When the Forest Service capped lift ticket prices: a brief history of federal ski regulation
A brief history of federal lift ticket regulation
In 1975, the US Forest Service capped Aspen's lift ticket increase at 10%, but by the 1980s deregulation ended federal price oversight. Today, Vail charges up to $356/day, a 436% rise since 1975. This history traces how the ski industry consolidated into a duopoly, with the Forest Service's regulatory will atrophied.
I firmly believe that the local family skier is becoming an endangered species on our publicly owned ski slopes.