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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Pila (Aosta, Italy) offers a number of lift pass options (far too many, IMV). Anyway, in one of them you buy a number of points and then spend them on lifts - a little lift is two points whilst a big chair is six. This would be expensive for doing laps but might suit you well:
http://www.pila.it/en/skipass/skipass-rates-pila/
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| clarky999 wrote: |
| Silvretta MOntafon has an 'hour pass.' Costs €50, and you get a refund when you go back. So if you only ski for two hours, you get €22 or something back. If you do 5 hours, then you're cheaper buying a day pass. |
Arlberg do the same, and also a points pass but it's only valid on certain beginner lifts (in Anton, the button lifts at the bottom and Fangbahn).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sella rhonda used to do a lift pass based on a number of runs.. each run had a number of points against it.. and you bought a number of points....
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My wife used the aforementioned Dolomiti "debit card" passes last season. She is a fair weather skier and does not like low vis or crud so often skis a half day. We spent 6 weeks in the Dolomites and over 25 days skiing she spent about €700 on passes, versus €825 for my season pass which I used for 45 days.
So, it's cost effective for less than about 3 hours leisurely skiing, above that buy a day pass. It is also a bit of a pain using up the last 20 odd points, there is a way of swiping the remaining old card and new card together but she often needed the lifties help.
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Paradiski do a 'pay by use' pass. We decided to use this year rather than buying a pass, think you pay 20euros upfront and then 29euro's per day
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Many resorts on Hokkaido, northern Japan have hourly and points options
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| CaravanSkier wrote: |
| Off to Val D Isere tomorrow at least I think they have a few free lifts. |
Only on the nursery slopes.
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In Poland virtually all offer a points option, but most of the runs are fairly short!
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| SkiingBug wrote: |
| Paradiski do a 'pay by use' pass. We decided to use this year rather than buying a pass, think you pay 20euros upfront and then 29euro's per day |
Really? How n earth do you find out about that? I have searched high and low through the lift pass options over a number of years and not found anything like that
It seems that the large French resort s these days do not want the custom of fair weather, couple of hours skiing here and there customers
I do appreciate all the information on here, thank you to everyone taking the time to reply.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| SkiingBug wrote: |
| Paradiski do a 'pay by use' pass. We decided to use this year rather than buying a pass, think you pay 20euros upfront and then 29euro's per day |
Really? How n earth do you find out about that? I have searched high and low through the lift pass options over a number of years and not found anything like that
It seems that the large French resort s these days do not want the custom of fair weather, couple of hours skiing here and there customers
I do appreciate all the information on here, thank you to everyone taking the time to reply.
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Obertauern in Austria also does a points card
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You know it makes sense.
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I think almost everywhere does a points pass. Certainly Les Saisies does. But big chairlifts take a lot of points! Excellent for beginners using short drags though.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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It's more to set it up as that was a special offer but is still from €29 a day for la plagne
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Wed 28-12-16 11:51; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hemsedal in Norway does a 3-lift pass for not much money. It's not advertised online, only in the shops where the passes are sold. Probably a bit far from where the OP is to be useful though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Also worth noting that this year's Samedijeski in Paradiski is now all online -no vouchers, you either need to already have a card from last year (or The TO if arriving /handed out early) to charge, or you can order to pick up at a kiosk.
Ready immediately, I did ours on leaving our Bsm hotel and walked straight onto the Funi.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Idcxty wrote: |
| Sella rhonda used to do a lift pass based on a number of runs.... |
Sounds good - I always wondered what the skiing was like in Wales...... 
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was in zillertal area last week (skied kaltenbach), you can get reduced daily lift passes depending on the time of day you start, so effectively you could get the gondola up at lunchtime and do a few runs whilst having a drink/lunch on the sun terrace if you want.
Not 100% sure but I think the maximum discount was about 15-20 euros on a 50 euro day pass.
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Pam thank you for the tip on Les Saisies, does it work on all lifts?
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Yes. But the tarif for the big chairlifts is quite steep - 7 or 8 points. But if you just wanted to do a couple of runs in the day, it would work fine. I think the resort website has a complete list of the tarifs, and points pass costs.
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| mgrolf wrote: |
| Hemsedal in Norway does a 3-lift pass for not much money. It's not advertised online, only in the shops where the passes are sold. Probably a bit far from where the OP is to be useful though. |
Any idea if Trysil has the same?
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| CaravanSkier wrote: |
| As I am currently in the Alps and paying a small fortune for lift passes, |
Courchevel used to (and maybe still does) let you take a single ride to the top of the resort to ski down. I did it once a long time ago when we arrived and the whole area was bathed in thick cloud from top to bottom. The reason Courchevel did that is the lift system was originally funded by the local public transport system so they were obliged to provide a single ride lift pass (like a bus).
I can't find it online now but maybe at the LP office.
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@davidof, It was not in evidence when we were in Couchevel over the New Year a couple of years back, but then maybe you have to know about it and ask for it!
Thanks again @pam w,
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FAQ
Currently in the Alps, Paradiski, wanting to do the occasional run but not at the prices aimed at full on skiers! Off to Val D Isere tomorrow at least I think they have a few free lifts.
