Grand Targhee Family Pass
August 25th, 2008Posted in Skiing in the Tetons
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 ski everyday all season long. If we had more kids under 21 it would be an even better deal. Here in the Teton Valley where a large percentage of the population is Mormon and where large families are common, Targhee’s Family Pass covering all kids under 21, plus two parents, for only $1199 can be a screaming deal. I applaud Grand Targhee for its efforts to keep skiing affordable for families!
Across the mountains over in Teton Village, if the three of us wanted to get the same all season long, ski every day passes for the Jackson Hole Resort, it would have cost us $4875 ( or $4632 if we all had been season passes holders at the Village last season). Jackson , of course, has a few more degrees of pitch, about twice the vertical drop, a few more lifts, (including their new tram this year), and a few hundred more lift served skiable acres, (not including the backcountry terrain), so there should be a price difference.
Living where we do, Targhee is a quick 20 minute drive most days, while Jackson takes us about 50-60 minutes, so Targhee is our very affordable home hill and Jackson comes into play on special days. Throw in the fact that Targhee is one of the snowiest ski mountains in the ski world; on a price per inch of fresh powder basis, I doubt any place beats skiing Targhee on a family pass for powder lovering families.
With the national economy in lousy shape and many families feeling the pinch of low wage growth and higher food and energy costs, it will be interesting to see how these things affect season pass purchases and lift ticket sales this winter; not just here in the Tetons, but all across ski country.
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