Ticket Prices

[Snowman]

Just curious to see what people think of this years lift ticket prices at various resorts.

Keep in mind that a % of the ticket price is GST and some of it goes towards making that funny white stuff which can cost up to a $1000 per hour to make!

[klaski]

Easy for me to say. I buy a seasons ticket each year.

But as with any business its not easy to understand the costings until you have to manage them.

Ticket prices havn't gone  through the roof over the last few years and the extra expense of snow making and a string of poor seasons must make balancing the budget difficult.

[Snowman]

I remember back in 89 when i first moved to Jindabyne, tickets where $33 for the then brand new Mt Blue Cow...admittedly GST has come into the equasion and Blue Cow is now part of Perisher Blue but tickets are now $77

Thats a big increase in anyones terms!

[klaski]

My first trip to Buller(not with my parents)
Ticket was $12 with Orange Lifts and ski hire from Bill Duffs was $7 a day.
$3 for my share of the car pool petrol and $3 for drinks and chips in Mansfield on the way home (couldn't afford to eat on the mountain)
Total $25.00 for the day equalled 40% of my weeks wage.
Was also equal to 23% of an adults basic wage.

[Snowman]

Bill Duffs and Orage and Blue Lifts....LOL

Someones showing their age!!!!

[klaski]

Only seems like yesterday to.

[sleddog]

hi every one hope all is well ,
i remmber when bluecow open they had tickets that
were mad out of cardboard that you hug around you neck with alastic bands you would get in line at the chair
lift put you ticket in a turnstyle like at the trainstations and you would have to push the bar to get pasts it
a real pain it the bum with poles and skis on ,thank god
they got rid of it lol

[Snowman]

Ah the old SkiData ticket system...it was actually a good system it just wasnt setup quite right...

The only reason they got rid of it at the time was because BlueCow had bought Guthega Resort and would of cost too much money to install it over there....

Hey sleddog did you go up there in 88 when they had the old bus running up the skitube (cause the line wasnt finished)?

God that was an adventure in itself....

I always thought the brakes would fail on the way down!

[addicted]

  wonder what the average age of our members is

[klaski]

Dangerous subject addicted.