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How much do you spend every season?

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#1 ·
Hey all, I just thought it would be interesting to see how much peeps spend on average every season to feed the stoke. It would be interesting to also note where your main place of residency is as well and # of days on snow. We'll probably see us East Coasters spending quite a bit more as we know most of you west coasters probably camp under the gondola during peak season to get to the goods...hehe :p This will also probably stimulate jealously for those that get to ride 50+ days a year also :eusa_clap:.

I think we should keep this post solely to tickets, transportation, and accommodations (if applicable) as we know there are plenty of gearheads and alcoholics on here that may skew the #s :laugh:

I guess I'll start:

Cost: $3300 (pending 1 last hurrah) :'( :mad:
Trips: 1 wk Revy/KH, 1 wk Whistler (pending), 1 weekend trip to Iceface, bunch of local outings
Total days on snow: 19 days (projected)
Residency: ONT Canada

Gosh...i need to move...

If i see someone post 100 days and spend $100 bucks im closing this thread :laugh:
 
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#2 ·
So far:

~2250 on tickets / pass and lessons.

~750 on condos/ hotels.

~at least 500 on food / drinks probably much higher.

~ 1100 on gas.

Little over 30 days from Calgary.

This thread is depressing
 
#3 ·
Yup....depressing.

Although my numbers are small because I am a complete dirtbag...

$1300 lift tickets/pass (loyalty cards and cheap tickets off kijiji)

$300accommodation (FYI done get a kitchenette at Mary's Motel in Golden they are garbage...go for the regular room with mic and fridge and bring a crock pot!)

$300 on food and booze (Old Mil & Fireball, oatmeal, sandwiches, and crock pot chilli)

$200 on gas

the costs are low cause I always organize groups of 3 or 4 and will stay in a dump.

Im at 26 days outa calgary.
 
#4 · (Edited)
570/300 - Passes (Epic pass and Terry Peak, SD)
3000~ - 2 - 1 1/2 week trips (UT) (AZ, Lake Tahoe)
1500~ - getting to the local mtns from Denver since the start of the season.
1500 on new gear since I'm a gear whore.

If we're including booze/weed and food I really can't guess. A lot higher than the rest I assume.


Rough estimates, I honestly do not keep track of my spending, I do that enough at work! I always have leftover and just make a point to put X amount towards savings/investments.


From Golden Colorado, ride 3-5 times a week normally. I'm a PM so my job is pretty flexible if the project is going well. Some years are great some suck. Last year I got maybe 20 days, this year I'm well past 50 just counting Key/Breck/Abasin
 
#5 ·
30 days so far for me with another 5 coming this week. 40 should be easy to hit but I'm still hoping for 50 for the year!!! :yahoo:

Season pass to Kicking Horse, Fernie, Kimberley, Nakiska and Lake Louise: $1300 incl tax

Transportation: Work truck

Accommodations: Probably at about $1000 for the year so far, it's all fun stuff...

Add in food and gear and I'm usually around $4000-5000 a season. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Best investment I make every year...
 
#6 ·
For myself? $659 epic pass, $250 new smokin board. $200 new boots. $250 bindings.. Pretty much annual. 127 days so far. 85 on vail.

Family, add mine for my wife too.... She usually gets some new clothes too so add $500 to that. She is at 35 days.

Son gets usually 3-5 boards a year, 3 new bindings, 3 new boots. Who knows how many outfits. Boards might total $800, bindings $500, boots$500 and new outfits about $500. His coaching is $5000. Travel for comps so far about $3000. He has won about $10k this year in cash/prizes. First year of competing. It almost pays for itself now, maybe in a couple more years. He's at 145 days or so since October

Spending endless hours/days/months on the mountains as a family is really all that matters and is priceless....
 
#7 ·
$0 on season pass, work covers it
$80 on gas, I live 15min from the hill
$0 on hotels, I sleep at home

Will have 28 days on snow come this weekend. Should be 34 by end of season. Also doing 2 days at Baldface end of March, $0, through work.

I live in Nelson, BC.
 
#11 ·
season pass somewhere like $500-750 depending on what one(s) I get

random day lift tickets to resorts not covered by pass(es) ~$100

airfare $250

lodging $1000 (usually includes one 4-6 day trip out west and several overnight/weekend trips closer to home)

Gear $500-700

I'm riding somewhere like ~35 days per season.

Gas & incidentals... no idea. Let's say $700 just to keep it nice and even.


Fuck me. That works out to $100 per day, and most of these "days" are on shitty midwest hills. Well, the obvious way to save money is to not buy two new pairs of pants in February and a new board in March...
 
#33 ·
Fuck me. That works out to $100 per day, and most of these "days" are on shitty midwest hills. Well, the obvious way to save money is to not buy two new pairs of pants in February and a new board in March...
Haha...well minus gear you're not bad...its the gear that kills us all...heh

Heh this is an expensive sport isn't it.

Roughly 20-30 days - Say 25.
Season pass = $550
Accommodation = $100pn (cheaper if there is more of us)
Food = $30per day
Gas = $160 a trip

Holy crap, ~$5720. I split the gas/accommodation where I can but man thats crazy when you look at it in one go :dizzy:
Yea...this yr I've spent the most on boarding...and I was thinking to myself...how does everyone else do it?

13 actually. Not a bad life for any of us.
The little ripper yet close to getting a sponsor? At first when you were listing out all the new gear every yr I thought u were joking. Then when I realized you weren't and i thought he was spoiled :laugh:...then you mentioned the prize money..and it became more justifiable...hah
 
#12 ·
$150 on tickets in PA, free pass for teaching in Maine, $400 in gas to get everywhere, $0 on lodging (hotels are too expensive, if I don't have a couch or friend to crash with, I probably wouldn't go.)

35 days in... just rode what will probably be my last day on Monday... that is about $16 per day, + 15 to 30 a day for food/drink.
 
#13 ·
$650 season pass

$1750 for ski lease (Nov-June)

gas? no idea?

Gear? new bindings for 100 and a pair of bomber goretex patagucchis on sale %50 off...still were $200 fml...


Days?

sigh...last year was well over 50 for the same pass/condo deal. This year? maybe 20? sigh....Ive had distractions at home this season :huh:
 
#17 · (Edited)
Around 30-40 days:
600$ seasons pass
250$ gas
450$ beer and sausages
0$ lodging (we've a little alpine cabine some meters below a slope)

Makes around 40$ per day
 
#18 ·
Just about $4300 total so far and I leave for Utah in just over a week.

$570 Pass
$600 Gas (mountain and back is $30 worth)
$100 Lesson (got another free one cuz I bitched)
$200 Beer, Booze, Food at the lodge (probably more)

The remaining $2800+ is gear...

I'll have 20 days come Sunday. I hope to get 24 total counting Utah but that might be a stretch. I won't even count the trip to Utah (visiting family and shit) but probably at least another $500 - $600 in passes, food, & gas.

So, let's just call it ~$5000 for 24 days. Christ don't tell my wife!...

I live in Northern BC.

*Fuck everytime I go to click post I think of some other shit I bought and up the numbers!... I give... Post...
 
#19 ·
Season Pass - 469
Gas - maybe 200
Food/Drink - no idea - would have done that whether I was riding or not.
Heavenly lift tix (2 days) - 150
New boots early season price - 95
Total...just under a grand.

Getting to ride 15 Days without much of a fight from the wife - Priceless

For everything else, theres Mastercard.
 
#21 ·
Lets see...about 18 days boarding

$400. season pass
$500 airfare twice
$1000 my share of about 18 nights in condo
$250 my share of a rental car 20 days
$400 or so, food and drinks
$550 new board (unplanned, broke mine and bought new at base shop)
$100 gloves, tore mine

So $3200 / 18 = $175 per day
 
#23 ·
1800 for season passes for the wife and I
2700 and counting for gas
2200 or so on gear
300 for x rays and physical therapy (fuck off shoulder damage)

$7000 total for the season so far, at 89 days with another 40 at least left in the season. Comes out to about $80 per day for two people.
 
#25 ·
Heh this is an expensive sport isn't it.

Roughly 20-30 days - Say 25.
Season pass = $550
Accommodation = $100pn (cheaper if there is more of us)
Food = $30per day
Gas = $160 a trip

Holy crap, ~$5720. I split the gas/accommodation where I can but man thats crazy when you look at it in one go :dizzy:
 
#27 ·
$530 Epic local pass
$300 my local mtn pass
$1800 plane tickets
$1200-1300 transportation (shuttle or car rental/gas/tolls)

I own a place in Breck and have a good friend in Whistler so I usually try to spend 5-6 weeks in Colorado and at least 10 days in BC in addition to riding locally in NY/NJ and VT.
 
#29 ·
339 for a pass to Brighton and I hitch up or bum rides most of the time. But I figure Ive probably spent about 2-300 dollars on gas getting to the canyon mouth/driving up myself. 73 days and counting Probably rode at least one untracked line 65 of those days. I used to keep track of this stuff when I lived in Illinois and the number was in the couple thousands to ride about 25-30 times a year. Eventually I think Im gonna abandon the pass all together and use the split full time but Im lazy/a sucker for easy pickings right now.
 
#31 ·
Ugh, I try not to think about it, going to hit 40 days when I go thurs and fri this week and planning on making several trips to Tuck's once the resorts finally close. Probably about 3 grand or so between a few trips season pass and gas. Another grand on some of the gear I bought this year. 4k or so this year.
 
#37 ·
It's only my second full season and early on someone told me "NEVER DO THE MATH!!!" ;) I think he was right cuz on occasion I have & I really can't afford to be this irresponsible with my limited finances! :) :laugh:

I don't want to have to face the realization that I can't afford to participate in this sport!! :blink: Denial!!! Not just a river in Egypt!!! :laugh::laugh:
 
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