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Nice purchase rummy.  How was Oktoberfest?  That belongs on the wall of the halfway house!

Good crowd there Saturday, lifts were busy all day. The ride is now $5 (used to be $3). We didn't go over on Sunday, showers and overcast. The leaves were not at their peak.

 

Eli, (of Mark and Eli fame) made the sign. He had about 30 pieces of his art set up for sale. He said "I thought someone would get it.."

 

It's hanging at our cabin, but would have fit in nicely at the half-way house. Probably wouldn't have lasted long before being confiscated though.

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$800 for a season pass? WTF?!

 

That is more than skiing out west. lol. 

 

I have never skied Elk but.... why $800?

 

Because its like skiing in Vermont.  

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But not even Vermont is $800, no?

It's like every state. Some passes are more expensive than others. Most of the big players used to be in the $1,000 plus range. Killington was $1,350, Sugarbush $1,800, and Stowe $2,000. However, with Stowe being bought by Vail, the passes have all dropped. Sugarbush is only $850, as is the Epic Pass. Smaller areas like Bolton Valley and Magic can still be had at $400 ish...
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It's like every state. Some passes are more expensive than others. Most of the big players used to be in the $1,000 plus range. Killington was $1,350, Sugarbush $1,800, and Stowe $2,000. However, with Stowe being bought by Vail, the passes have all dropped. Sugarbush is only $850, as is the Epic Pass. Smaller areas like Bolton Valley and Magic can still be had at $400 ish...

 

Wow, did not realize they were that much.

 

Wife lived in NH and had the pass for Loon and others and were less than $300, especially if college students or residents.

Going out west, yes, daily passes are nuts but the season passes were quite reasonable. 

 

I suppose if you live up there and can go every day makes sense. 

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Snow making is very expensive and Required in PA. Also Elk doesn't get the crowds Blue and the Pocs get.

 

Another reason is "because they can get it"....

 

I think they've realized the price is about maxed out, as they haven't changed their prices in three years.

 

And the draft beer is cheap in the bar.

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$800 for a season pass? WTF?!

 

That is more than skiing out west. lol.

 

I have never skied Elk but.... why $800?

Because you don't really ski on snow at Elk. Instead you're actually skiing on flakes of white gold which were mined in Vermont and imported to Clark's Summit PA. There the "snow" is pasteurized and homogenized for skiing then shipped to Elk for distribution on its slopes which, by the way, were hand cut a few hundred years ago as part of a peace treaty by the indigenous people of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the European settlers. The reason that the lifts are slow at Elk (and not many people know this) is because they have a colony of smurfs actually living under the mountain (known simply as "Smurf Village" to the locals) that manually spin the lifts via a system of pulleys. The smurfs demand a fair wage and rightly so!

 

So think about that $800 now and you'll see that you're actually getting a great deal!

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