The thing with these things is that when you do it a lot, the cost of ski passes or bikes or whatever is not that high. If you ski 50-100 days, a $500 or $1000

The thing with these things is that when you do it a lot, the cost of ski passes or bikes or whatever is not that high. If you ski 50-100 days, a $500 or $1000 ski pass is much cheaper than most forms of entertainment (that's less per day on lift access than it costs to go to a bar). The way these kinds of things get expensive is if you buy all the passes and equipment but then only actually use it a few weeks a year. I know a lot of people that do not make much money that have ski passes and nice equipment because their priorities are different.