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Switzerland is a rich country, and just about every ski resort is outrageously expensive (think 14 euro for a beer, 35 for a pizza, 150+/night for a hotel, 50+/

by LeonM 4y ago

Switzerland is a rich country, and just about every ski resort is outrageously expensive (think 14 euro for a beer, 35 for a pizza, 150+/night for a hotel, 50+/day slopes). So financially, they can definitely get away with helicoptering in snow. The most exclusive ones are probably St. Moritz, Zermatt and Lech, not so sure about Gstaad.

lscdlscd 4y ago
Other than the pizza and beer, I challenge you to find a ski resort in Colorado/Utah much cheaper than the prices you listed. It's crazy here in the US. I'll be spending a week skiing in Austria next week and altogether it's cheaper than a week of skiing in Colorado.
- xeromal 4y ago
  I just replied to OP too. Skiing in SLC is also ridiculous. Hotel is 500 a night and ski lift tickets start at 142. lmao.
zahllos 4y ago
Gstaad is 'exclusive'. It probably isn't so well known, but it has very expensive resorts and hotels, like https://www.thealpinagstaad.ch/ https://www.thealpinagstaad.ch/ and its own private bank https://www.saanenbank.ch/ https://www.saanenbank.ch/ and the centre of the village has a lot of luxury shopping. It is definitely up there in terms of destinations for UHNW people. However I don't think it attracts quite such a percentage of "can afford to go but not ultra high net worth" people, which is much more true of Zermatt, Verbier, St Moritz etc.
xeromal 4y ago
When you listed your prices, I was awed by the expense of the beer and pizza, but once you got to the hotels and ski pass, the prices look very reasonable for the US. I pulled up Snowbird in Salt Lake City, Utah which has some of the best skiing in the US and not even fancy like Aspen, Colorado. A hotel up there on a Wednesday in two weeks is 454USD per night. Lift tickets are 142USD per day. Blows my mind. When I skied there in college in 2012, they were roughly 60-80USD per day and they had free ski between 1500-1700.
mrep 4y ago
Come to Deer Valley in Park City Utah, it's only $670 a night for lodging (minimum) and 230-260 a day for passes!
8note 4y ago
Sounds like cheap skiing compared to alberta https://www.skibanff.com/ski-ride/passes/day-passes https://www.skibanff.com/ski-ride/passes/day-passes Half price

by LeonM 4y ago

lscdlscd 4y ago

Other than the pizza and beer, I challenge you to find a ski resort in Colorado/Utah much cheaper than the prices you listed. It's crazy here in the US. I'll be spending a week skiing in Austria next week and altogether it's cheaper than a week of skiing in Colorado.

xeromal 4y ago
I just replied to OP too. Skiing in SLC is also ridiculous. Hotel is 500 a night and ski lift tickets start at 142. lmao.

zahllos 4y ago

Gstaad is 'exclusive'. It probably isn't so well known, but it has very expensive resorts and hotels, like https://www.thealpinagstaad.ch/ https://www.thealpinagstaad.ch/ and its own private bank https://www.saanenbank.ch/ https://www.saanenbank.ch/ and the centre of the village has a lot of luxury shopping. It is definitely up there in terms of destinations for UHNW people. However I don't think it attracts quite such a percentage of "can afford to go but not ultra high net worth" people, which is much more true of Zermatt, Verbier, St Moritz etc.

xeromal 4y ago

When you listed your prices, I was awed by the expense of the beer and pizza, but once you got to the hotels and ski pass, the prices look very reasonable for the US. I pulled up Snowbird in Salt Lake City, Utah which has some of the best skiing in the US and not even fancy like Aspen, Colorado. A hotel up there on a Wednesday in two weeks is 454USD per night. Lift tickets are 142USD per day. Blows my mind. When I skied there in college in 2012, they were roughly 60-80USD per day and they had free ski between 1500-1700.

mrep 4y ago

Come to Deer Valley in Park City Utah, it's only $670 a night for lodging (minimum) and 230-260 a day for passes!

8note 4y ago

Sounds like cheap skiing compared to alberta https://www.skibanff.com/ski-ride/passes/day-passes https://www.skibanff.com/ski-ride/passes/day-passes Half price