The ever escalating cost of skiing

Today, I saw an old ski lift ticket from Park City Ski Area going back to the 1982/83 season. The price was already a steep $24.00!

Today, the same ticket would cost $123. So, if we consider the consumer price index between these two points in time, it has gone up 242 percent while the price of the lowly Park City day ticket has shot up 513 percent!

That's more than twice what should be the “norm.” Sure, you'll say that massive snow-making has entered into the picture, manicured grooming and fast lifts as well, but please, just give me a break, this feels a bit overboard to me...