Yella … true?!

pawz

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2XjMBwr4XK/?igsh=aDgzYW9rNm41Z2sy

YellowSnow

I was pretty damn lucky to grow up skiing there in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s during the golden era. @rodmansrage got there too fucking late just in time for late stage capitalism, public company skiing.

rodmansrage

YellowSnow said:

I was pretty damn lucky to grow up skiing there in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s during the golden era. @rodmansrage got there too fucking late just in time for late stage capitalism, public company skiing.

it’s expensive as fuck now, but I don’t know any better like @YellowSnow said.

YellowSnow

rodmansrage said:

YellowSnow said:

I was pretty damn lucky to grow up skiing there in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s during the golden era. @rodmansrage got there too fucking late just in time for late stage capitalism, public company skiing.

it’s expensive as fuck now, but I don’t know any better like @YellowSnow said.

Deer Valley was $75.00 in 2000. Pushing close to $300.00 now.

CPI calculator says $75.00 in 2000 in $136 now.

pawz

YellowSnow said:

rodmansrage said:

YellowSnow said:

I was pretty damn lucky to grow up skiing there in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s during the golden era. @rodmansrage got there too fucking late just in time for late stage capitalism, public company skiing.

it’s expensive as fuck now, but I don’t know any better like @YellowSnow said.

Deer Valley was $75.00 in 2000. Pushing close to $300.00 now.

CPI calculator says $75.00 in 2000 in $136 now.

TITTT, Pal.

huskyhooligan

On a skiing side note, anyone else watch Full Circle on Netflix? Its about the parallels between Barry Corbet (Mid Century Bad Ass) and Trevor Kennison, both of whom had debilitating spinal cord injuries. Pretty inspiring.

YellowSnow

pawz said:

YellowSnow said:

rodmansrage said:

YellowSnow said:

I was pretty damn lucky to grow up skiing there in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s during the golden era. @rodmansrage got there too fucking late just in time for late stage capitalism, public company skiing.

it’s expensive as fuck now, but I don’t know any better like @YellowSnow said.

Deer Valley was $75.00 in 2000. Pushing close to $300.00 now.

CPI calculator says $75.00 in 2000 in $136 now.

TITTT, Pal.

You can pull my https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm from my cold dead hands, guy.

YellowSnow

huskyhooligan said:

On a skiing side note, anyone else watch Full Circle on Netflix? Its about the parallels between Barry Corbet (Mid Century Bad Ass) and Trevor Kennison, both of whom had debilitating spinal cord injuries. Pretty inspiring.

Of the Coney Island Corbet's Couliers?


@DerekJohnson @UW_Doog_Bot

BleachedAnusDawg

YellowSnow said:

rodmansrage said:

YellowSnow said:

I was pretty damn lucky to grow up skiing there in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s during the golden era. @rodmansrage got there too fucking late just in time for late stage capitalism, public company skiing.

it’s expensive as fuck now, but I don’t know any better like @YellowSnow said.

Deer Valley was $75.00 in 2000. Pushing close to $300.00 now.

CPI calculator says $75.00 in 2000 in $136 now.

I remember when people said skiing was a rich man's sport, and that was when it was a quarter of the cost it is today. Very depressing. I started late and caught the tail end of Stevens offering $20 night passes, 3 day passes for $99, $60 all-day, etc.

UW_Doog_Bot

It's true, I turned down Mrs. Doog Bots cousin beefstick for skiing in the Poconos.

Skiing an unblemished and empty deer valley in the 90's was peak @UW_Doog_Bot powder run.

Only place that could still compare is out in Medicine Bow. Snowy range is a 10th the size but still empty and affordable on any given weekday that isn't a bank holiday.

pawz

What season pass do you have? Winter.


https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2SqqJSrPwD/?igsh=MWxmdms3MmJ4NGVibg==

pawz

This *might* have hit too close to home. Last season I upgraded to HH outerwear - jacket and bib. Hahaha


https://www.instagram.com/reel/C04bdQmLhJx/?igsh=eG40NmExOXV6NW82

YellowSnow

pawz said:

What season pass do you have? Winter.


https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2SqqJSrPwD/?igsh=MWxmdms3MmJ4NGVibg==

IFL chairlifts !!

pawz

YellowSnow said:

pawz said:

What season pass do you have? Winter.


https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2SqqJSrPwD/?igsh=MWxmdms3MmJ4NGVibg==

IFL chairlifts !!

You gotta earn your turns, bruh. 😎

NookTunnelSyndrome

I hate to say it but, hitting the slopes has become the new golf. It’s a rich man’s game. Having skied Oregon/Washington for the better part of 3 decades, the lift tix are outrageous now. I’ll always have a soft spot for Hoodoo having worked there a couple of seasons long ago. Best budget skiing in the NW. Batch was great back in the 90’s, had a great discount run on swap days. Willy Pass was good too, Meadows, before the onslaught of Portland came.

Haven’t hit the sticks in the last 10 years after both knees said enough is enough. I always admired the guy who rode the lift around the bull wheel and rode it down, flask in hand. Some days the spirits were just better than the powder.

YellowSnow

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1943455#Comment_1943455

Yes and no I'd say @NookTunnelSyndrome. My total 2023- 24 ski budget for a family of 4 (2 adults and a kids aged 6 and 9) which includes the following:

1 Adult Bachelor Season Pass for me

4 Day Pass for Mrs Snow

2 Kids Season Passes

2 x Season Rental Packages for Kids

Gas for 20 - 22 round trips to the ski hill

Is about $2,500 give or take. So, well within budget for an upper middle class household and even doable for true middle class if you're frugal. But skiing is 30 mins from my driveway so no lodging, airfare, and we skipped lessons this year due to sports ball conflicts.