At first glance it might seem that all the details of the trip to the ski resort were fully thought out. A visa is open, tickets are purchased, and a hotel room has already been booked. All expenses of rest are to pay for meals, excursions and buying souvenirs. But do not you think that one small nuance was forgotten?
Think about how you get to the mountain with which you want to move. The lifts to the place of descent are not always a free pleasure. And every time you want to get to the top of the mountain, you have to put out a little "blood money" from your pocket.
The acquisition of the so-called Ski-Pass will save a lot of money and significantly reduce the cost of your vacation at a ski resort. What is he like? In this article we will talk about Ski-Pass. What kind of service is this? The question of what varieties it is divided into will also be considered.
What is a ski pass?
To explain its purpose most clearly, one can imagine that the ascent to the ski slope is the metro line. In this case, the Ski-Pass is a travel card that can give you several trips. In some cases, this service provides an unlimited number of lifts within one or several days.
Such a comparison with the subway is extremely simplified, since not a single subscription to use the subway will give you the right to visit, for example, the Sandunov baths. But some Swiss Ski-Pass offer their customers the opportunity not only to use the ski lifts, but also a visit to the SPA centers of this state.
In Western Europe, ski slopes are almost always divided into several ski areas. The described service gives the vacationer the opportunity to use the lifts, as well as to get to them using specialized shuttle buses.
As a rule, such a subscription is a small plastic card, similar to a credit or debit. There are simpler forms in the form of paper with a barcode, which, for example, are used in the Transcaucasian resort called Krasnaya Polyana.
How it works?
If you were given a plastic card, and not a piece of paper with a barcode, then a special magnetic chip with all personal information about the client will be built into it. The card also contains data on the number of trips, the subscription area and much more. Such a ski pass is extremely convenient. For it to work, you don’t even need to pull this thing out of your pocket.
Ski-Pass is a plastic card with a magnetic chip, and that is why it functions even under clothes. A completely different type is paper tickets with a barcode on them. In order for the information to be read, you will need to draw a card through the gap in the terminal, after which you will hear a specific sound and you can calmly climb the slope for the ski exit. This type of subscription is blocked by the system for 15 minutes, so that the vacationer could not transfer the document to another person.
The entire process of using lifts using paper or plastic passes is carried out automatically, which saves a lot of time and does not create long lines. If there is an unscrupulous citizen and tries to rise without the right to do so, then the turnstile will not let him in.
Types of electronic tickets
We understood what Ski Pass is, and now it’s worth talking about their types. There are a lot of variations of these cards, and the range of their value is very large. Before you buy a subscription for the use of ski lifts, you should very clearly examine the range of services and their cost.
If you are going on vacation with a family in which there is a small child, then the purchase of a classic debit card, which is also allowed to transfer to other people, will look most economical.
For example, the rules of the Italian Dolomiti Superski resort state that Ski-Pass is a card with accrued points that cost forty euros for 460 or one hundred euros for 1400. At this recreation center there are various types of lifts that vary in length the way and internal convenience and, accordingly, the number of points awarded can vary.
What it is - Ski Pass, is now known. Now you can decide on the choice of the required class for this pass. Ski Pass for one or several days will be a good option for those who use all the slopes for skiing. For example, if you are a beginner skier or a snowboarder, then you do not need to climb to the "black slopes". The universal type "Ski Pass" will give you the opportunity to use all types of lifts and ski areas. This option is suitable for people who are confident and want to try all the mountain slopes.
Benefits
We have already said that Ski-Pass is a tool to reduce the cost of your vacation. You will not stand in line at the checkout, but simply go to the lift using your card. To save even more, you can purchase such a subscription in the summer with a big discount. It is worth remembering: a reduction in the cost of a card does not occur at all resorts, but only at some (for example, Ukrainian Bukovel).
disadvantages
The key minus of such a purchase lies in the weather. If you bought a subscription for a week, and all this time there was a snowstorm on the highway, then no one will return the money spent to you.
It makes no sense to transfer such a document to anyone, as it contains personal information about its owner, and weekly subscriptions also contain a photograph. Also at the turnstiles a guard is on duty. If a person tries to use a strange Ski Pass to a mountain carousel or a ski slope, he will be detained and fined.
Card Security
What to do if the card has been lost? You must come to the cash desk for the sale of subscriptions and write a statement about the loss. At the same time, you need to take your passport and purchase receipt with you. Further, the old card will be blocked, and the remainder from it will be transferred to a new one. The procedure is completely free and does not require any costs.