The majority of the skiing public are quite happy just skiing around and enjoying themselves at their own level - unless these unicorns are hiding out somewhere......
Once folks reach an acceptable (to them) level of skiing be it comfortably cruising blues and scraping down blacks to say "I did it" I agree. Those who thirst to be "great" instead of good chase those unicorns in Instructor clinics or high dollar race coached race teams..
As for the demand and pricing. Makes no difference how many people or how few customers there are.. the price model should reflect what the cost of goods is plus reasonable profit. And that cost should include paying the employees to deliver the service Those employees should be getting a reasonable wage without having to rely on tips.. And I think the gross inequity of resort profits versus instructor pay is pretty obvious here When the clients fix that on their end we've upset the model in favor of the management over the worker..
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