I notice a lot of Divas on your side of the pond have season passes (and even for 2 mountains ) but they are really too expensive for us. Partly owing to the number of break-even days at any one place (and we don't ski in teh same place all the time) and partly in terms of resort size:cost ratio.
For instance, here in CH typically you need to ski a resort for 14-15 days a season to break even buying a season pass. Our nearest mountain has just 40 km of pistes yet charges CHF 670* for a season pass! Much better value is Flims Laax (220 km), which charges CHF 950 for a season pass that also covers Klosters/Davos and Lenzerheide - but Flims is an hour and a quarter, and the others are two hours away which means planning to go (and get to bed in time to get up) and arranging for dog sitting etc. Plus CHF 950 x 2 is a lot of money. Add to that that we usually do at least 2 weeks in France each season (if we have a week free we might as well go somewhere that is beyond weekend distance).
Season passes in the large French resorts are even more expensive!
So how much do you pay for your season passes and how many days is the break-even point?
*$1 = CHF 1.25 (roughly)
For instance, here in CH typically you need to ski a resort for 14-15 days a season to break even buying a season pass. Our nearest mountain has just 40 km of pistes yet charges CHF 670* for a season pass! Much better value is Flims Laax (220 km), which charges CHF 950 for a season pass that also covers Klosters/Davos and Lenzerheide - but Flims is an hour and a quarter, and the others are two hours away which means planning to go (and get to bed in time to get up) and arranging for dog sitting etc. Plus CHF 950 x 2 is a lot of money. Add to that that we usually do at least 2 weeks in France each season (if we have a week free we might as well go somewhere that is beyond weekend distance).
Season passes in the large French resorts are even more expensive!
So how much do you pay for your season passes and how many days is the break-even point?
*$1 = CHF 1.25 (roughly)