Aspen Area Lift Tickets

I am heading off to the Aspen area for a week long ski vacation in mid
march. Does anyone know of any cheap options for lift tickets?
(Actually anything less than the trivial discount they offer on the
aspen web site.) We have a couple beginners in our group who may only
be skiing at Buttermilk. Are there any cheaper "Buttermilk only" lift
tickets available? 15 years ago when I was in the Aspen area, Aspen
Highlands lift tickets were cheaper than Aspen Mountain or Snowmass.
This does not appear to be the case now. Does anyone know for sure?

Jeff Timmons
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I was there a few weeks ago.

There seems to be only one deal ... about $180 for a season ticket. Problem
is you need to be 70 y.o.

One day ticket: $72, 2-day: $144, 3-day: 216, ... 5-day: $360. Took us a
while to figure out that there are NO discounts for multi-day tickets ...
it's simply $72 x number of days.

We just paid ... and had a great time.


"Jeffrey C. Timmons" wrote in message
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I am heading off to the Aspen area for a week long ski vacation in mid
march. Does anyone know of any cheap options for lift tickets?
(Actually anything less than the trivial discount they offer on the
aspen web site.) We have a couple beginners in our group who may only
be skiing at Buttermilk. Are there any cheaper "Buttermilk only" lift
tickets available? 15 years ago when I was in the Aspen area, Aspen
Highlands lift tickets were cheaper than Aspen Mountain or Snowmass.
This does not appear to be the case now. Does anyone know for sure?

Jeff Timmons
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S. Gione wrote:
Took us a
while to figure out that there are NO discounts for multi-day tickets ...
it's simply $72 x number of days.

Noticed that in Colorado also. Except that the multiday tic was good
also at Vail, which which would save the customer token money. Except
that the same multiday tic was good for A-Basin which is much better and
significantly cheaper - and you'd be screwed royal if A-Basin was in
your plans, over-paying by several tens of dollars on a multiday ticket.

I can't figure out pricing for Colorado skiing - the multiday is screwy.

BTW, not pertinent for Aspen (or maybe it is) but at Arapaho Basin I
asked the ticket window if there were any deals floating around and she
looked through a pile of unused coupons on her desktop and picked one
out for me to use on the spot. Saved some money by just asking at the
window.

"lal_truckee" wrote in message
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S. Gione wrote:
Took us a
while to figure out that there are NO discounts for multi-day tickets
....
it's simply $72 x number of days.

Noticed that in Colorado also. Except that the multiday tic was good
also at Vail, which which would save the customer token money. Except
that the same multiday tic was good for A-Basin which is much better and
significantly cheaper - and you'd be screwed royal if A-Basin was in
your plans, over-paying by several tens of dollars on a multiday ticket.

I can't figure out pricing for Colorado skiing - the multiday is screwy.

BTW, not pertinent for Aspen (or maybe it is) but at Arapaho Basin I
asked the ticket window if there were any deals floating around and she
looked through a pile of unused coupons on her desktop and picked one
out for me to use on the spot. Saved some money by just asking at the


You should be able to pay 1/3 ticket window prices for A-Basin, Keystone,
Winter Park, Loveland, Breck and Copper by buying at King Soopers, Gart,
Breeze or other front range outlets or using Gold C coupons. .... All other
Colorado areas, expect to pay full fare, especially in March.