Daniel Scott

Costs have been definitely going up.

It makes family skiing with two young daughters a little bit tricky.

I do think the climate has taken a toll.

I think that they're forced to make a lot of snow, which obviously costs more money.

It comes with the Canadian passport, yes, and then my wife's family is Austrian, so she gets double the skill level I do.

Once the kids start flying past me, I'm just in catch-up mode.

We do ski, but yeah, Nordic ski, downhill, all the snow sports around here is sort of a way of life.

Yeah, that's happened in the entire North American market.

And part of it's a bit of consolidation in the way some of the bigger resorts or resort conglomerates, they're buying up multiple resorts in different regions.

And in part to get you to pay for your pass ahead of season.

So you don't know what the weather is going to be like, but they get your money back.

to get those Icon or Epic passes, they price those lower so that those who ski frequently, you get a good deal.

But if you're going one weekend, as you maybe just are, or you're going with the family for a one-day pass, those prices have really skyrocketed so that it's almost more value if you buy the pass.

But many people, if you're only going once or twice a year, aren't willing to do that.

So that's made it really difficult for families and beginners just getting into skiing.

It's something you're not going to commit yourself to.

But in Europe, we haven't seen that same sort of market trend, so it's a bit different over there.

Yeah.

So, I mean, the upside of the passes is, again, if you're going to ski regularly every weekend through the winter or something, you'll get your money's worth.

And so that's good.