sibhusky Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 For those watching their pennies  http://www.tripadvisor.com/InfoCenter-a_ctr.2012TripIndexSkiUS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyv11 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Nice list. I've been considering Mt. Bachelor for a trip out west. Insanely affordable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NMSKI Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Love me some Taos and Durango! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 I love Utah. One of the chesapest lift / lodging destinations overall (Salt Lake) for for some of the best skiing in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyv11 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Are you guys heading out to Utah this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Because I'm a true tourist at Jackson Hole...I can compare my prices to the ones they give. My average cost-per-ski-day is around $300. ($500 airfare + ($80/night lodging + $70/day lift tix + $70/day food) x 7 ski days ) / 7 = $298. You absolutely can do it cheaper (Delta airfare was ~ $140 cheaper), you don't have to eat as fancy, share a room, etc. One thing JH does have is a good selection of really nice value lodging. At the prices they list, I could almost stay at Snake River Lodge slope side in Teton Village! Â Aspen, on the other hand, has *no* value lodging. Even the expensive stuff is meh, unless you go really premium (Hotel Jerome, Little Nell, Ritz). Short of those, you're going to be disappointed. Lift tickets are crazy $$$, but the food isn't that bad, certainly no more than Jackson. Solution to $ lift tickets? Invest the time and money to get a Classic pass, and you're set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Are you guys heading out to Utah this year? I am with my group of thugs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibhusky Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Well, Atomic, first they aren't including airfare, which is a significant part of the comparison and tosses their list out the window. Second, they are using the AVERAGE hotel price based on the room prices they have in their database for the winter season. Of course, that's different from the "median" and from any particular hotel room someone might find and only includes stuff you can book online -- and I've stayed in plenty of places that you can't book online via something like Trip Advisor, only directly. Â What you are saying is there is a really wide dispersion at JH, allowing for lots of lower priced housing, whereas in Aspen the dispersion is limited. I don't know if that is true or not...because the last time I stayed in Aspen money wasn't an issue for me. Â Just an interesting chart. One more piece of data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Are you guys heading out to Utah this year? Hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Well, Atomic, first they aren't including airfare, which is a significant part of the comparison and tosses their list out the window. Second, they are using the AVERAGE hotel price based on the room prices they have in their database for the winter season. Of course, that's different from the "median" and from any particular hotel room someone might find and only includes stuff you can book online -- and I've stayed in plenty of places that you can't book online via something like Trip Advisor, only directly. Â What you are saying is there is a really wide dispersion at JH, allowing for lots of lower priced housing, whereas in Aspen the dispersion is limited. I don't know if that is true or not...because the last time I stayed in Aspen money wasn't an issue for me. Â Just an interesting chart. One more piece of data. Â Right...Jackson/Teton village has everything form the Antler (still very clean and serviceable where GSS used to stay) to the Four Seasons in Teton Village. $65 to who even knows how much the 5 bedroom penthouse at the Four Seasons costs? The base "valley view" room at the 4S goes for $600/night I believe? That's pretty much par for the course in Aspen, and you're probably not going to be ski in/out. Â And...are beers really that inexpensive in Whitefish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibhusky Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Â Â And...are beers really that inexpensive in Whitefish? I don't know. Siblet never has to pay. Â And I used up my quota in my 20's. Alcohol gives me migraines now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyv11 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Hopefully. Â Â I am with my group of thugs. Â Nice i'm trying to get out there. Think I found a hotel I can get on points and a dirt cheap flight. When are you guys planning on going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Â Â Â Nice i'm trying to get out there. Think I found a hotel I can get on points and a dirt cheap flight. When are you guys planning on going. Â Jan 29th-Feb 4th i think. Â But if you come, bring your A-game. We don't wait around. Just ask PhillyCore and his crew. Edited December 8, 2012 by toast21602 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Any of you guys ever use the ski shuttle bus in SLC? Thinking about doing Utah on airline and hotel points for a 4 day trip in early March. Should i just suck it up and rent a car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Â Jan 29th-Feb 4th i think. Â But if you come, bring your A-game. We don't wait around. Just ask PhillyCore and his crew. Â I blinked and you bastards were gone that day at Pow Mow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justo8484 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I want to visit Utah later in the season. On my hit list are powder mountain, snow basin, alta, snowbird and The Canyons Don't waste your time at powder. Shitty groomers and meadow skipping. They don't even have porcelain toilets. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFskiDan Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Any of you guys ever use the ski shuttle bus in SLC? Thinking about doing Utah on airline and hotel points for a 4 day trip in early March. Should i just suck it up and rent a car? I vote for having a car. i have no experience with the shuttle though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 the shuttle isn't bad, as long as you are staying in the PC area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 What the others said...if you stay in PC you should be fine. But If dont want to be limited to PC but you really dont want a car and want to ski the cottonwoods look into the Salt Lake Superpass which includes UTA ski bus transportation. I wouldnt want to rely on the bus - especially on a powder day but if you want to do it on the cheap it's an option. Â http://www.visitsaltlake.com/ski/superpass/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 the shuttle isn't bad, as long as you are staying in the PC area. What the others said...if you stay in PC you should be fine. But If dont want to be limited to PC but you really dont want a car and want to ski the cottonwoods look into the Salt Lake Superpass which includes UTA ski bus transportation. I wouldnt want to rely on the bus - especially on a powder day but if you want to do it on the cheap it's an option. Â http://www.visitsaltlake.com/ski/superpass/ If I were taking my family I'd probably stay in PC for the whole experience, but it'll probably be just me and a buddy so we'll go with cheap hotel in SLC. Seems like a car is the way to go, the pow day consideration makes total sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 If I were taking my family I'd probably stay in PC for the whole experience, but it'll probably be just me and a buddy so we'll go with cheap hotel in SLC. Seems like a car is the way to go, the pow day consideration makes total sense. Â if you get a car, do yourself a favor and stop at walmart to get cheap chains in case it does snow. most times they wont let you up any access road without them if you dont have AWD/4WD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Why not just rent an AWD vehicle.. because they cost a lot more and are usually booked. you can get a great rate on a minivan, grab chains, and drive 6 people and gear all over instead of renting 2 vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Fuck it i'll just sleep in the minivan too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 This wouldn't happen to be you at Alta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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