The Most Insane Lift Ticket VALUES

When even Chamonix, considered to be an expensive ski resort in the Alps, is cheaper than the cheapest option here

we need more of these resorts to allow overnight camping in their parking lots!!!

You know the world is ending when nearly $150 is considered a good value 💀 And I know that it's a better value than other places, but c'mon: 10 years ago I thought $99 was an outrage and now there are resorts pushing $250.

Seeing those prices makes me so glad I'm living in Japan, I can get a bullet train ticket + lift for just 76USD to the nearest resort and the snow quality is good plus the town is great.

Folks sleep on Bridger Bowl in Montana. Several times larger than some of the places on this list, more than 300 inches of snow per year, bowls/chutes/trees/groomers, great vibe, and tickets are $85 ($70 ahead)

American resorts have become so ridiculously expensive (lifts + room) that it is now cheaper to fly to Europe to ski (even when you include the airfare).

0:00 Intro 1:15 10th Alta / Snowbird, UT 3:31 9th Whistler Blackcomb, Canada 4:55 8th Arapahoe Basin 6:28 7th Banff Sunshine / Lake Louise , Canada 8:23 6th Brighton, UT 9:33 5th Sierra at Tahoe, CA 10:55 4th Jay Peak, VT 12:22 3rd Mt. Baker, WA 1,500 ft vertical 14:04 2nd Wolf Creek, southern CO 15:21 1st Whitefish, northern MT 17:25 Hon. Mentions: Schweitzer NW ID, Loveland CO, Tremblant Q, Kirkwood CA, Big White BC, Kicking Horse BC, Revelstoke BC, Powder Mt. UT, Grand Targhee ID/WY, Snowbasin UT

Clearly the trade off is convenience. Although I’d say Lake Louise in February with the shuttle makes it the best value to me. Love Banff. Great mountain.

As always, great content. It's absolutely amazing how ticket window prices have risen. Even back in the early 2000s, I skied Homewood for $25 during the week, Heavenly for $75 on a weekend and $67 at Kirkwood. Of course back then, there wasn't an Ikon, Indy or Epic pass.

You are 100% correct about Whitefish, MT. I've skied their multiple times, and I am still shocked how reasonably priced the tickets are year round for how HUGE the ski resort is.

Willamette Pass blows all these resorts out of the f'ing water in terms of ratio of ticket price to experience. It's 1550 vertical feet (same vert. rise as Baker), about half the area of Baker, but midweek tickets are $20. TWENTY DOLLARS. If you book your trip a couple weeks in advance the weekend tickets are ALSO TWENTY DOLLARS. If you book day-of on a really busy weekend it gets up to a max of about $65. It's legitimately cheaper than some tiny 100 foot vert hills in Wisconsin and it has a high-speed six pack and really good tree skiing, I don't see how you beat that on value.

Solid list and summaries. I was surprised Crystal didn't make the cut -- I've skied there for like $70 on a Tuesday last March. Great conditions, amazing mountain, I almost couldn't believe the value. Would recommend.

Fantastic review. That is why I love to watch your content. Jay Peak has been on my list for a while and I'll shoot for it in 2023.

Before COVID Mt Norquay in Banff offered select days, usually once a month, where tickets were $2. Lines were insane obviously but was a great way to get on the mountain for cheap

Great video!

Went to A basin on mlk monday on a nice 3 inch pow day, the lines were at most 3 minutes long and had a lot of fun.

Brighton also has night skiing available, while with a smaller footprint, at even lower prices too, and night skiing is convenient because it is less busy and (for locals at least) it’s nice to go up for night cruising after a busy day at work

A-basin will probably be on this list with their three day midweek pass. Also probably a few Canadian areas like Banff Sunshine and Big White. The best deal for day tickets in the east would probably be Jay Peak, but the way to go would be the Indy Pass.

Like the backflip at the end of the Whistler section

Our family just spent 4 days in Whitefish and it is an amazing resort. First time doing a ski in ski out lodging and that was totally worth it.