It’s not free: Boots: $700 Skis: $650 Bindings: $500 Skins: $150 Avy beacon:$400 Probe:$80 Shovel:$75 Backpack/airbag:$800 Avy 1 course:$250 I understand you can pay a lot less than these prices, but you can certainly pay A LOT more for them also. So….please, just stick to the $140 lift tickets, and leave the powder to me 😂
@@ChadLubinskiI understand. I have a set of alpine boots, and a set of touring boots. I own several pair of skis, including a dedicated touring setup with tech bindings. However, you said it’s “frickin free”. It’s not. I know it’s clickbait….but, why would you promote a diminishing commodity? There’s enough tourons out there that wanted to walk uphill during Covid. There need not be more.
@@ChadLubinskiI would say a third of that you need for resort laps. But I didn’t bother mentioning the apparel, which serves dual purpose. But shit, good luck finding a decent jacket for less than $500…
I meant that going uphill is free at most resorts. I'm not sure what you mean by diminishing commodity - nothing about touring is a commodity or diminishing (except your energy). I see this in climbing all the time. As long as you have your spot and can do what you want to do, ppl believe nobody else should be able to do it.
@@ChadLubinskipowder is the diminishing commodity. There is a finite amount of fresh lines. More people, less freshy. That’s why I love climbing, and mtn biking. There is no reason to get up early, it doesn’t matter how many people have climbed a route, it stays basically the same. I’m stoked for the coming ski season. But I have a few more trout to trick before the . 🤙🤜
Yea everyone says this then you gotta spend a bunch more cash in touring gear to only ski 2-3 runs for the whole day. I love skiing but if I’m driving 2.5 hours to the mountain I’m not gonna spend the rest of the day hiking up it to get only a few runs in then drive 2.5 back home
@@ChadLubinskihow about you just listen to what bro has to say instead of making some dumbass childish ass comment. Jesus Christ nobody gives a fuck if you asked or not
@@Colg555I can pay $700 for a season pass on west coast with good snow and lifts. Also make payments on that from April to November so it’s barely noticeable lmfao.
@@ggbooliano I wasn’t even comparing the two my guy. I still mainly resort ski, but within two years you’d have that paid off. It’s a nice investment for days when you don’t wanna deal with people
@@campbellwear5238 I would say majority of mountains are like 800-400 for season passes but there are some like Mammoth or Aspen that are over 1000, but those are the fancy resorts that get a lot of attention. Usually the resorts that stay open longer because they get more snow are more expensive. But there are a lot of smaller resorts that are around 400. And even cheaper in cases for example some resorts have passed that are $300 but say you can only come on weekdays, stuff like that, so I guess it’s a large range of prices to be honest.
I’ve got an idea! Instead of paying $750 for a season pass and making payments if you pay early enough, let’s spend $2000 on gear that I don’t know how to use and might not last 4 years + safety equipment
Not to mention classes, the time it takes to get one run. Are you gonna get a sled as well? The amount of work going into it instead of the convenience of lifts. You might save ~$250 a year doing this and get about 1/4 of the laps.
@@ChadLubinskipromise my mountain gets more than enough pow for me to enjoy while you dorks hike lines and get caught in avalanches. I have a split board for the spring, but this is simply a dumb take.
Avalanche beacon, probe, and shovel costs 500$. Then you have to pay for the avalanche classes and spend the time to do them. Then touring bindings and skis costs like 500 more minimum than regular bindings and skis. Then theres your climbing skins which can cost over 100$. You can't always ski everywhere you need to wait for the snowpack to be in shape. You have no avy control and you're pretty on your own if you fuck up or get buried. Also resort skiing probably nets you more vertical in a day then you can get touring in a season. Tourings cool but theres a reason why resorts exist.
Yeah, I'll get right on that while living on the east coast with over 2k of splitboard and avalanche safety gear. Atleast with the east coast id get more runs than you as result of less time hiking. Lol
You are suggesting hiking the mountains the most expensive way possible by buying all that skiing gear. Where I am supposed to save money here exactly ? I am used to hiking the mountains completely free.
@@ChadLubinski You could. I don't have to buy anything extra outside of what I use in my day to day life. So yes, it is completely free. Any person could leave their home in the clothes they have and go hiking without spending a few grand on a skiing gear. And we both know how expensive it is ...
@@ChadLubinski get a season pass early. Depends on resort 350-500 there is usually sales on passes early season. Get good rental skis, 100-300, and buy used jackets pants, boots etc. it all pays for itself
Buying a season pass =$350 Time to earn that working = 2ish days (16 hours) Time wasted climbing mountain (plus losing ride time) instead of buying season pass = MORE HOURS than youd have to work buying season pass. That is if you plan on going more than 10 days or more
@@801actioncam The difference is I go to resorts with endless Pow terrain accessible from different lifts and I never ski moguls there. If you have a resort with one lift - yeah you will probably ski moguls.
