My dad, sister, and I are coming out to Keystone at the end of December. I was wondering if anyone can get us some great prices or maybe even free lift tickets if possible for the 28, 29, and 30.
Thank you
Dec 14 2016 11:23PM
LagoThere are some nice people out there that have connections so how about you get outta this thread with that negativity.
This isn't wrong, but the dude is right, people will give their free tickets to their family and friends over a random person on the internet. Barely any Vail employees get free tickets, usually vouchers for cheaper tickets tho, but same thing goes here.
Anyway, local shops and rental places sell discount tickets, etc I don't have any specific info, but I'd check into it, buying full price at the mountain is avoidable.
Dec 15 2016 4:27PM
eheathThis isn't wrong, but the dude is right, people will give their free tickets to their family and friends over a random person on the internet. Barely any Vail employees get free tickets, usually vouchers for cheaper tickets tho, but same thing goes here.Anyway, local shops and rental places sell discount tickets, etc I don't have any specific info, but I'd check into it, buying full price at the mountain is avoidable.
Thanks for being more considerate, I understand the whole family and friends thing, I do. It was just a shot in the dark, you never know.
I will definitely check out the local shops and rental places though, thanks.
Dec 15 2016 10:38PM
Dec 16 2016 6:45AM
Dec 16 2016 9:17AM
chiefclulThat would be A-Basin buddy. Definitely not WP. Keystone will get you more locals then WP ever would. You've also got the traffic and lift lines so Idk What you're talking about
Lol, winter park is a ghost town compared to any vail resort. All of america is gonna flock to the vail resorts on their epic pass. And winter park has very minimal traffic. You don't even go through the tunnel.
Dec 16 2016 12:04PM
Dec 16 2016 12:29PM
kung_powpowlol well this guy obviously doesn't ski Summit county
Lol well this guy was born and raised skiing summit county. Don't blame vail for the crowds and shit. It's the fucking east coasters and people from Ohio that are crowing are state. Learn to ski before you come to Colorado. That's my only tip.
Dec 16 2016 1:02PM
The.FishLol, winter park is a ghost town compared to any vail resort. All of america is gonna flock to the vail resorts on their epic pass. And winter park has very minimal traffic. You don't even go through the tunnel.
snomastervail sold 650,000 epic passesHA!
kung_powpowlol well this guy obviously doesn't ski Summit county
Alright so lets do a little bit of math..
You buy your Epic Pass for $769, and youve got access to 8 resorts in the country + 5 days at whistler and over 30 resorts in Europe.
So in the US (unlimited access), weve got over 30,000 skiable acres. That means around 39 acres per dollar you spend, not even including the out of country resorts.
And then weve got our Rocky Mountain Super Pass for $639, gives you unlimited access to 3 resorts, and limited access to 8 others.
So in the US (with limited access), weve got 12,452 skiable acres. So about 19 acres per dollar you spend.
Sure Vail may have sold more passes, but thats because they have so many more options. @kung_powpow youre the guy with Abay listed as your home mountain so if you care so much to defend WP, then why dont you take your ass over there?
@sno_master I respect Jackson hole, but over $1000 for a season pass? ha no thanks, and King Pine with its three lifts and 7 trails is no where as close to the access you would have with a vail pass in Colorado.
@The.Fish Everyone always complains about the fucking tunnel, when its not that detrimental to time. Especially if you're going to abasin or key and take the pass.
Sure I hate some of Vails policies and their ski patrol, but with overall access to resorts they crush it. Id be down to ski WP and ive got a 2 pack there and steamboat, but in no world would I buy a season pass.
Personally id just move to Utah instead of going near WP or Copper.
Thats just my opinion though and I get that you guys think your resorts are better.
Dec 16 2016 1:06PM
chiefclulAlright so lets do a little bit of math..You buy your Epic Pass for $769, and youve got access to 8 resorts in the country + 5 days at whistler and over 30 resorts in Europe.
So in the US (unlimited access), weve got over 30,000 skiable acres. That means around 39 acres per dollar you spend, not even including the out of country resorts.
Of that 30,000 acres, there are about 5,000 acres of good skiing... just saying.
Dec 16 2016 1:08PM
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From the epic pass website
Epic Local Resort Access:
Unlimited, unrestricted skiing or riding at Breckenridge, Keystone, Wilmot, Afton Alps, Mt. Brighton and Arapahoe Basin with limited restrictions at Park City, Heavenly, Northstar & Kirkwood. Also includes a total of 10 days at Vail and Beaver Creek with holiday restrictions. Plus 5 days at Whistler Blackcomb!
So you didn't have an epic pass...
Dec 16 2016 1:30PM
chiefclulyeah but thats the same as at WP and Copper but only about 1,500 acres of it
You tried to put me into a deep hole but just dug yourself one lol. I think you are a vail fanboy. Copper mountain is considered the best resort in summit county by 80% of the people i ask. 10% say aspen and the other 10% say a vail resort. I cannot speak on which mountain is best since i havent been to all of them but all i know is that any resort in the state is better than my home resort. Not like i can control where I was born so I'm sorry.
Dec 16 2016 1:36PM
chiefclulSure Vail may have sold more passes, but thats because they have so many more options. @kung_powpow youre the guy with Abay listed as your home mountain so if you care so much to defend WP, then why dont you take your ass over there?
I wish I could but I'm stuck with the Epic local college pass in some sort of Vail resorts chokehold. It's tough to make the switch when all of my homies have the epic pass and I would lose a big chunk of the pre/late season without Abay. It's mainly the crowds that do it for me, and one of the biggest reasons I would switch to RMSP. I've skied the past 27 days straight and some days (especially weekends) are so ridiculously crowded with Weekend warriors and holiday gapers that I just don't even ski. I much rather ski WP or Copper to avoid the crowds. Steamboat access is a nice plus too.
Dec 16 2016 2:37PM
The.FishYou tried to put me into a deep hole but just dug yourself one lol. I think you are a vail fanboy. Copper mountain is considered the best resort in summit county by 80% of the people i ask. 10% say aspen and the other 10% say a vail resort. I cannot speak on which mountain is best since i havent been to all of them but all i know is that any resort in the state is better than my home resort. Not like i can control where I was born so I'm sorry.
well 80% of the people you know probably ski there, since thats where you ski. Id say it goes 50-50 with everyone I know. And no way in hell is Copper the best mountain, their lines are as bad as any vail resort.
Dec 16 2016 2:52PM
kung_powpowI wish I could but I'm stuck with the Epic local college pass in some sort of Vail resorts chokehold. It's tough to make the switch when all of my homies have the epic pass and I would lose a big chunk of the pre/late season without Abay. It's mainly the crowds that do it for me, and one of the biggest reasons I would switch to RMSP. I've skied the past 27 days straight and some days (especially weekends) are so ridiculously crowded with Weekend warriors and holiday gapers that I just don't even ski. I much rather ski WP or Copper to avoid the crowds. Steamboat access is a nice plus too.
Yeah I respect that, I am a weekend warrior due to being at school in Denver, but i've found my place in the community. WP is a nice resort and hey were still skiing right? Who cares where it is. I find A-Basin to be the best non-gaper more locally resort on the Epic Pass and they also have crazy amounts of terrain.
Dec 16 2016 2:54PM
The.FishYou tried to put me into a deep hole but just dug yourself one lol. I think you are a vail fanboy. Copper mountain is considered the best resort in summit county by 80% of the people i ask. 10% say aspen and the other 10% say a vail resort. I cannot speak on which mountain is best since i havent been to all of them but all i know is that any resort in the state is better than my home resort. Not like i can control where I was born so I'm sorry.
who gives a fuck though. were still skiing and my bad for trashing on your home resort. It all just depends on the community you're in and where you shred. Have a nice season and hopefully these storms keep rolling in
Dec 16 2016 6:08PM
chiefclulYeah I respect that, I am a weekend warrior due to being at school in Denver, but i've found my place in the community. WP is a nice resort and hey were still skiing right? Who cares where it is. I find A-Basin to be the best non-gaper more locally resort on the Epic Pass and they also have crazy amounts of terrain.
I'm fairly confident that Copper/WP is way less crowded than Key/Breck/Abay on any given day of the week. Vail sold 650,000 epic passes this year, and there's no way the RMSP outsold the Epic pass. Plus Vail Resorts (besides Abay) is the king of tourism. Surely Copper doesn't have 30 minute lift lines like last weekend at Key?
On a separate note, Abay has less than a 1000 acres so how does it have "crazy amounts of terrain"? Breck is 3000+ and Vail is 5000+ in comparison. Every time I've been to Abay this season, it's just been over run with front range gapers who slow down the already slow as fuck lifts.
Dec 16 2016 8:21PM
kung_powpowI'm fairly confident that Copper/WP is way less crowded than Key/Breck/Abay on any given day of the week. Vail sold 650,000 epic passes this year, and there's no way the RMSP outsold the Epic pass. Plus Vail Resorts (besides Abay) is the king of tourism. Surely Copper doesn't have 30 minute lift lines like last weekend at Key?On a separate note, Abay has less than a 1000 acres so how does it have "crazy amounts of terrain"? Breck is 3000+ and Vail is 5000+ in comparison. Every time I've been to Abay this season, it's just been over run with front range gapers who slow down the already slow as fuck lifts.
Alright sorry man jeez.. I'm just saying that from what I've experienced, Pali has shorter lines and just as good terrain as any other resort. Breck and vail are dope as well, I'm on your side. But on the 650,000 passes, I'm saying that sure they sold that many, but you have access to so many more resorts and acreage that it will be more spread out then just copper and wp
Dec 17 2016 6:23PM
eheathThis isn't wrong, but the dude is right, people will give their free tickets to their family and friends over a random person on the internet. Barely any Vail employees get free tickets, usually vouchers for cheaper tickets tho, but same thing goes here.Anyway, local shops and rental places sell discount tickets, etc I don't have any specific info, but I'd check into it, buying full price at the mountain is avoidable.
Actually you are wrong bud, full time employees get 20 passe vouchers a year and by March usually only half of them are used, yep that's 20 vouchers per employee times that by how many employees they have between summit and eagle counties =a ton of vouchers.
Whoever created this thread, pm me on here and we can work something out. It never hurts to ask, I would say on average theres always one or two passes floating around.
Dec 17 2016 6:32PM
kung_powpowI'm fairly confident that Copper/WP is way less crowded than Key/Breck/Abay on any given day of the week. Vail sold 650,000 epic passes this year, and there's no way the RMSP outsold the Epic pass. Plus Vail Resorts (besides Abay) is the king of tourism. Surely Copper doesn't have 30 minute lift lines like last weekend at Key?On a separate note, Abay has less than a 1000 acres so how does it have "crazy amounts of terrain"? Breck is 3000+ and Vail is 5000+ in comparison. Every time I've been to Abay this season, it's just been over run with front range gapers who slow down the already slow as fuck lifts.
There's this thing called sidecountry and backcountry (Loveland pass), also the Pali lift is all you need, similar terrain to the wildcat chair at Alta, just less snowfall. Abasin has about half the crowd as a Vail resorts on a peak season Saturday.
Dec 17 2016 8:42PM
BarmskiActually you are wrong bud, full time employees get 20 passe vouchers a year and by March usually only half of them are used, yep that's 20 vouchers per employee times that by how many employees they have between summit and eagle counties =a ton of vouchers.Whoever created this thread, pm me on here and we can work something out. It never hurts to ask, I would say on average theres always one or two passes floating around.
Unless that 20 voucher thing is new, then you are wrong. Or some how you lucked out or worked the system.
From what I remember, full time year round management only got 4 free and maybe 12 or 8 even half price.
Dec 17 2016 9:36PM
BarmskiThere's this thing called sidecountry and backcountry (Loveland pass), also the Pali lift is all you need, similar terrain to the wildcat chair at Alta, just less snowfall. Abasin has about half the crowd as a Vail resorts on a peak season Saturday.
Yeah I usually hit up loveland and berthoud pass but you can only get so much vert outside of the resort. Pali lift is dope for sure but A basin still doesn't have the lift infrastructure to support the same number of skiers that the other epic resorts can. Abay has 1/5 of the uphill capacity of Breck and Vail so that means Abay can be 5x less crowded and still have the same lift lines as the other resorts
Dec 18 2016 12:46AM
SkiBum.Unless that 20 voucher thing is new, then you are wrong. Or some how you lucked out or worked the system.From what I remember, full time year round management only got 4 free and maybe 12 or 8 even half price.
Yeah 16 half's vouchers and 4 comps for full time year or seasonal grandfathered in employees. 20 vouchers total, new seasonal will not get this. Part-time will not get this but there are many long time seasonal and year emps that are not managers get that many, that's a lot of money in savings.
Dec 18 2016 1:02PM
LagoMy dad, sister, and I are coming out to Keystone at the end of December. I was wondering if anyone can get us some great prices or maybe even free lift tickets if possible for the 28, 29, and 30.Thank you
I work for a property management company in Keystone. If you rent THe Lenawee house it will come with 3 epic passes. short of that you need to buy a seasons pass.. you can get keystone and a basin for 300.. that deal ended on dec 4th.. also they have 4 packs to key and abasin for 200.. but that also went off sale on Dec4th.. Ski shops and grocery stores can no longer sell discount tickets so your only shot is to buy all the days u want at once and they will discount it a bit. Other then those options your buying a window ticket..my name is dan I work reservations here and Ill make you a sick "newschoolers" deal get some friends together and rent this house heres the link for my property that comes with epic passes
http://www.keytotherockies.com/property/lenawee-log-home?PageDataID=91739
or you can contact me at the office at 970-468-1898