Does Jay peak or smugglers notch check season passes?

[Ajd2700]

So I’m moving to Stowe this winter and money is going to be super tight. I’m working at Stowe to get the pass there but only going to ski there during the week and elsewhere when the weekends are slammed. I just graduated so I can’t use my college discount anymore, anyone know if either resort checks thoroughly? I was going to have my brother buy it under his name because he is still in school. I’ve got the icon but everywhere in that northern Vermont area is independent, other than sugarbush. Thanks

 

[.squirrely.]

Jay has RFID scanners

 

[TOAST.]

Do places really check your college ID when you buy a season pass?

IMO not worth it trying to sneak laps or use someone elses pass.

 

[SofaKingSick]

Yeah I think at least one lift at each of those places has RFID scanners, the kind you go through one at a time

 

[CalumSKI]

jay does with their rfid scanners

idk about smugglers notch but they only have 2 person chairs and the lifties are chill but better be safe than sorry and just poacha college pass

 

[WoFIowz]

Do places really check your college ID when you buy a season pass?

IMO not worth it trying to sneak laps or use someone elses pass.

Jay requires transcripts to apply for a season pass and an ID to pick it up at the office. Op could get away with it if he and his brother look alike and are of similar age. He'd just have to steal his brother's ID for a day.

 

[freeskibum82]

Jay may have an in kind relationship with Stowe to provide discounted or free lift tickets to employees.

 

[HaydenB]

Just hit urban

 

[VT_scratch]

Buy a cheap pass to smuggs you wont regret it! You can even hike over from stowe, drop in on the backbowls (best out of bounds terrain at smuggs) and then lap smuggs for the day and hike back to stowe (its not that far.)

In the past they always had a person checking tickets as well as telling who in line can go next, but no fancy scanners. The only place I knew of that was loose on checking tickets was bolton.

enjoy the season

 

[partyandBS]

Stowe weekends is nothing compared to out west. Just hit sensation or the double. Also, i went to Bolton and they never checked the pass i bought so the next time i didnt buy a pass and they were yelling at me to put the bar down and take my backpack off but still never checked if i paid or not ha.

I was in a pinch for money and its a pretty scummy thing to do. Bolton is a small business and seems like i ripped them off. But Jay is a corperate scandal so rip those fucks off all ya can just like they did their investors

 

[WoFIowz]

Stowe weekends is nothing compared to out west. Just hit sensation or the double. Also, i went to Bolton and they never checked the pass i bought so the next time i didnt buy a pass and they were yelling at me to put the bar down and take my backpack off but still never checked if i paid or not ha.

I was in a pinch for money and its a pretty scummy thing to do. Bolton is a small business and seems like i ripped them off. But Jay is a corperate scandal so rip those fucks off all ya can just like they did their investors

Ripping Jay off is equivalent to ripping off the community. The community and investors won't ever recoup even half of what they deserve

The two dudes who scammed everyone have nothing to do with the place now

 

[berniesenders]

Both have RIFD

 

[partyandBS]

Ripping Jay off is equivalent to ripping off the community. The community and investors won't ever recoup even half of what they deserve

The two dudes who scammed everyone have nothing to do with the place now

Alright fine. I guess we should just pay to use services like moral people. You are right.

 

[Ajd2700]

I wasn’t planning on scamming anyone really, I was just going to have my brother buy it with my money and get the college discount

 

[freeskibum82]

I wasn’t planning on scamming anyone really, I was just going to have my brother buy it with my money and get the college discount

what you are planning is in fact a scam and illegal.. falsifying documents and impersonation

 

[Ajd2700]

what you are planning is in fact a scam and illegal.. falsifying documents and impersonation

Yeah buddy I’m aware, but it’s either that or they don’t get a season pass purchase. Additionally, I’m a recent graduate. What I meant is I’m not trying to ski on for free.

 

[whackhouse]

Yeah buddy I’m aware, but it’s either that or they don’t get a season pass purchase. Additionally, I’m a recent graduate. What I meant is I’m not trying to ski on for free.

Sugarbush has a pass for people in their 20s, pretty sure its like$400, which is a steal, 5 months of turning lifts for the price of 4 day passes

 

[dan4060]

Yeah buddy I’m aware, but it’s either that or they don’t get a season pass purchase. Additionally, I’m a recent graduate. What I meant is I’m not trying to ski on for free.

"but it's either that or they don't get a season pass purchase."

WHAT!!

Are you really being serious?

You are not trying to ski for completely free but you are still trying to scam the system. I don't really care, people used to do that when I lived in Tahoe, but don't act like you are doing them a favor by purchasing a discounted pass fraudulently. Ski areas don't work that way, you are not going to go in and negotiate a lower season pass price because they would rather sell you a pass than not.

Can I ask why you bought the Ikon Pass? It seems that if skiing somewhere other than Stowe on weekends is so important you might have been better off spending that money on a different pass. If money is tight why buy the Ikon?

It has gotten much harder to do the things you want, so be careful. Back when I lived in Tahoe I had a couple of buddies who were dead ringers for each other. One of them bought a full Alpine pass, the other a mid-week Squaw pass, then they each claimed they lost the pass to get a new one. This was before scanning, so unless they were skiing next to each other it was easy to get away with that kind of thing. Things have gotten much harder no, and the resorts don't fuck around. If you do something like this they might be you for years. Or, they might not, I don't know what they will do, but it might not be worth it just to save some money or get some uncrowded days.

 

[Ajd2700]

"but it's either that or they don't get a season pass purchase."

WHAT!!

Are you really being serious?

You are not trying to ski for completely free but you are still trying to scam the system. I don't really care, people used to do that when I lived in Tahoe, but don't act like you are doing them a favor by purchasing a discounted pass fraudulently. Ski areas don't work that way, you are not going to go in and negotiate a lower season pass price because they would rather sell you a pass than not.

Can I ask why you bought the Ikon Pass? It seems that if skiing somewhere other than Stowe on weekends is so important you might have been better off spending that money on a different pass. If money is tight why buy the Ikon?

It has gotten much harder to do the things you want, so be careful. Back when I lived in Tahoe I had a couple of buddies who were dead ringers for each other. One of them bought a full Alpine pass, the other a mid-week Squaw pass, then they each claimed they lost the pass to get a new one. This was before scanning, so unless they were skiing next to each other it was easy to get away with that kind of thing. Things have gotten much harder no, and the resorts don't fuck around. If you do something like this they might be you for years. Or, they might not, I don't know what they will do, but it might not be worth it just to save some money or get some uncrowded days.

Relax man, this really isn’t a big deal. I bought the icon last April to save money. I graduated this past year and decided to move to Vermont to enjoy a winter skiing as much as possible before starting a career. I just paid off my student loans and have to pay for a place, I’m going to have to minimal funds. Sorry for trying to make it work. Regret the post