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It's all pretty interesting and far from guaranteed to work out. A lot will depend on who replaces the boomers and Gen Xers ageing out of skiing. And probably a fair dollop of influence of the economy (as in housing cost v healthcare v retirement saving inter alia).I do have sympathy for those who've seen their home mountains become overrun with mega-passers as that's happened to the mountain where I have an individual season pass. I figure it will eventually work out under the laws of supply and demand, but it could take a few years for each individual case/resort.
Having said that it looks like more and more ski resorts are financed by actual ski resort ops not just speculative real estate ramping so the bumps may see less fall out.
I think it will take a brave move to turn off the cashflow security of the advance passes. That's probably the biggest hurdle to surmount. People don't really want to pay full boat and give you the cash 8 months upfront. I mean no doubt skitalkers would but not sane people.