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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  I’m sitting in my hotel room at the bottom of Alta, UT right now and the answer no.  My husband and I have skied together since the beginning of our relationship and we now have a munchkin that is similarly addicted.  It is expensive but we love to do it together as a family.  Our son has been on skis since he was 2.5.  He is a really good skier and can do double black runs out here.  In addition to 2 trips out  west each year, we ski most weekends at Timberline.  We probably get in about 30 days per year.

There are ways to save money but it is a very expensive hobby.[/quote]

We ski at Alta/snowbird several times a year but spend most of our days at pcmr/dv because we are local. And right now we are in Niseko. The answer is yes, you can ski affordably, but going to Alta and niseko are not how you do it, unless you are local. We know many families that ski affordably at their local resorts, and when they travel, they go to places like a basin, mt rose, brian head, mt Sandia, Bridger bowl etc. PP’s description of smuggler’s notch sounds great. Buying used skis and boots at swaps or secondhand is great. I only buy used skis and boots. I have nearly new sheevas and black ops and the most comfortable boots that someone else broke in for me.

The other way to do it, is to leverage friends and family who can help defray ski costs. We host a few families a year in pc - they save the cost of lodging, we let them use our car and parking pass, and we use our buddy/ friends and family benefits from our epic and ikon passes to save on lift passes.[/quote]

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