8/30/2012 6:09:00 AM
by Meadows Team
in Connection, Media Center
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Purchasing by November 4 nets BIG savings on Meadows season passes
New RFID gate technology offers new products and even greater passholder convenience!
MT. HOOD, OR (Immediate Release) – Mt. Hood Meadows 2012/13 season passes are on sale offering a savings of nearly 50% if purchased by November 4th. Meadows offers a variety of customized passes – season long for those able to take advantage of one of the longest ski seasons in North America, or limited passes for selective midweek or night riding.
All passholders will enjoy the added convenience of the
RFID access gates being installed at every lift at Meadows for the 2012/13 season. The gates allow passage without having to physically display or scan a pass – the passholder wears the pass in their jacket. No more waiting in line while others fumble for their passes for scanning, which means faster passage to the awesome terrain Meadows is so well known for.
The
RFID technology allows the resort to offer a new “direct to lift – pay-as-you-go” class of products, offering guests who back their pass with a credit card a greater selection of products to meet their life style and pocketbook. This season the resort debuts it’s “
Midweek+ Pass” – a midweek pass which offers the passholder discounts if used weekends or peak times, and the “
Meadows Club Card” – a pay-as-you-go pass featuring discounts and FREE days.
Purchase By November 4th to SAVE BIG on these individual passes!
Mt. Hood Meadows is offering individual discounts on season passes purchased online by November 4th.
AGE
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BY 11.4
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AFTER 11.4
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SAVINGS |
DAYS TO PAY*
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23 - 64
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$524
|
$999
|
48% |
6 OR 7
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15 - 22
|
$384 |
$669
|
43% |
4 OR 5
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7 - 14
|
$264 |
$449
|
41% |
6 |
65+
|
$384 |
$449 |
15% |
7 OR 8
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6 & Under
|
$25 |
$25 |
|
3 |
10X Pass
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$419
|
$459
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9% |
5 or 6
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Midweek
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$429 |
$429
|
|
6 |
| Midweek+ |
$379 |
$379 |
|
5 |
| Night |
$129 |
$129 |
|
5 |
| 65+ w/Bus |
$454 |
$454 |
|
6 or 7
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65+ w/Bus includes 8 midweek bus rides on Meadows Midweek Bus Program
* Days to Pay based on day lift pass pricing @ $89 on Peak Days and $74 Off-Peak
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Passholders also receive valuable discounts on resort services; 10% off retail purchases, demo equipment, ski school lessons and day care; plus special offers in the restaurants. Passholders are automatically enrolled in Meadows vertical challenge and loyalty programs.
Midweek and Meadows After Dark Night Specialty Passes
Meadows specialty passes offer great value for those whose schedules allow midweek or night riding. The midweek pass is $429 and is good every Monday - Friday (except from December 26-31, 2012). The Meadows After Dark night pass is $129 and offers night riding from 3 - 9 PM Wednesday - Sunday evenings during the night operating season.
New “Direct to Lift” Credit Card-Backed Products
One of the many benefits of RFID gates is affordable “pay as you go” products, so the passholder receives direct to lift convenience (no stop at a ticket window) and their credit card is auto-charged at pre-determined discounted rates.
The new Midweek+ Pass is $379, and includes all week days (except December 26 – 31, 2012). The “plus” means the passholder can use the pass on weekends and peak days, and be auto-charged $59 or $79 respectively.
The new Meadows Club Card is $99 and offers the 1st and 5th days of skiing FREE! Your 2nd, 3rd and 4th visits will be auto-charges at $59 on off-peak days (saving $15), $79 on peak days (saving $10). Club Card members receive additional FREE days every 5th visit (5th time, 10th time, 15th time, etc.). Members also receive a $5 discount off night tickets (normally $30 – these visits do not count towards free days).
Meadows Club Card members and Midweek+ passholders receive the same valuable discounts on resort services as season passholders, and are automatically enrolled in Meadows vertical challenge and loyalty programs.
Pass Protection “Refund Insurance” Offered
Mt. Hood Meadows is offering “Pass Protection” to passholders concerned that their season could be interrupted due to injury, medical condition or relocation. The pass protection is $25 and the passholder must enroll within 7 days of their pass purchase. Then, if they become medically unable to ski or ride, are transferred/move out of the area more than 301 miles, or are military deployed, a refund/rollover credit will be determined at a prorated schedule. Refund requests based on weather conditions are not eligible for refunds.
Add-Ons Create Even More Pass Holder Value
- $35 Season Ski Check – Season long security for your skis or snowboard while you’re in our main lodge.
- $20 SkiGreen Offsets – Love Your Mountain by offsetting your vehicle’s CO2 emissions for the season.
- $400 Cooper Spur Family Season Lift and Tubing Pass – For everyone in your family that is purchasing Meadows season passes.
- $40 Nordic Pass – for both Meadows and Cooper Spur Nordic Centers (normally $80).
- Add Value – Charge up your pass with value to use throughout the resort – the value is on your pass for ultimate convenience.
8/29/2012 12:00:00 PM
by Meadows Team
in Connection, Media Center
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MT. HOOD, OR (Immediate Release) -- Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort is taking action to reduce peak day parking issues. Long-term Mt. Hood Meadows is addressing this important issue with an additional parking lot, currently undergoing review by the U.S. Forest Service. Resort officials are moving forward with additional initiatives this season to reduce the number of days it reaches parking capacity.
The multi-faceted initiative includes subsidizing transportation programs to the mountain, increasing employee shuttle bus routes, promoting ride sharing and creating peak day pricing. The initiatives are intended to significantly reduce or possibly eliminate the number of days the resort reaches parking capacity.
Nearly all the days Meadows reached parking capacity coincided with storms delivering substantial snow and powder conditions on a major holiday weekend; when the weather conditions on one of the weekend days was far superior to the other. In many cases the other Mt. Hood resorts and other resorts throughout the Northwest also exceeded parking capacity on those days.
Meadows has identified the days most likely to reach parking capacity - December 26 - 31, 2012 and Saturdays and Sundays in January and February. It is these days the resort's peak day parking plan will be most effective in optimizing the parking resources at the resort.
Subsidized Bus and Lift Packages
Mt. Hood Meadows will reduce the price of shuttle rides to the resort to $20 round trip, from last season's $30. The resort will increase the number of park and ride shuttles operating on peak days from one to four, and also offer the $20 transportation price to all guests purchasing Meadows multi-day ski and snowboard programs. The subsidized pricing is expected to increase bus ridership by 25% this season, and provide an additional 300 seats on peak days, which would remove more than 100 vehicles traveling to the resort those days.
Rescheduling Competition and Race Events
Meadows can reduce another 100 vehicles on peak days simply by rescheduling competitive and race events to off-peak days or different times on peak days.
Employee Transportation
For the past several years, the resort has achieved employee ridership of over 12,000 each season. Meadows will increase the number of employee shuttle bus routes and offer more flexible shuttle bus schedules and pick up points. The target is to reduce an additional 150 vehicles per peak day off highway 35 in the 2012-2013 season.
Carpooling
Drive Less Connect (drivelessconnect.com) was launched in November 2011 by ODOT. This website is promoted on SkiHood.com to guests to find others traveling to Meadows - and ultimately reduce the amount of vehicles coming to the mountain. Creative incentive programs are being created for guests and employees who use such resources to rideshare to Mt. Hood Meadows.
Information Sharing
Mt. Hood Meadows provides timely parking updates on its conditions page, snow report and twitter tweets, anticipating days when parking may be an issue and recommending guests alter their arrival times to the resort to avoid parked out lots. The resort will increase the number of variable message signs mounted on mountain ready vehicles located at the intersections of MHM access roads and Highway 35 to provide current traffic information messages as directed by ODOT staff.
Peak Day Pricing
The all day lift price at Mt. Hood Meadows this season is $74. However, on Peak days, the price will be $89 - the additional cost of a peak day should serve as an incentive to drive peak day traffic to off-peak time frames. Meadows is also making less pre-purchased tickets available on peak days so the result should be more people making plans to recreate on off-peak time frames.
Third Party Transportation Services
Mt. Hood Meadows partners with third party transportation services, offering season pass incentives and special lift pricing for passengers. Meadows currently works with Sea to Summit, Aspen Limo, the Grease Bus and The Inn at White Salmon which all offer guest shuttle services and scheduled to Meadows.
Après Ski
Mt. Hood Meadows' Vertical and Alpenstube Restaurants offer Après Ski promotions from 3pm to 6pm, helping to spread out the egress from Mt. Hood Meadows. Food and drink promotions along with live music and other entertainment is offered during Après Ski times.
8/29/2012 8:54:00 AM
by Meadows Team
in Connection, Media Center
| 3 comments
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort has announced lift ticket pricing for the 2012/13 season. Adult lift tickets in Off-Peak time frames hold steady at last season’s $74 price, but this season those tickets will include night skiing for an even greater value. Peak Day adult tickets will be $89. Meadows adopted the Peak Day pricing schedule to provide pricing incentives to redirect traffic from Peak Days when parking lots reach capacity (
see Peak Day Parking Initiative Blog).
The resort will feature
RFID access gates to improve the lift boarding experience for guests this season. The traditional “ticket and wicket” will be replaced with a card with an embedded RFID chip that signals the gates at each lift for access. The card can be reused or reloaded for future visits at a discount – a much more sustainable approach than the ticket which became invalid after each day’s use.
The resort will also the
Meadows Club Card for $99 – a loyalty pass that offers the 1st and 5th time free, and every 5th thereafter for free. In between the passholder is “auto-charged” either $59 or $79 on Off-Peak or Peak days respectively.
Lift Pricing
pricing
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OFFpeak |
peak*
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Adult (Age 15-64)
|
$74
|
$89
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Reload Card
|
$69 |
$84 |
Meadows Club Card
|
$59 |
$79 |
Junior (Age 7-14)
|
$46 |
$46
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Senior (Age 65-69)
|
$56 |
$56
|
Senior (Age 70+)
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$46 |
$46 |
Child (Age 6 & Under)
|
$10 |
$10 |
Night (3 PM - Close)
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$30
|
$30
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Buttercup & Ballroom Carpet Only
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$46 |
$46
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Ballroom Carpet Fun Zone Access
|
$10 |
$10 |
*Peak days are December 26-31, 2012, as well as Saturdays & Sundays in January & February.
**Reload Card Rates for those claiming their card and reloading it online in advance.
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The most affordable pricing is offered to those purchasing
loyalty passes by the November 4 deadline at pricing which pays for itself usually in 7 visits or less. Meadows also offers discounted lift tickets to groups of 15 or more, to guests of select lodging properties, when packaged with special transportation, lesson and/or rental packages, through special online offers and at REI and Costco. Those deals will be announced on the
resort’s deals page.