I’m in a far less than ideal situation here. My mother in law who is a wonderful lady is nearly 77 and recently widowed. She won’t travel alone. She hasn’t had Christmas with her sister who lives in Salt Lake City in nearly 60 years. In fact she has only seen her in person three times in those 6 decades. They desperately want to spend Christmas together. Due to health issues her older sister can’t travel. So we’ll have to take her to SLC.
Firstly the airfares are extortionate at that time of year. About $3700 per person. My son finishes school this year and is starting an apprenticeship in mid January and my daughter will be on Uni holidays so it’ll likely be the last family holiday on my dime. So I’m going to have to shell out for 5 tickets. There’s nothing I can do about that I guess.
The question is more on timing and which ski pass to get. Timing is dictated by Kylie’s work holiday allowance. She only has two weeks if she wants to have another couple of weeks in Europe in the March of 2025. We can leave just prior to Christmas (say the 23rd) or leave a week earlier. I’m thinking earlier avoids holiday crowds but is riskier from a snow cover perspective. When do the holidays crowds start to finish? Straight after New Year? Or the second week in January? And should we consider our first Epic pass? We’ve never skied Park City or any of the Colorado Vail resorts and would like to at some point. We’ll have a car so will travel from SLC for a period anyway. Or stick with Mountain Collective so we can go back to Alta and Grand Targhee/Jackson like we’ve done in the past.
Post Covid are the Epic hills likely to be busier than the alternative? We’ve had a great time skiing on not busy Christmas Days and New Years days in previous years. Is there any reason that this will have changed?
Or is trying to ski at that time of year just going to be a waste of time completely? Maybe we just drive down to Canyonlands and Zion to do some walking and sight seeing?
We pretty much have to go at the worst time but we’ll have to just make the most of it.
Thanks in advance.
Firstly the airfares are extortionate at that time of year. About $3700 per person. My son finishes school this year and is starting an apprenticeship in mid January and my daughter will be on Uni holidays so it’ll likely be the last family holiday on my dime. So I’m going to have to shell out for 5 tickets. There’s nothing I can do about that I guess.
The question is more on timing and which ski pass to get. Timing is dictated by Kylie’s work holiday allowance. She only has two weeks if she wants to have another couple of weeks in Europe in the March of 2025. We can leave just prior to Christmas (say the 23rd) or leave a week earlier. I’m thinking earlier avoids holiday crowds but is riskier from a snow cover perspective. When do the holidays crowds start to finish? Straight after New Year? Or the second week in January? And should we consider our first Epic pass? We’ve never skied Park City or any of the Colorado Vail resorts and would like to at some point. We’ll have a car so will travel from SLC for a period anyway. Or stick with Mountain Collective so we can go back to Alta and Grand Targhee/Jackson like we’ve done in the past.
Post Covid are the Epic hills likely to be busier than the alternative? We’ve had a great time skiing on not busy Christmas Days and New Years days in previous years. Is there any reason that this will have changed?
Or is trying to ski at that time of year just going to be a waste of time completely? Maybe we just drive down to Canyonlands and Zion to do some walking and sight seeing?
We pretty much have to go at the worst time but we’ll have to just make the most of it.
Thanks in advance.
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