I had an Ikon pass last season (& again this year) but never skied any of the Utah resorts. I did plan to ski at least a few days at Solitude early this season maybe more if the skiing isn't great up north. Even though I am in Utah during the winter it is an 80 mile drive one way for me to the CC's or I would probably go more often. When I have skied there it is always midweek, low season.
When I do go it is usually a decision made the morning of, and requires an early start. I drive my compact, fuel efficient car which will not handle 3 passengers & their equipment comfortably. Now you’re telling me that I need to find parking at the bus stop, wait for a bus, guess what clothes & equipment I may need from 4000’ below, unload my car, load it into a bus that may or may not be full of sick or diseased humans, trust someone I have never met to drive a 30,000 lb. box up a winding mountain road, find a place to boot up & leave my shoes & extra stuff, discover l left an important item in my vehicle, know ahead of time when I will be done for the day, try to time the bus departure perfectly so I’m not caught waiting around only to find out it is full. Then the road closes before the next bus can get there forcing me to spend $100’s of dollars on a hotel room or sleep on the wet, smelly cafeteria floor!
Sounds like a nightmare to me & a definite deterrent to my visiting Solitude.
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Again, I am not sure how they can ethically make a policy change like this after they have sold the first pass for the season. Snowbasin pulled this trick a couple of years ago when they decided to make A-lot car pool only after passes had been sold.