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Started by Tisunov in Ski Chatter - 14 Replies

I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe

Tisunov posted Sep-2017

Hey everyone!
Every winter I spend inordinate amount of time choosing winter resort to practice my snowboarding obsession.
For season 2017/2018 I decided to collect in one place ski pass prices http://skipassprices.com for all resorts with more than 100 km of pistes.
Besides ski passes I want make an easy to use list of best ski resorts in the world complete with avg. trip price (including skipass, accommodation, food, transport).
Would you find such list useful?

Edited 1 time. Last update at 06-Sep-2017

Dobby
reply to 'I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe'
posted Sep-2017

Hi Tisunov. Such a website would be useful, but wouldn't really help me make a decision as to where to go. For my family, the key issues are: how crowded the pistes are and the piste-mix - we need a nice mix of blues and reds, and some harder reds and some blacks for the end of the week. Also, there are some great resorts that would probably not make your list (I haven't checked your website) - Are in Sweden and Risoul in France.

Daved
reply to 'I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe'
posted Sep-2017

love you to add discounts for seniors and the kids price on the list might forgo the 1 day costs as how many people go for 1 day but otherwise fantastic I've added a couple ...you should group the areas together ..for instance I have added the dolomiti superski which does include Kronplatz and Cortina

Edited 1 time. Last update at 07-Sep-2017

Tisunov
reply to 'I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe'
posted Sep-2017

dobby wrote:Hi Tisunov. Such a website would be useful, but wouldn't really help me make a decision as to where to go. For my family, the key issues are: how crowded the pistes are and the piste-mix - we need a nice mix of blues and reds, and some harder reds and some blacks for the end of the week. Also, there are some great resorts that would probably not make your list (I haven't checked your website) - Are in Sweden and Risoul in France.


Hi Dobby. So cost of trip (accommodation, food, ski lifts) doesn't play a role for you when choosing resort? How do you know how crowded pistes are?

I want to make a web site that makes those factors like crowds clearly visible to easily compare resorts. Often people have some vague sense why they like or don't like some ski resort, and often you can't get that info before visiting.

I want to crowdsource relevant resort info stuck in people's heads who've been there to make it easy for 1st time visitors.

Tisunov
reply to 'I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe'
posted Sep-2017

daved wrote:love you to add discounts for seniors on the list but otherwise fantastic

Yes, I will add that. Right now I'm focusing on creating a list of resorts with average cost of trip. To rank resorts by cost, crowd factor, mix of pistes, altitude to make it easy to compare resorts.

What do you value the most when choosing next resort?

Daved
reply to 'I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe'
posted Sep-2017

tisunov wrote:
What do you value the most when choosing next resort?


I will have to think about that ..value and range of skiing for me as i do go out of high season and like interesting skiing ..that's why i am going back to the Dolomites this season ..there is so much to ski and its good value compared to France

Tisunov
reply to 'I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe'
posted Sep-2017

daved wrote:
tisunov wrote:
What do you value the most when choosing next resort?

I will have to think about that ..value and range of skiing for me as i do go out of high season and like interesting skiing ..that's why i am going back to the Dolomites this season ..there is so much to ski and its good value compared to France


Could you elaborate a bit about "good value", are hotels/guesthouses more affordable, or ski pass covers large area, something else?

Daved
reply to 'I made a site to compare skipass prices for largest resorts in Europe'
posted Sep-2017

its all subjectivity ,,but latest season I did 3 weeks first in la Tania ..a nice resort in the 3 valleys but not much in the resort and the restaurants both in the resort and on the slopes were expensive,,,I wont even think of buying a coffee in Courcheval but the skiing is great..of any in the 3 Valleys I prefer Val Thorens for the better access...Campitello di Fassa the Dolomites was great we stopped in a nice little hotel which gave us great food at a very reasonable price and the coffee is affordable on the slopes..so is lunch and there is so much skiing that you cannot do it all ...then on to Austria good value excellent hotel but the skiing as more limited but the coffee is affordable ...we are going back to the dolomites this season 3 weeks two different resorts

Topic last updated on 11-September-2017 at 10:38