 Poster: A snowHead
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With all this moaning about the cost of beer and food at resorts I thought it would be good to find out where the cheapest ski passes will be this season because it is something that is a necessity of skiing
I paid €165 for four and a half days at LDA in Dec
Any other prices paid to be reported this season at other resorts?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jungfrau Region (Wengen, Murren, Grindelwald)
6 days: CHF302
Season: CHF880
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Espace Killy couple of weeks ago - €250 / 6 days (reportedly).
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Yoda, They are expensive but not that bad, €208.50 (according to their website).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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rayscoops,
Yes, the lift pass is a necessity and as such doesn't come into my budget consideration. I can economise on other things, this year my apres ski activities were drastically curtailed but not my use of the lifts. When I choose where I'm going to ski it is based on the quality/quantity of the skiing and not the cost of the lift pass. I also economised by going low season (I know others don't have the luxury of choosing low season skiing).
A 13 day lift pass in Espace Killy from the 8th to 20th December was €306 (£273) because I paid it before I went out to Val D I got the benefit of a better exchange rate. This I thought was excellent value. The ski lift company are even giving me a refund for the time the lifts didn't open due to the excessive amount of snow that fell on the 14/15th.
It's the decline of the £ that is making the difference not the cost in €. If you lcompare with last years prices I think there has been a very small increase.
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Price of lift passes certainly comes into my consideration when paying for a family of four. There was a thread last year with most of the lift pass prices on them.
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Not really meant to be a moan or gripe, just nice to get an idea of prices we are all paying and whether there are some cheap good value resorts out there because a pass for a family of four (for example) must be a big expense, perhaps the biggest single expense 'per head' for a ski trip, and my pass was more expensive than my flight and my accommodation as 'heads of expenditure' but not (I think) my daily bill for food and beer
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rayscoops,
4 days in 3V will cost me €170 in mid January..
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a week (6 days) in Les CArroz €159... also covers Samoëns, Morillon and Sixt Fer à Cheval, including the Vernant bowl and the Grands Vans chairlift.
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| Kruisler wrote: |
rayscoops,
4 days in 3V will cost me €170 in mid January.. |
Seems a lot but a big area is covered, €40 (+ or -) a day for the big French resorts seems like the going rate for up to a week of skiing,
it will be interesting to see what it is in Serre Chev, Lech or Cervinia or Amade as a comparison.
I recall Whistler being very expensive but the 'on mountain' service was good although if given a choice would I really need someone to take my board out of the rack on the side of the gondola?
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rayscoops, 187euros for 6 days here in the Serre Che.
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You know it makes sense.
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Bones, agreed that the service is exceptional and I did not begrudge paying the price by the end of the trip, but with the exchange rate not so good it is interesting to consider whether I would pay for the luxury of the added service or take my own tissues etc and save a few bob. How much is the 6 day pass ?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Marcellus, Chris, seems quite reasonable and perhaps what I expected, more like €30 rather than €40 per day for up to a week
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Poster: A snowHead
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rayscoops, €177 for 6 days in Lech last week (pre-high season) but that includes heated seats on the chair lifts 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jtr, had the pleasure of heated seats in the St Anton area, and €30 a day for a Lech pass seems good value
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hi all.
Looking at the web for Ski Welt and Kitzbuehel
6d Ski Welt €181.50
6d Kitzbuehel €187.00
6d Kitz Alp All Star €204.00 (covers both Ski Welt, Kitz and 5 others)
We're going to Westendorf mid Jan so having the All Star pass. Better deal than 6d Ski Welt and day pass for Kitz €181.50 + €40.50
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6 days Zillertal ski pass €186
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sainte Foy passes are only 131€ for 6 days. Gets you cheap days out at La Rosiere, Les Arcs, Espace Killy, etc. too.
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I paid €224 for 7 days in St Anton last year (I think, it was a blurred week)
Ski pass and Ski Hire were A LOT more expensive than french resorts I've been to (porte de soleil, espace killy, 3V) but food and drink were a lot cheaper than france.
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Fri 26-12-08 16:08; edited 1 time in total
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Valberg - €120 for 6 days ( and its in France before anyone asks and currently has 2m+ of snow)
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| anotherproblem wrote: |
I paid €224 for 7 days in St Anton last year (I think, it was a blurred week)
Ski pass and Ski Hire were A LOT more expensive than french resorts I've been to (porte de soleil, espace killy, 3V) but food and drink were a lot cheaper than france. |
The ski hire prices in Lech/Zurs are pretty eye watering. Although there are probably deals to be done, the published prices for 6 day ski hire are Platinum/6* = €234, VIP/5* = €184, Superior/4* = €139, Standard/3* = €102, all of which makes me thankful that I bought all of the family's skis from Ski-bilek last year (and before the days of €/£ parity). After 3 weeks skiing in 2008 (2 of which were in the Arlberg), buying skis has more than paid for itself even without taking any ebay residual values into account.
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182€ for a six day pass in 2Alpes, which gives you two days in Alpe d'Huez and one in each of Serre Chevalier, Montgenevre, Puy St Vincent and Sestriere should you wish it. Remember that prices are regressive - the longer the pass the less the per day rate.
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Lizzard, are those days in other resorts in addition to the six days in LDA?
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rob@rar, er, no. You pay for six days skiing, which you can take in the resorts of your choice. Nice try. 
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| Lizzard wrote: |
| rob@rar, er, no. You pay for six days skiing, which you can take in the resorts of your choice. Nice try. |
I thought it was too generous to be true!
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Dec 2008 - 7 days VT only €145.00 and 5 days 3 Vallees only €150.50
One day 3 Vallees extension €14.50
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Fri 26-12-08 17:40; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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rayscoops, As i mentioned in another post we received discount vouchers of 42 euros each from Tignes/STGM . This brought our new year passes down to 166 euros each. 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Jtr this is why I'm buying my own this year, found a pair that I want, brand new with bindings £350. I paid about €140 for the ski's alone (by this i mean just hiring ski's not boots, I don't insist on fitting my own bindings or anything) last year!! Couldnt believe how much it was there compared to when i paid about €70 in france for the same standard of ski's. The other problem is at St Anton the moose behind the counter shouted at me for producing a debit card, demanding that it would not work and had to be a credit card, even though i'd just ran that up hiring ski's for 3 people :-/
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Poster: A snowHead
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Zermatt is 350 CHF or 394 CHF including Cervinia for 6 days. Importantly for me with a 13 year old daughter hers will be 175/197 CHF. Most of the big French resorts charge full adult cost at 13 or 14 in some cases.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chamonix Mont Blanc pass for the season is going to cost me €1077. Next year I will know to buy it in October or November to get a 35% discount. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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6 day pass for Les Arcs / La Plagne is 202 euro for Paradiski illimite its 243 euro..
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ADH - 203 euros for adult 6 day pass, 145 euros for under 13 6 day and 172 for over 60 6 day pass.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| rayscoops wrote: |
| Kruisler wrote: |
rayscoops,
4 days in 3V will cost me €170 in mid January.. |
Seems a lot but a big area is covered, €40 (+ or -) a day for the big French resorts seems like the going rate for up to a week of skiing,
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Correction: it's going to be €176 exactly..that's indeed very expensive but hey ho..I've already made my peace with it.
I like big areas..I went to the SkiWelt for the last 2 years. 250km of pistes...but somehow I thought it felt much smaller because in the end the main area where most people tend to stay is not all that huge... 3Vs should feel like "plenty to be done yet"...hopefully..
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Midget biker, its not that much as day rates but as a lump sum <gulps>
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'twill be £/€ 187 for me for 6 days in St Anton in a couple of weeks time (+€5 deposit for the smartcard).
I'll be interested to see what the rep's price is on the coach (Mark Warner)
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I've paid up front £175 for my 6-day Aosta valley pass for March. Looks like that was a good plan as the rate quoted on the website is €205...
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katski, I shall point that out to the next stingy git who tells me that 2Alpes is 'super cher' and looks at me as if I'm likely to give him a discount as a result.
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Should we be considering € per km of piste? That would make the small but cheap lift pass resorts quite expensive 
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