Susan L
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Taos ski valley will not have a reservation system for season pass holders but will operate at 50% peak capacity, but they were never really busy other than during holiday weekends. They are also limiting the traffic by pricing ALOT of people out, especially kids and seniors. Last year my unlimited pass was $950, this year it is $1600. Kids and seniors unlimited were $400 last year, $1360 this year. Anyone who wants to ski weekends will have to buy the unlimited pass.
Ski Santa Fe will have a reservation system for everyone. Passes have low upfront cost of $149/$249, you pay $30 for the first 10 reservations and $10 thereafter. Passholders can reserve up to 3 or 5 days on their pass, and everyone needs to have a reservation before heading up to the mountain.
I don’t want to pay $1600 but I don’t want to be limited by the reservation system either. I play golf everyday but I hate tee times. It is so busy at my club that I can no longer walk on whenever I want to. Getting a tee time is a pain when there are over 600 members, and especially when people don’t show up and they open up the spot in the last minute. My solution is to join a more exclusive club that only has 40 members so I can play whenever I want to. For the same reasons, I opted for the TSV pass, assuming less people will be willing to pay for it and crowds won’t be an issue.
Ski Santa Fe will have a reservation system for everyone. Passes have low upfront cost of $149/$249, you pay $30 for the first 10 reservations and $10 thereafter. Passholders can reserve up to 3 or 5 days on their pass, and everyone needs to have a reservation before heading up to the mountain.
I don’t want to pay $1600 but I don’t want to be limited by the reservation system either. I play golf everyday but I hate tee times. It is so busy at my club that I can no longer walk on whenever I want to. Getting a tee time is a pain when there are over 600 members, and especially when people don’t show up and they open up the spot in the last minute. My solution is to join a more exclusive club that only has 40 members so I can play whenever I want to. For the same reasons, I opted for the TSV pass, assuming less people will be willing to pay for it and crowds won’t be an issue.