Mt Whitney Zone Forums The Chat Room Price of Lift Tickets

RE: Moose Tracks Comment in Getting in Shape Thread:
What is this "off season" of which you speak?
Mammoth Mountain opens in 72 hours.


Is it just me or are there others out there that believe the price of a Lift Ticket is ASTRONOMICAL? If I had kids I'd be afraid to introduce them to skiing or snowboarding because chances are they'd fall in love with one of these sports but may never be able to afford it. Alpine skiing & boarding via chair lift is so expensive in my opinion. I'm happy I skied my brains out from age 17 to 45 when it was more afordable. I really feel sorry for young kids today who have to buy all the gear, drive miles or fly to get to a decent mountain and if lodging and meals are added into the price tag the cost is out of this world.

Yea, the tickets are a bit out of sight. I took 5 kids skiing a couple of years ago and I decided it was better for them to ski (snowboard) than for me to do it. I did ski one of the days when a couple of the kids decided to take a day off.
When I was a teenager, I lived in the Valley and used to head up early in the morning to Mountain High (Holiday Hill back then) and pay $11 for a weekday ticket. Price of gas was about $1.50 or so. Being by myself I met lots of interesting skiers on the chair ride up.

Yea, I don't know how people afford a few days in the mountains skiing with the prices now. Guess we're part of the 99%.

at least you get real mountains with those ticket prices out west. I spent over $550 for two season tickets to go down a bunny hill with my son a few times this winter. 120 feet elevation change on the biggest hill, and just five different 1/4 mile runs. We have reliable snow maybe for 3 months. So far it is 58 degrees here during the day and we'll be lucky to see them make some snow by the end of the month.

Single 4 hour sessions at our hill would cost $75 for the two of us, full days are over $100.

Add $15 in gas to get there and home, and you wonder why we do it? To get some practice in before we head out to the snowed in Sierras in April

Last time I talked to a friend out west, he scored Mammoth season tickets for little more than we pay here (you need to buy them in the middle of summer for the best price).