Not to be a Scrooge but perhaps these Santas showed to escape the sky high regular ticket prices which I understand are now a $70 per day? OUCH!!! With marginal ski conditions and no additional ski acreage as promised with the new ownership several years back maybe it's time to just call Alyeska what it is.. just another Alaskan monopoly that wouldn't survive at half those prices in a truly competitive environment. I'll bust out some miles and head south before I invade those slopes again. At least at Sun Valley or Park City you get what you pay for.