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Skiing on the Cheap - 2014-15 Edition

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Is it too early to start this? Well, here it is for the 2014-2015 Season the first deal I have found!

This is for Earthday Cleanup at Wachusett - Link can be found here:

http://www.wachusett.com/EventsActi...=92453134&utm_content=Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Earth Day Clean Up
Saturday, May 31, 2014

CLEAN-UP HOURS - 8:30am to 1pm
While we ask everyone to register before 10:30am, clean-up will continue until 1pm.
BBQ - 11:00am-1:00pm
After you have turned in your trash, you will receive a bbq voucher and your lift ticket (if arriving before 10:30am). Your bbq voucher will get you a hamburger, cheeseburger or hot dog, chips and a soda/water.

OTHER INFO:
  • Clean-up will go until 1pm
  • There will be a trash drop off area near Ski Watch and the front of the main building.
  • BBQ coupons will be given out starting at 10:30 am; BBQ scheduled for 11:00am
  • Lift tickets will be given out after trash is collected – and before the BBQ.
  • Each person will receive their lift ticket as long as they have turned in a bag of trash (or more) and this has been verified by Wachusett staff.
Lift Ticket Vouchers (early season, valid through 12/24/13) are only given to volunteers age 4 and up upon receipt of your full trash bag. This event will be weather permitting.


 

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Is it too early to start this? Well, here it is for the 2014-2015 Season the first deal I have found!

This is for Earthday Cleanup at Wachusett - Link can be found here:

http://www.wachusett.com/EventsActi...=92453134&utm_content=Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Earth Day Clean Up
Saturday, May 31, 2014

CLEAN-UP HOURS - 8:30am to 1pm
While we ask everyone to register before 10:30am, clean-up will continue until 1pm.
BBQ - 11:00am-1:00pm
After you have turned in your trash, you will receive a bbq voucher and your lift ticket (if arriving before 10:30am). Your bbq voucher will get you a hamburger, cheeseburger or hot dog, chips and a soda/water.

OTHER INFO:
  • Clean-up will go until 1pm
  • There will be a trash drop off area near Ski Watch and the front of the main building.
  • BBQ coupons will be given out starting at 10:30 am; BBQ scheduled for 11:00am
  • Lift tickets will be given out after trash is collected – and before the BBQ.
  • Each person will receive their lift ticket as long as they have turned in a bag of trash (or more) and this has been verified by Wachusett staff.
Lift Ticket Vouchers (early season, valid through 12/24/13) are only given to volunteers age 4 and up upon receipt of your full trash bag. This event will be weather permitting.



Hey now - great work! Time to start the Skiing on the cheap 2014-2015 sticky!
 

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2014-2015 Snow Sampler
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Four fully transferable lift tickets valid any day of the 2014-2015 Gore, Whiteface, or Belleayre snow seasons. Please note that this price is only available until August 8, 2014, and the ...
$229.00


2013-2014 Empire Card
For adults ages 20+, the Empire Card makes your FIRST day at Gore Mountain free, and then get $15 off every future visit to Gore, Whiteface, and Belleayre Mountains!* Use your card at any or all of our mountains, and every sixth visit is free, no matter where you go! Note, this product is non-transferable and requires a photo. The Empire Card discount cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion.

*Ages 70+: Your card offers $15 off visits to Gore & Whiteface, and a $15/day price at Belleayre.
$89.00




 

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ree Plattekill Mountain Coupons
Plattekill Mountain coupons and discounts can help save winter enthusiasts money on their next visit to the New York ski area. Coupons for BOGO deals are available inside select Entertainment Coupon Books. Discounts are also available for seniors, groups, AAA members, and pass-holders.
Plattekill Mountain ski area is located in the Catskills of Roxbury, New York. The ski area, which offers skiing, snowboarding, and snowtubing, also features 35 trails, three lifts, a terrain park, and an average annual snowfall of 190 inches.[SUP][1][/SUP] Summer activities at Plattekill Mountain include mountain biking, kayaking, camping, and geocaching.
The Ride and Ski Card, which is sold for $52 at rideandskine.com, provides half-price lift tickets on Fridays and $10 off weekends excluding holidays.




- See more at: http://www.bestfreestuffguide.com/Free_Plattekill_Mountain_Coupons#sthash.8ZjZ5ZwN.dpuf
 

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The will not be posting their deals and tour dates until October time frame. However, They are looking to add a tour date in December which will be a first for them. The proposed location is Jay Peak in late December - Looking like 12/20.

In addition, they are working on a deal to have a Killington / Pico weekend. Stay tuned for details!
 

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I was looking back to 2003 and this is officially the earliest this thread has started which only means the deals are going to get buried early and repeated often. Starting this so early that we will find deals being repeated in September, October and November.

However to summarize and get this up front:

Watch The Clymb for Geigerig Pack special - http://www.geigerrig.com/hydration-pack/

Ski Club Days - join a ski club in CT - http://www.skiclub.com/Default.aspx?uc=JoinAClub last years deals http://www.skiclub.com/documents/AW1314.pdf

Descente Passport - look at the jackets - http://www.descente.com/passport/

Vermont Ski Pass - http://www.skivermont.com

Vermont Travel Club Card - http://www.vermonttravelclub.com/

Gas station fillup deal - http://www.SkiRideFree.com and https://www.theirving.com/assets/base/pdf/Irving_SkiVoucher_2013.pdf

Two fer deal tour dates every Saturday plus numerous other discounts - http://www.RideandskiNE.com

Mad Card 3 tickets for something like $144 - http://www.madriverglen.com/?Page=price.htm

Ski Movie Premiers - lift ticket w movie, however not all are so.

Skiing discounts - http://www.Mountainsportclub.com

St Pat's, Valentives Day, Super Bowl Sunday, April Fools Day - I will post a list soon.

PointFM - get a button for cheap Friday skiing - http://www.pointfm.com/

Over the Hill Gang - If your 50+ - more of a West play - http://www.othgi.com

I know this is way early but Killington Late Season 4 Play $199 http://www.killington.com/site/tickets/winter_passes/spring_pass

Sites to monitor - http://www.Liftopia.com and http://www.Groupon.com

Get a $5 credit voucher for Liftopia - http://echo3.bluehornet.com/phase2/survey1/survey.htm?cid=ksrhxa&1331059336

Try to score comp tickets at the Boston Ski and Snowboard Expo - http://skisnowboardexpo.com/expos/boston/

Watch for early season 2 fer's (killiington news letter) around August

Look for resorts that have good Sunday half day deals like Okemo ($29), Burke ($25), Bretton Woods ($25) etc. Will post more about this later.

Currently not active but returns every season - http://uppervalley.dollarsavershow.com

Price Chopper Ski Any 3 - http://pricechopperblog.com/tag/ski-any-3/

2 fer deals to Attitash, Loon, Cranmore, Black, and more plus summer attractions too - http://www.breathenh.org/FunPass_2014-attractions-discounts

Sugarbush Quad Pak - http://www.sugarbush.com/vermont-skiing-snowboarding/quad-pack

Great deals on packaged ski vacations - http://greateventsandescapes.com/ski/index.html

Fox 44 Ski Card (quickly sold out in October) - http://wfff.halfoffdeals.com/index.php?index_type=promo-detail&h=2070863

Gunstock 2 for 1 Tuesday Nights - Will probably be around $17 per person in 2014-2015
 

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I was looking back to 2003 and this is officially the earliest this thread has started which only means the deals are going to get buried early and repeated often. Starting this so early that we will find deals being repeated in September, October and November.

That's not the annoying part. The annoying part is when a deal to save $20 off a lift ticket with no restrictions, all 7 days, all season long at XYZ resort is posted, then someone 2 weeks later posts a save $10 off a lift ticket at XYZ resort "deal".
 

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Ya $10 of is no deal to begin with!

One of the reasons I posted a list up front!


i typed with my i thumbs using AlpineZone
 

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I don't know how many times I have to say this but these deals are not only for CT. Ski Council member clubs.

*IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT LIFT TICKETS, THE SKI CLUB OR COUNCIL MUST BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SKI COUNCIL THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SKI COUNCIL FEDERATION.


http://www.skifederation.org/east.html
 
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I don't know how many times I have to say this but these deals are not only for CT. Ski Council member clubs.

*IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT LIFT TICKETS, THE SKI CLUB OR COUNCIL MUST BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SKI COUNCIL THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SKI COUNCIL FEDERATION.


http://www.skifederation.org/east.html

The Stowe discount is awesome. So if you're in any local ski club that is a member of a larger council you're good with your local card?
 

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The Stowe discount is awesome. So if you're in any local ski club that is a member of a larger council you're good with your local card?

If you click on this (http://www.skifederation.org/east.html) it gives you a list of the eastern councils that are part of the National Federation. Then click on the individual ski council to find a list of member clubs of those councils. The club I belong to is a member of both the Metropolitan Ski Council & the Ski/Snowboard Council of NJ. We get the same discounts whether they be ski council discount days or discount vouchers sold through the ski clubs to individual ski areas. Other discounts are the same also.

edit: the councils give out stickers every year you'll have to affix to your local ski club membership card to be valid. Some areas are very strict with this requirement. Sugarbush & Stowe are two areas I know for sure that are.
 
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One of the reasons I posted a list up front!
Well, perhaps it'll work even better if you start a new thread with the list up front so it's always easy to find?

Maybe Nick can make it sticky so it's always visible?

That is, if you wish to maintain it so it's reasonably up-to-day...
 

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I did stick this thread. Or am I missing something
Nick, the problem with this thread is it'll grow to be 30 pages long and nobody can find anything in it except what's on the last page!

A list on the 1st page, like the one dlague put up, if updated often, will serve as a summary of what's in the rest of the thread.

Granted, we would need a volunteer (or more than one) to keep the list up-to-date.
 

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Oh I see. Some websites like slickdeals have wiki entries.on the first post but I haven't been able to find a similar plugin for this forum.
 

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I don't know how many times I have to say this but these deals are not only for CT. Ski Council member clubs.

*IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT LIFT TICKETS, THE SKI CLUB OR COUNCIL MUST BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SKI COUNCIL THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SKI COUNCIL FEDERATION.


http://www.skifederation.org/east.html

I am just passing a summary from last year not my own knowledge!


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I was gonna try to start this thread but didn't since a-basin is still open. O well

Is it too early to start the "skiing on the cheap 15-16 thread? :)
 
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