The Most Expensive Places To Ski In North America [Infographic] We all know that skiing is an expensive sport, but some destinations are pricier than others. Considering that lift tickets can top out at $110 per day, equipment rentals can cost more than $50 per day, and hotels can run upwards of $600 per night, chances are that cost will be a big factor in determining where you ski this season. calculated the cheapest and most expensive ski destinations in the U.S. and Canada. They factored in the daily cost of a lift ticket, hotel, gear rental, a burger-and-fries meal and the cost of a beer to create their Ski Index. They found that Vail, Colorado, is the most expensive ski destination in North America, with a total daily cost of $801: lift tickets cost $109, equipment rentals cost $31, a meal (and beer) cost about $17, and hotels cost $645 per night. Park City came in as the second and third most expensive places

On the other end of the spectrum, Durango, Colorado, is the cheapest place to ski with a total cost of $210 per day — a hotel room there costs just $96 per night. See TripAdvisor's full Ski Index infographic below.Check Availability Enter your trip dates to see updated prices and availability. Breckenridge, Keystone & Arapahoe Basin Lift Tickets Activity/Location Keystone Meeting/Redemption Point Keystone Ski Resort 22010 Highway 6 Keystone 80435 Breckenridge Ski Resort 1599 Co Road 3 Breckenridge 80424 Arapahoe Basin 28194 US Hwy 6 Keystone 80435 Hit the slopes at 3 iconic Colorado hills with lift tickets to historic Breckenridge, Arapahoe Basin, and Keystone—Summit County's largest ski resort. Winter sports enthusiasts of all ability levels can explore a variety of terrain and take in sweeping views of the snow-capped Ten Mile Range. Breckenridge, with its classic, mountain-town feel, is Colorado's largest historic district. It offers access to 2,908 skiable acres (1,178 ha) in the heart of the Rockies.

Ride the Imperial Express SuperChair—the highest chairlift in North America at 12,840 feet (3.914 m)—to the summit to carve your way down Breckenridge's 187 runs, including a 3-mile-long (5-km) groomer. Grow Lights Toronto KijijiJust 30 minutes away is Keystone, where 131 runs crisscross 3,148 skiable acres (1,274 ha) on 3 different peaks: Dercum, North Peak, and The Outback. Replace-Bathtub-Overflow-Drain-Gasket VideoFamily-friendly Keystone boasts Kidtopia for the littlest skiers on the slopes, plus a wide variety of terrain—14% beginner, 29% intermediate, and 57% advanced. Budget Blinds Omaha ReviewsCheck out the 60-acre (25-ha) terrain park, or stick around after the sun sets to enjoy night-skiing on 15 illuminated trails.

Don't miss Arapahoe Basin, which features 109 runs for visitors of all levels—from steep, high-alpine bowls to long groomers and tree glades. From the summit, a soaring 13,050 feet (3,977 m) above sea level, explore the varied terrain, which covers 960 skiable acres (388 ha). With passes for 3 or more days, you also get access to the world-renowned slopes of Vail and Beaver Creek. Access to 3 iconic resorts in the Rockies' Ten Mile Range The highest chairlift in North America at Breckenridge 131 runs at Keystone, Summit County's largest ski resort Family-friendly Kidtopia & 15 nightskiing runs at Keystone Historic, mountain-town feel of Victorian Breckenridge Lift ticket to Breckenridge, Keystone, & Arapahoe Basin Rental equipment Children 4 and younger are complimentary. If you have limited mobility, health concerns, or a fear of heights, you should carefully consider whether to participate. Hours of operation vary; please check before you go. The opening and closing dates for the winter season change each year;

please check before you book.Kids sit on a ski lift at the Vail Ski Club. Snow Snow / Flickr To Improve Foundational Customer Experience, Airlines Should Look To Operations The ski industry is experiencing a rebound in interest and ticket prices; however, investments in tech and infrastructures have purists questioning resorts’ and their guests’ respect for nature. A new high-speed gondola is set to be built this summer to connect two Utah ski resorts and create one of the largest ski areas in the country, Vail Resorts Inc. announced Monday. The lift connecting Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons Resort is the key part of $50 million in investments planned at the two resorts ahead of the 2015-16 ski season. Other plans include making two other lifts bigger and faster, building one new restaurant and upgrading two others, and improving snowmaking. It will be a transformational makeover that will give skiers and snowboarders a much better experience, said Bill Rock, Park City Mountain Resort chief operating officer.

The projects are pending approval from city and county officials in Park City. “Putting the two resorts together has been the vision for a long time,” Rock said. “It’s great for our company, it’s great for Park City, and it’s great for Utah skiing.” Vail bought Park City Mountain Resort in September for $182.5 million, resolving a messy legal battle between Vail and Powdr Corp. that threatened to cancel the ski season. Vail began leasing and operating Canyons in May 2013. The 7,300 combined acres of skiable terrain certainly will make it among the nation’s largest, said Michael Berry, president of the National Ski Areas Association. His association doesn’t track the size of U.S. resorts by skiable acres to say for sure which is the biggest. Skiers already can buy one ticket and ski both resorts this season. But without a connecting lift, they’ll have to take ground transportation to do that. The makeover is one of the largest investments in Utah ski resorts since Talisker Corp. invested about $75 million over several years in the early 2010s to improve and upgrade Canyons before Vail took over the resort.

It marks yet another significant moment in what has been a big year for the Utah ski industry, which is garnering attention across North America, said Ralf Garrison, a Denver-based ski industry consultant with The Advisory Group. History shows skiers are drawn to new and more combined terrain. Also in the past year, Deer Valley Resort bought Solitude Mountain Resort and will take it over in 2015. Powdr Corp. executive Ian Cumming purchased the majority interest of Solitude Mountain Resort. And officials continue to work toward a long-term plan of building a series of chairlifts that would link seven ski areas and give Utah a European-style experience That plan gets a turbo charge from the connecting lift at Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons, leaving only two connecting lifts to be planned and constructed to make the ambitious project a reality, said Nathan Rafferty, president of the trade group Ski Utah. The new plans help shine the spotlight on Utah, which is vital in a very competitive ski industry, Rafferty said.

“Skiers and snowboarders are adventurists, and they are always looking for the next adventure,” Rafferty said. “People get to pour over the map and plot out how they are going to ski those two mountains together. That’s a lot of skiing.” Not everybody in Utah was thrilled about the announcement. Carl Fisher, executive director of Save Our Canyons, said the connecting lift plan is less impactful on the mountain than other proposals. But he said the totality of the projects represents the continuation of a troubling trend of hyper-development of ski mountains that started years ago. “Skiing is an activity to try and get out and connect with nature, whether it’s at the resort or in the backcountry,” Fisher said. “This is taking away from its core.” The new gondola will seat eight people and take about 9 minutes to get from the Silverlode lift at Park City Mountain Resort to the Flatiron lift at Canyons, Vail officials said. It will include a stop-off point midway at Pine Cone Ridge, where skiers will be able to cruise down two new trails.