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[quote=Anonymous]We are avid skiers and do two trips out West per year and are at Timberline most weekends.  Our 8 yo can ski anything out West, nothing is too steep, bumped, narrow or treed for him.  Anyway, we put him on skis at 2.5.

Yes, ski vacations are expensive.  We buy IKON passes in the spring for the following year which are about 3K for the 3 of us but lift tickets at the resort are way more than that for the amount of days we are sking.

We are going to Alta/Snowbird for the holidays.  We are staying up in one of the Alta hotels, which include breakfast and dinner.  Our room for 8 nights comes to $6500.  I put the munchkin in ski school for 3 days, which was 765.  Airfare was $2500 from here to SLC, with a stop. The direct Delta flight would have cost us $4500.  We will be renting a car for around $600.

So, yes, a ski vacation is expensive.  You can do it cheaper.  For example, you don't have to stay right on the mountain.  That would cut down on costs considerably.  Even with two meals included which we figure is worth 200 per day for the 3 of us, lodging alone for the 8 nights is 4900.  For us to be able to ski and to not have to worry about driving up every day is worth it to us.

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