra rich can go.

ULTRA rich??!! are you kidding me?! You are being ridiculous you know. People do NOT go skiing every weekend.

Where do lift tickets cost $60 per person? I pay over $133 per person in low season.

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$60 a person would be super cheap!

[Anonymous]

If you live in Texas, yes, skiing can be viewed as elitist since not many do the activity and those who do are usually the ones with the money and means to travel to do so.

Around here, where you can be at a resort in around an hour, no, it is not.

My cousin and his family live in Colorado and ski a few times each week. His kids there ski the way kids here play basketball after school. It's not seen as a big deal to get home from school, grab their gear, and get dropped off for a few hours of skiing.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it costs at least $60 bucks per person for a lift ticket. Only the ultra rich can go.

ULTRA rich??!! are you kidding me?! You are being ridiculous you know. People do NOT go skiing every weekend.

HUH? I go skiing every weekend with my 3 kids as do TONS of other families at our mountain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well I think the PP is a jerk but I also agree that if you only go once a year, you're not really a skiier. Skiiers are people who have season passes and go most weekends in the winter to their local resort plus travel to do it somewhere new on vacations.

If you only rode a horse once a year, would you call yourself an equestrian?

As between Person 1, who spends a week skiing in Colorado or Utah every year, or Person 2, who has season passes at Liberty/Whitetail and goes every weekend, Person 1 is far more of a skier.

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As somebody who grew up living with a single mom and paycheck to paycheck, skiing is very much for rich people.

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Anonymous wrote:Well I think the PP is a jerk but I also agree that if you only go once a year, you're not really a skiier. Skiiers are people who have season passes and go most weekends in the winter to their local resort plus travel to do it somewhere new on vacations.

If you only rode a horse once a year, would you call yourself an equestrian?

As between Person 1, who spends a week skiing in Colorado or Utah every year, or Person 2, who has season passes at Liberty/Whitetail and goes every weekend, Person 1 is far more of a skier.

It's not a fcking contest. If either of them consider themselves skiers then they are skiers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well I think the PP is a jerk but I also agree that if you only go once a year, you're not really a skiier. Skiiers are people who have season passes and go most weekends in the winter to their local resort plus travel to do it somewhere new on vacations.

If you only rode a horse once a year, would you call yourself an equestrian?

As between Person 1, who spends a week skiing in Colorado or Utah every year, or Person 2, who has season passes at Liberty/Whitetail and goes every weekend, Person 1 is far more of a skier.

Yea that’s not an elitist view.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well I think the PP is a jerk but I also agree that if you only go once a year, you're not really a skiier. Skiiers are people who have season passes and go most weekends in the winter to their local resort plus travel to do it somewhere new on vacations.

If you only rode a horse once a year, would you call yourself an equestrian?

As between Person 1, who spends a week skiing in Colorado or Utah every year, or Person 2, who has season passes at Liberty/Whitetail and goes every weekend, Person 1 is far more of a skier.

It's not a fcking contest. If either of them consider themselves skiers then they are skiers.

Elitist skiers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it costs at least $60 bucks per person for a lift ticket. Only the ultra rich can go.

ULTRA rich??!! are you kidding me?! You are being ridiculous you know. People do NOT go skiing every weekend.

I was being sarcastic. Of course $60 is very minimal. That was my point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they did not use the right term, but it is certainly a sport for the upper middle class to rich. When I was in 6th grade and very poor, my school did a ski trip. I rented skis and tried the bunny slope in my jeans. I realize how ridiculous that was now. It was a miserable experience and my one and only time on the slopes.

I grew up in Western PA. We all wore jeans skiing. That was the motivation to avoid falling.

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If you live in CO you can buy season pass for local resorts, for example I think Keystone and Breckenridge (with unlimited Keystone and very few black out dates for Breck) was $479. One day ticket is $133 to over $166 depending on days. So a family of four can buy season pass for less than 2K for a season. A family of 4 going for a couple of days of skiing is paying comparatively much more for much less. But, that is how it works. If you are into skiing but not very well off, it can be out of your reach to ski the Rockies or Tahoe if you don't live nearby. If you live close by, it might be something you can afford easier.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they did not use the right term, but it is certainly a sport for the upper middle class to rich. When I was in 6th grade and very poor, my school did a ski trip. I rented skis and tried the bunny slope in my jeans. I realize how ridiculous that was now. It was a miserable experience and my one and only time on the slopes.

I grew up in Western PA. We all wore jeans skiing. That was the motivation to avoid falling.

lol. yes. we used to have a great time on school bus ski trips - even if in jeans although they are best avoided for skiing if possible. Trip were full of middle class public school yahoos. Lots of fun but not for poor kids. but not for rich kids wither. In the middle I would say.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they did not use the right term, but it is certainly a sport for the upper middle class to rich. When I was in 6th grade and very poor, my school did a ski trip. I rented skis and tried the bunny slope in my jeans. I realize how ridiculous that was now. It was a miserable experience and my one and only time on the slopes.

I grew up in Western PA. We all wore jeans skiing. That was the motivation to avoid falling.

lol. yes. we used to have a great time on school bus ski trips - even if in jeans although they are best avoided for skiing if possible. Trip were full of middle class public school yahoos. Lots of fun but not for poor kids. but not for rich kids wither. In the middle I would say.

This is how we did it! Middle class growing up. Ski club in high school was so fun.

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With few exceptions, people who ski come from families with some disposable income and parents who are free on the weekends.

Skiing (like a lot of activities) seems to attract a special class of people who try their hardest to make it elite. See: anyone on the East Coast who yammers ad nauseam about shitty East Coast skiing conditions and how much better it is to ski out west every.damn.time the topic of skiing comes up. Oh my gaaaassssh, you just don't even know what good skiing is until you've been out west! Poor thing.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Because “elitist” doesn’t mean “for rich people.” I can’t believe how many people on here apparently don’t know this.

This.

Definition of elitist by MW: "giving special treatment and advantages to wealthy and powerful people". So "for rich people" about sums it up.

No. OP isn’t asking whether skiing gives “special treatment and advantages to the wealthy.” She’s asking whether it is an activity that is only for rich people. Do you not see how those things are different?

No she wasn't. She was asking if skiing was elitist, and I posted the definition because people were arguing that it did not men "something for rich people". Per the definition, yes, it does. Reading comprehension is your friend.