I’m breaking blogging silence with some very good news. This morning Jackson Hole ski resort president Jerry Blann announced the resort would sell its unlimited season pass for $1255 until August 31st. That’s a drop of 25% from last year’s ridiculous price. A long, long  overdue return to sanity for a resort with a huge [...]

I live near Jackson Hole and every year I toy with the idea of buying a season pass there, but I balk at its price tag, this year it is $1970. If I took advantage of its summer price discount I’d pay only $1675. If I skied 50 days I’d end up paying about $33 [...]

With my apologies to Paul Krugman for the low level of wonkishness this post will provide, I thought I’d provide one of his warnings in the headline.
When I say skier behavior to my friends they immediately think of liftline misbehavior, reckless actions on the slopes and foolishness in the bar. What does that say about [...]

Grand Targhee is throwing its first season pass holders party tomorrow afternoon- and it looks like it’s shaping up to be another Targhee powder day too! Probably a recipe for lots of traffic to the resort and a scarcity of  parking spaces. I hope lots of people get smart and carpool!

March 2, 2009: KILLINGTON, Vermont — Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in the East, today announces lower 2009-10 Unlimited season pass prices and an extended season operating schedule.
So read the headline at AlpineZone.Com a couple of days ago. Is the recession going to bring relief from rising skiing prices to skiers? [...]

With the September 1st deadline looming for the deepest discount and a son heading off to college in a couple of days, on Friday we all went up to Grand Targhee, had our photo ID pictures taken and paid for our Family Pass. For $1199, (or $400/person) the three of us will be able to [...]