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Because 3 passes would cost $100 more than I spent on Blue passes this year?

Honestly I found pipeline was the only trail that generated any adrenaline and it is gone now. The Cabriolet is the most annoying lift on the planet - combining taking off your skis, standing, and being in the wind. Even when I lived 45 min away and anywhere better was 2 to 3 times as far, I never made it there more than twice a season., and would as often go to Hidden Valley a mile away. I'd get 3 value passes at CB for the same price and get a lot more enjoyment put of them.

Value Pass looks like a decent deal. Seems to be valid Mon-Fri even during holiday periods, 3 PM isnt too late a start, and weekends are available starting March 1 in 2019 and 2020. 3 of those passes would cost just over half of what 3 Blue passes would cost us. Not sold yet, but more tempting than the Blue offer. Even 3 Super passes would cost us only $100 more than 3 Blue passes, given cheaper rates for kids.

$229 pass is quite a deal. Too bad I find MC such a dull place to ski.

Have they announced a pass holder party?

They could raise the 6th grade girls price for 7th grade by the same amount they are raising the price I would pay for an adult pass (that is to $129), and they would then have 3 sales, and sell a bunch more pizzas and cocoas - just sayin', in case anyone who reads this is from Blue and is contemplating offering 7th grade deals 🙂

No I have no basis for evaluating competence of ski patrols

Ski patrollers have to master certain skills to pass tests and advance to higher levels of ski patrol-ness. So their training on navigating bumps with sleds is likely necessary for them to be able to do so is likely valuable to them for that reason, even if it is a skill they would rarely have to use at Blue (though there are rare days when a natural dump is left ungroomed and whole trails get bumped up when such skills would be required even at otherwise powder puff mountains).

Not really, I do make a thorough analysis before doing it though. I knew exactly what car I wanted before contacting any dealerships. I spent all of about 5 minutes analyzing whether season passes to Blue made sense to me at this price.

Only 6 cards still available doesnt equal only 6 were ever available. I usually email the guy there in charge of getting the cards for updates when I know I will want the cards. When the cards were not selling out, he emailed past cardpurchasers directly.

They did not sell out this year until making an extra plea to see if anyone else wanted to purchase them. So I am glad to take my chances next year unless a better deal pops up.

If I am going to ski both days on a weekend, it makes more sense to get a hotel than to do 2 round trips. But - with Blue getting too crowded to be enjoyable by mid day on weekends, it leaves us with a lot of down time between the ski mornings - hotel options near Blue leave something to be desired - if I am going to get a hotel rather than day tripping, I would generally go somewhere further/bigger/better or if not bigger then go to 2 different resorts on the 2 days - so more likely to do it in Catskills or VT If I lived 30 minutes from Blue (as many of you do) instead of 90 min to get there and 100 to get home, season passes every year would be an automatic buy.

Yep, but 7 visits with my kids before the following year passes go on sale happens only if we dont go to more of a destination resort over winter break and weather doesnt keep us home any time. Also it means we dont get variety skiing other places any of those weekends. And Break even is calculated based on not getting other deals. If I can get a bunch of PA Ski and Ride cards for $75 or so good for a day each at JFBB, CB, Blue and Shawnee (but only after New Years), and use other dealso including the BOGOs we get with our seasonal rentals, we can make out a lot better and get more variety. Really the only argument pro Blue Season Passes for the family next year is the VIP line. I would actually count the break even number of visits as closer to 6 though as the Buddy Pass has value.

At $429 I would not rule it out for me, but it would be not worth it for kids who, only being with me alternate weekends and skiing one day those weekends, would get no more than 7 days in before the following years passes would likely be available the weekend after presidents day. Makes sense to do it alternate years and get a pass good for 1.3 seasons each time. Then the question becomes whether it is worth doing for me is it meant when I skied Blue with kids I would have to endure the non VIP weekend lines. And in the final analysis the answer to that is no as well. Look forward to seeing if Montage offers some real nice deals as they have been on this years passes with sales the last couple months - perhaps they need cash. And will see what Peak has to offer, which could be worthwhile doing even at a higher price if we made Hunter a regular destination and planned a couple trips to their New England mountains instead of going out west next year. Or may go back to PA S&R cards and other deals that can be found.

Whether it would have an impact depends on how other competitive mountains price their products. Were Camelback or Peak to offer a $385 pass, I dont think Blue would be smart to come in at $485

Sheet of ice in NJ. Not even gonna try to drive to my train on roads like this

Nah it would probably be a Friday and a Monday and get 3 days.

If I were gonna pull them out of school to ski we would likely take advantage of the cheaper airfares during non school holiday periods to go somewhere cool to ski. Gotta spend that money we are saving somewhere.

They sold us a pizza and a hot cocoa last visit

We are down to under $15 per skier day on our 3 passes at this point. Shooting to bring it down to 10 if the season lasts.

$99 7th grade deals?

I would expect that a milder impact could damage the helmet's internal protective components without visibly damaging it. And there seems little harm in suggesting things resorts can do that would help them both avoid law suits and keep people safer.

Given that helmets are supposed to be good only for one impact, using a rental helmet really gives a false sense of security and I am surprised they rent them at all (which could lead to liability if they do not test that they are still good after each rental return). Better practice would be to buy then in bulk and offer to sell new ones to renters at a small markup over wholesale.

I dont undersand what this means

Glades and Challenge sucked. Everything else was great, including Falls IMO