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I finally chose the $9 park pass over the $40 day pass in Breckenridge and I want to compare notes
Two weeks ago I drove up to Breckenridge for a solo ski day and stood in line deciding between a single day pass at the window for around $40 or a $9 state parks annual sticker I could use at other spots near Denver. I went with the cheap annual one and figured worst case I'd be out nine bucks, but the lift lines were short and I skied from 9am till noon on just a few groomed runs. Turns out the sticker only works at a couple of smaller hills, not the big resort, so I ended up driving 40 minutes to a little spot outside Frisco. Did I miss out by skipping the big mountain, or did I just find a cheap local secret?
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hannah_west3922d ago
The part that gets me is "the sticker only works at a couple of smaller hills." Everyone else is gonna tell you whether the big resort is worth it, but here's the thing nobody brings up: that $9 sticker changes your whole mindset before you even get out of the car. When I pay $40 at the window I feel like I have to ski bell to bell, hit every run, squeeze out my money's worth, and honestly that pressure makes the day worse. With a cheap pass I can ski three hours, call it, and go get a burger without feeling like I wasted anything. So the real question is whether you wanted a big mountain day or a no pressure day, and it sounds like you got the second one for nine bucks. That little spot outside Frisco might be the better deal just because of how it made you feel, not because of the terrain.
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