Price of oil effecting lift ticket prices?

[ghostofwar 0]

The season pass for my local resort is 5000 yen more expensive this year than last. The reason given is that it's costing the resort more to run the lifts due to rising oil prices. (No idea yet as to whether or not the regular day passes or hourly passes will see a price hike.)

 

Anyone else see or hear of similar situations at other resorts?

 

Also on a similar note, wouldn't it be relatively simple and cost effective to outfit the lifts to run on some kind of alternative energy? Seeing as they are stationary and their operation seems very simple (relative to other oil-consuming machines). Any resorts looking into this (worldwide)?

[cal 6]

Not heard yet but they are either going to make less money compared to other years or find it in other ways.

[I'm Sexy 0]

Recentl years I think general price ticket go down compared to before, I hope don't go up again.

[NoFakie 45]

Arai put their lift tix up for non-staying guests last season or the season before.

 

Skijos won't pay the road tax component of the gasoline/diesel price for groomers, skidoos, etc, because they don't go on the roads. This means groomers run on cheaper fuel than ordinary diesel cars, but in percentage terms the price of groomer fuel will have gone up far more than ordinary fuel. The same thing has happened to kerosene used for heating. While auto gas has gone up 40% from 100 to 140, kero has doubled from 40 to 80. The difference is due to the road tax component of auto fuel staying constant.

 

Sexy's right that prices have been coming down, but really they should be going up. On average, part-timer wages have been also going up, so things are just getting worse for resorts.