With the summer holidays over, iIt’s time to starting thinking about this season’s ski holidays. Juggling your ski holiday budget may well be one of the most complicated parts of your holiday planning so we are here to help! Ski passes always eat up a large part of the budget and that’s why we’ve collected and compared the 2014/15 ski pass prices from right across the Alps to make sure you know where to find the good ski pass deals. Follow our series of blogs about ski pass prices for the 2014/2015 ski season and find out everything you need to know before booking your ski holiday.
Everything you need to know about ski pass prices
Snowplaza researchers have been busy over the summer months collecting and comparing ski pass prices in 135 ski areas in the most popular ski countries: Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy. The results were interesting and we decided to share this useful information with our readers to help you plan your next ski holidays. We’ll tell you where to find the cheapest ski passes, where ski passes prices stay the same in high season, where kids can ski for free, which resorts have kept the 2013/14 season prices and much more…
Overall trends in ski pass prices
Out of the 135 ski areas compared, our researchers discovered that:
- Only 40 ski areas charge less than €200 for their ski passes in high season – based on a 6-day ski pass for adults.
- The average increase in price for this season is 3.4%
- 14 ski areas will keep the same ski pass prices as last season for the new 2014/2015 ski season
- Ski pass prices range from €112 for the cheapest to €360 for the most expensive
- On average, we spend around €200 euros for a 6-day ski pass but this can go as high as €360!
Ski pass prices have increased yet again!
Ski pass prices will increase by an average of 3.4% in high season for 2014/15. This works out between €5 and €10 extra per pass which could hurt a bit if you have a large family! It is worth noting that the increases in the low season are lower, averaging only a 1.7% increase – sorry, not very useful for families! There is also a difference in ski pass price increases in each country. The ski pass prices in Switzerland have increased less than in the other countries by an average of 1.2% making the Swiss ski resorts a better choice for a cheap ski holiday this year. Ski resorts in Italy have increased their ski pass prices the most with an average increase of 4% on last year’s prices!
Top 3 cheapest ski passes for 2014
You will find the cheapest ski passes for the high season in the following areas:
- Rofanseilbahn, Austria: In this small ski resort in the Achensee ski area you only pay €112 for a 6-day ski pass in high season. For this price, you have access to 14 km of ski slopes which doesn’t sound much but is a great choice for beginners. If you would rather have a ski pass for the whole Achensee area with access to 55 km of slopes, you will have to pay € 164.
- Aussois, France: In the French ski resort of Aussois you can ski for only €140 and enjoy 6 days of skiing on the 55 km of slopes and 10 ski lifts included in this ski pass.
- Le Corbier - St. Jean d'Arves, France: Also in France, the ski resorts of Le Corbier and St-Jean-d'Arves, where you can ski on 37 slopes totalling around 90 km of groomed runs, charge €163.50 for a 6-day ski pass.
Hope you find this information useful and don't forget to click on the links and read my other articles on the subject.
With the summer holidays over, iIt’s time to starting thinking about this season’s ski holidays. Juggling your ski holiday budget may well be one of the most complicated parts of your holiday planning so we are here to help! Ski passes always eat up a large part of the budget and that’s why we’ve collected and compared the 2014/15 ski pass prices from right across the Alps to make sure you know where to find the good ski pass deals. Follow our series of blogs about ski pass prices for the 2014/2015 ski season and find out everything you need to know before booking your ski holiday.
Everything you need to know about ski pass prices
Snowplaza researchers have been busy over the summer months collecting and comparing ski pass prices in 135 ski areas in the most popular ski countries: Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy. The results were interesting and we decided to share this useful information with our readers to help you plan your next ski holidays. We’ll tell you where to find the cheapest ski passes, where ski passes prices stay the same in high season, where kids can ski for free, which resorts have kept the 2013/14 season prices and much more…
Overall trends in ski pass prices
Out of the 135 ski areas compared, our researchers discovered that:
- Only 40 ski areas charge less than €200 for their ski passes in high season – based on a 6-day ski pass for adults.
- The average increase in price for this season is 3.4%
- 14 ski areas will keep the same ski pass prices as last season for the new 2014/2015 ski season
- Ski pass prices range from €112 for the cheapest to €360 for the most expensive
- On average, we spend around €200 euros for a 6-day ski pass but this can go as high as €360!
Ski pass prices have increased yet again!
Ski pass prices will increase by an average of 3.4% in high season for 2014/15. This works out between €5 and €10 extra per pass which could hurt a bit if you have a large family! It is worth noting that the increases in the low season are lower, averaging only a 1.7% increase – sorry, not very useful for families! There is also a difference in ski pass price increases in each country. The ski pass prices in Switzerland have increased less than in the other countries by an average of 1.2% making the Swiss ski resorts a better choice for a cheap ski holiday this year. Ski resorts in Italy have increased their ski pass prices the most with an average increase of 4% on last year’s prices!
Top 3 cheapest ski passes for 2014
You will find the cheapest ski passes for the high season in the following areas:
- Rofanseilbahn, Austria: In this small ski resort in the Achensee ski area you only pay €112 for a 6-day ski pass in high season. For this price, you have access to 14 km of ski slopes which doesn’t sound much but is a great choice for beginners. If you would rather have a ski pass for the whole Achensee area with access to 55 km of slopes, you will have to pay € 164.
- Aussois, France: In the French ski resort of Aussois you can ski for only €140 and enjoy 6 days of skiing on the 55 km of slopes and 10 ski lifts included in this ski pass.
- Le Corbier - St. Jean d'Arves, France: Also in France, the ski resorts of Le Corbier and St-Jean-d'Arves, where you can ski on 37 slopes totalling around 90 km of groomed runs, charge €163.50 for a 6-day ski pass.
Hope you find this information useful and don't forget to click on the links and read my other articles on the subject.