点评:What the ski world has come to in the past 30 years? I grew up skiing in the Pacific Northwest's "Cascade Concrete", logged ski years on professional ski patrol at Alpental & many a ski trip to the Tahoe area. Skiing was affordable to the common person! I then moved to AZ and hung up my hickory sticks for the best part of 20 years. When I decided to get back I was astounded at lift ticket prices, even opting for Europe ski trips as a cheaper alternative. After suffering the brutality of 17 hour flights to Austria - I declared to myself that there had to be another way. I dug into research and bought an "Epic Local Pass" good at all Vail owned reports including Breckenridge. I'm glad I did. The value of the pass coupled with the customer experience I've had in my two trips to Breck this year has been Epic, pun intended. I'll end up using my pass ~14+ times this year which puts my daily lift ticket cost at around $70 compared to the online / walk up rate rate of over $200. Both times this year the mountain was in great shape thanks to a commitment to groom most of the blue runs including some black making the skiing more accommodating to most skiers. The pass offers discounts on equipment rentals, shuttles to DIA and mountain restaurants. All of the mountain staff at every touch point were outgoing, friendly and committed to skier happiness and well being! I'm happily drinking the Vail reports Kool aide and will likely be back to Breck for a summer experience and for sure (prey for snow) next year!
翻译:过去 30 年里,滑雪世界发生了怎样的变化?我从小在太平洋西北部的“Cascade Concrete”滑雪,在 Alpental 的专业滑雪巡逻队滑雪多年,还多次前往太浩湖地区滑雪。滑雪对普通人来说是负担得起的!然后我搬到了亚利桑那州,挂起了我的山胡桃木滑雪杖,将近 20 年。当我决定回来时,我对缆车票价感到震惊,甚至选择欧洲滑雪之旅作为更便宜的选择。在经历了飞往奥地利的 17 小时航班的残酷折磨后,我对自己说,一定有另一种方式。我深入研究并购买了“Epic Local Pass”,适用于包括布雷肯里奇在内的所有 Vail 拥有的地区。我很高兴我这么做了。通行证的价值加上我今年两次前往布雷克的客户体验,真是太棒了,双关语。今年我最终会使用通票约 14 次以上,这样我的每日缆车费用约为 70 美元,而在线/步行费用则超过 200 美元。今年两次,由于承诺修整大部分蓝道,包括一些黑道,山体状况良好,使大多数滑雪者都能更轻松地滑雪。通票提供设备租赁、前往 DIA 的班车和山间餐厅的折扣。每个接触点的所有山地工作人员都很外向、友好,致力于滑雪者的幸福和健康!我很高兴喝着 Vail 报告的 Kool aide,明年很可能会回到 Breck 体验夏天,而且肯定会(猎取雪)!