I'm surprised I found America VERY expensive for equipment. Bought my gear on a deal for £350 and they were like £500 for the same gear. Okay so Atomic is made in Austria so you'd expect the prices to be fair in Europe but as pretty much most ski gear is made in Europe America was always going to be expensive. In fact everything skiing from lift pass, food, equipment was well pricey. Just so glad we had a friends house in the mountains FOC.
If the $ was 2:1 like it was a fair while ago then I can agree prices could be better, but America has to import everything.
Thats surprising Ian, I think we spent perhaps $350 on gear, which is about £175. If you go to the Shop in Whistler then yes things will be a bit more, plenty of places not in a ski resort to pick up the bargains.