Comments on: Skiing Grandparents Play Major Role Introducing Grandkids to Winter Sports

By: Bruce Lund

Bruce Lund — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:31:55 +0000

I have 6 grandchildren living in various locations in the USA, only two in close proximity to me in the Midwest. They are all older now -20’s and even early 30;s but when they were 8 – 12 I offered to pay for ski lessons ( all private), skiis, and ski equipment and to take them on ski trips. They all learned how to ski and enjoy the sport to this day.. I did the same for golf. Money well spent!!!

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 19 May 2018 10:51:27 +0000

Teaching my 6 year old grandson to ski is not the same as going skiing. Its a much more serious effect on an older persons body. Consider lifting 40 pounds up on to and off a chair lift seat about 20 times a day and lifting this weight up off the snow a dozen times. The same as a bag of cement from H.D. Your back and other muscles are quite sore and you feel it the next day.

Yes he did start out with lessons. These were always with pretty young girls. They happily even carried him to the lift.

By: Ed M

Ed M — Fri, 18 May 2018 19:57:32 +0000

I look forward skiing with my grandkids in the coming years ,this coming season I’ve purchased a season pass (anytime
Including holidays ) for $98 dollars and interesting enough my grandkids season pass is also $98

By: Don

Don — Fri, 18 May 2018 19:13:35 +0000

It is possible the ski area decisionmakers consider the senior skier as a continuous “cash cows” and want to continue to beat us up. It seems as though my age group has always been paying full price for ski passes (both season pass and daily lift tickets) for my entire life; full price during college, during my pre marriage years and also while being at the young parent age. As I now see the ski areas offering college kids and 30+ young adults serious breaks on lift ticket rates, all the while, me, the seasoned employed have always been charged the max rate. Reminds me of the old cliche, “The whippings will continue until moral improves.”

By: Dan Luneau

Dan Luneau — Fri, 18 May 2018 18:31:19 +0000

As a grandparent with five grandchildren ranging from 4 to 11 I have them all on skis. What a blast, extremely enjoyable.
Ski areas, and a few do, take note of this and offer incentives to keep us seniors engaged. Your numbers in the above article did not surprise me a bit. What us seniors need to do is leverage our value to the ski industry. Also, our presence in the lift corals sets an example to the younger set, especially generation X, that skiing into your 60’s, 70’s and 80’s is very doable and rewarding. I am 68 and got on the hill 63 times this past season. My only regret is that I did not get there more often.
We are a major resource for the ski industry and the ones that don’t focus on that fact are not living in reality.

By: Lee Kniess

Lee Kniess — Fri, 18 May 2018 17:59:51 +0000

Is it possible for this information to be shown to the owners of the various ski areas that giving seniors a “decent” discount or even free skiing makes the area money they wouldn’t have otherwise?

Seniors, for the most part, don’t ski on weekends so we are a vital way for these areas to get more people on the mountain.