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[quote=Anonymous]Skiing is one of those things where it gets cheaper if you do it a lot. My season pass was $400, my son’s was $300, bought in March. We ski five or six weekends a year, and over winter break. Even if we only ski 12 days this year, it works out to about $60/day in “lift tickets”.

We own skis. Mine were bought end of season several years ago, and DS’s were bought at a ski swap. I think mine were $400 all-in, and his were $150. I will easily use mine for ten years. He will likely outgrow his in a year. Assuming 12 days of skiing, that’s $15 per day in “rentals”.

We did a few group lessons but DS wasn’t progressing so I just committed to teaching him myself. This wasn’t a huge undertaking for me, but if you can’t do that, then do a couple private lessons to start and then just ski together. It’s better bang for your buck. I’ll throw $300 into this number for two private lessons, but divide it over my 12 days of skiing. $25/day for “lessons”.

Find a condo instead of a hotel room and bring your own food. We usually eat breakfast and dinner at home, and get lunch in the lodge. Which sort of mirrors our at-home eating patterns (lunch out on weekends), so it’s a wash. I do a lot of crock pot dinners when we’re skiing.

So my ski weekend (without lodging) is costing me $100 per day. Add your condo back into that. Right now I am seeing 1 brs/sleeps 4 for $225/night. That puts me at $425 per day.[/quote]

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