I couldn’t agree more. Being a local, I can’t say that I like paying higher prices for snowboarding, but I can say that I have noticed the positive impact that tourism, fueled mostly by our ski hill, has had on our little town. Growing up, I wasn’t so sure that I would be able to remain in Fernie if I wanted to do something other than work at a mine forever. But now more and more opportunities are becoming available and I am managing to keep myself afloat doing other things. Another thing to take into consideration is that perhaps the people running the ski hill know a little bit more about how to run a ski hill than most of us. I’m sure if they thought that raising their prices would stop a significant amount of people from coming, they wouldn’t have done it. And incase you all haven’t noticed, prices go up for everything, everywhere, all the time. Did you seriously think that you yould be able to ski for $20 a day forever?
Fernie is an awesome town with awesome things to do. If I’m gonna spend $64 a day, I would rather spend it on a day on our mountain than blow it on alot of things that would be far less satisfying.
gavitron
