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[quote=Anonymous]It didn't used to be -- and certainly wasn't for people who lived in ski regions. Growing up in Toronto and montreal in the 80s and 90s, a day at the smaller close by hills (but better than anything within driving distance of DC) was probably $15-$25.  I can't remember exactly, but we used to go regularly in high school and i had lots of UMC friends who had skis but whose parents would never have given them money to go skiing -- so it must have been cheap enough for them to use spending money.  When i was a little kid in montreal, skiing was everywhere. Starting the winter i turned 3, my mom used to send me off every Saturday on a YMCA bus to a bunny hill with a bunch of HS counselors.  I can't imagine them paying more than the equivalent of $100 in today's money for the whole season.  My mom was a Sahm and used to do a women's wednesday ski group in the 80s - same thing that i can't imagine her spending more than a couple hundred bucks for the season (in today's dollars).  There were also always a couple school ski trips every year, church ski groups, etc etc.

A lot of schools and churches also used to do a ski swap where everyone would bring in their old skis and be able to buy someone else's for $25 or whatever.  Like 80% of the school or church would participate, so there were tons and tons of choices -and you knew everyone you were buying from.  I don't think i had new skis until i was 14.  So the $$ barriers to entry were very very low.

Skiing was omnipresent and cheap back in the day.

It was only when places like mont tremblent and killington started spending beaucoup dollars to make their hills have massive resort amenities (compared with the old dark lodges they had until 1990) with spas, fancy restaurants, outdoor shopping villages, etc that prices started going up.  [/quote]

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