Snow Resorts With The Cheapest Ski Lift Tickets That Are Actually Good
Counting the pennies to get the powder.
A list of affordable ski resorts isn't a new concept. Each winter, listicles come out extolling the virtues of an unknown resort in Macedonia, an off-the-radar off-piste unicorn in Turkey, or a surprise find in the Arctic Circle. And yet, while they may be cheap, are they any good? Most often, the answer is no. Be it a lack of terrain, snow, charm, nightlife, history or infrastructure (or all of the above) there's often a reason why you can ride these resorts for a day for less than the cost of two Oslo pints.
On the flipside, some of the world’s iconic resort prices are simply out of control. Whistler and Aspen are currently charging $200 a day, and Zermatt and Chamonix top out at €70 per visit. At these hills. you then need to sell your snowboard to buy a hot coffee. However, if you look hard enough, there are still hidden, underrated, and under-the-radar resorts that do provide real, lasting, value for money. We found these cut-priced gems, so you didn’t have to.
Beaver Mountain, USA
There are two tricks to getting value for money when hitting Northern American slopes. First is to stay away from the iconic, big corporate resorts. Day passes at Keystone and Vail for example start around the $150