Skiing on the Cheap - 2007-08 Thread

[deadheadskier]

Warren Miller film will have some deal coupons this year.

http://www.skinet.com/skinet/warren_miller/article/0,26908,1226832,00.html

FREE LIFT TICKET TO SUNDAY RIVER
Everyone attending PLAYGROUND will receive a voucher to Sunday River good for one (1) free early season lift ticket for the 2007/2008 season, excluding Friday and Saturday. Free lift ticket offer valid through 12.21.07. Sunday River will also offer a 2 for 1 lift ticket starting 1.2.08 until the end of the season! COUPON NOT VALID: 11.23.07 - 11.24.07, 1.20.08 - 1.21.08 and 2.17.08 - 2.24.08. Not valid with any other discounted offer. No refunds. No cash value. Non-transferable.


FREE LIFT TICKET TO SUGARLOAF
Everyone attending PLAYGROUND will receive a voucher to Sugarloaf good for one (1) free early season lift ticket for the 2007/2008 season, excluding Friday and Saturday. Free lift ticket offer valid through 12.21.07. Sugarloaf will also offer a 2 for 1 lift ticket starting 1.2.08 until the end of the season! COUPON NOT VALID: 11.23.07 - 11.24.07, 1.20.08 - 1.21.08 and 2.17.08 - 2.24.08. Not valid with any other discounted offer. No refunds. No cash value. Non-transferable.

Plus a FREE Skiing subscription to all attendees!

Some clarification on this please. If I go, will I receive a voucher for BOTH Sunday River and Sugarloaf? Also, it says that the ticket is non-transferable. I'm assuming this means that if I take my girlfriend, who is a non-skier, that I cannot use the ticket(s) she receives correct?

Lastly, there are two showings for the film. If I go to both, am I entitled to (2) tickets to Sunday River or Sugarloaf?

 

[tcharron]

Some clarification on this please. If I go, will I receive a voucher for BOTH Sunday River and Sugarloaf? Also, it says that the ticket is non-transferable. I'm assuming this means that if I take my girlfriend, who is a non-skier, that I cannot use the ticket(s) she receives correct?

Lastly, there are two showings for the film. If I go to both, am I entitled to (2) tickets to Sunday River or Sugarloaf?

Unsure, but this says:

http://www.skinet.com/skinet/warren_miller/article/0,26908,1658321,00.html

THIS IS NOT A COUPON. Show attendance is required to receive offers listed here. Internet access and valid ID required to redeem offers. Limit one coupon per person. No cash value. Non-transferable. Other restrictions apply.

 

[roark]

It sure looks like both SR and loaf.

You log on using a key code on the card they give you, input name along with some identifying information (like a drivers lic #) which you'll need to have with you when you go to get the ticket.

 

[tcharron]

It sure looks like both SR and loaf.

You log on using a key code on the card they give you, input name along with some identifying information (like a drivers lic #) which you'll need to have with you when you go to get the ticket.

Yea, looks that ay to me too. Has anyone done the warren miller films in the past that can verify how they do this, and what they verify?

 

[prisnah]

You will recieve one to Sugarloaf as well as one to SR. And if you go to multiple shows you get multiple tickets. Everyone here should be hitting as many of these shows as possible. Me and my friends do it every year and you always walk away with a bunch of lift tix and 2 for 1's and usually some discount cards to retail stores and other things as well.

 

[prisnah]

The tickets used to be transferable too, but then some entreprenurial ski bum started hitting almost every show in the country and reselling the lift tix he didn't need and two for one vouchers on ebay.

 

[deadheadskier]

Well then I guess I'll get tickets to both shows. Getting 4 lift tickes for $52 and being entertained by Warren equals a great deal.

 

[tcharron]

Well then I guess I'll get tickets to both shows. Getting 4 lift tickes for $52 and being entertained by Warren equals a great deal.

52? I see a price of 20$ per ticket. Where'd you get your quote?

 

[deadheadskier]

52? I see a price of 20$ per ticket. Where'd you get your quote?

I clicked on the link for Portland tickets and they were $26 a piece

 

[tcharron]

I clicked on the link for Portland tickets and they were $26 a piece

OOOhhhhhhhh..

*thwaps own head*

I was looking at the portsmouth, NH prices. lol

 

[MadPadraic]

You will recieve one to Sugarloaf as well as one to SR. And if you go to multiple shows you get multiple tickets. Everyone here should be hitting as many of these shows as possible. Me and my friends do it every year and you always walk away with a bunch of lift tix and 2 for 1's and usually some discount cards to retail stores and other things as well.

It sounds like a good deal, but I wouldn't consider it good enough to give my driver's license number with some company.

 

[deadheadskier]

It sounds like a good deal, but I wouldn't consider it good enough to give my driver's license number with some company.

DL# is not like a SS#. The potential for someone harming you with that information is VERY small.

I look at this situation as thus. I plan on seeing both showings in Portland for a total cost of $52

For that purchase I'll get:

2 Sundays at Sunday River and 2 Sundays at Sugarloaf before 12/21 - FREE

1 ticket to SR on the twofer for $34 - rest of season

1 ticket to SL on the twofer for $33 - rest of season

2 tickets to Smuggs = Free, though I'll probably give one to a friend incorporating a 3 day visit to the Stowe area.

2 tickets to Waterville for $32 each on the twofer for the rest of the season, though I'll probably only use 1.

So, if I play my cards right,

I will get 8 days of skiing out of this for $155. $19.38 a day for giving up my drivers license number - COUNT ME IN.

 

[rjc1976]

I think most people know about this one, but I'll post it anyway:

http://www.huntermtn.com/biglift.html

Well worth the money if you plan to go to Hunter even once this upcoming season.

The basics: $39 gets you the following:
$15 off weekend/holiday lift ticket purchases
$21 off midweek tickets
Half Price lift tickets on Tuesdays
Purchase by Nov. 1 and get a FREE unrestricted Lift Ticket!

 

[Rushski]

Like last year, Descente is offering a "ski passport" with most models of their ski jackets this year. I bought one last year and got the booklet which had many areas covered w/a no-blackout single day pass. Used only two last year (Wachussett and Bretton) but that alone would have been over $70 in lift tix. Areas did not hassle and probably could be passed on to someone else (did not test this).

http://www.descente.net/passport_2007/2008_winter/index04.html

 

[prisnah]

I don't even need a jacket, but I'm getting one anyway....that's a sweet deal.....37 lift tix to areas around the US and Canada and a jacket for like $300.

 

[snoseek]

I don't even need a jacket, but I'm getting one anyway....that's a sweet deal.....37 lift tix to areas around the US and Canada and a jacket for like $300.

holy $hit. anyone want to buy a descente jacket?

no really-sell coat new on ebay, then use some tickets, sell some others to where you may already have a pass and you just made $$$ to go skiing.

i suppose i'm a bad person.

 

[Zand]

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but there are the added benefits of being a Wachusett century pass holder:

RECIPROCAL SKI AREA PRIVILEGES

1) Mountains of Distinction: MOUNTAINS OF DISTINCTION PARTICIPANTS

Jiminy Peak, MA
Shawnee Peak, ME
Jay Peak, VT
Mt. Sunapee, NH
Holiday Valley, NY
Windham Mt., NY
Crystal Mountain, MI
Wintergreen Mtn. VA
Whitetail Mt. Resort, PA
Bristol Mountain, NY
Seven Springs, PA
Liberty, PA
Roundtop, PA


On Saturdays, Sundays and holiday periods (as defined by each MOD resort), MOD passholders will receive $10 off the cost of a full-day lift ticket.
During non-holiday dates, Monday through Friday, MOD passholders will receive 50% off full-day/full-price lift ticket.*
MOD discounts apply only on days and times that your season pass is valid at your home resort.
Discounts will not be extended without presentation of a valid MOD resort season pass. Please, No exceptions.

2) Crested Butte, CO
Show your Wachusett Mountain Season Pass at the ticket office and save 25% on daily lift tickets! Discount is based on the single-day rate. Lift ticket rates are subject to 4% Mt. Crested Butte Admissions Tax. Offer valid 7-days-a-week for full, unrestricted season pass holders only. Not valid in combination with any other offer. Discounts will not be extended without presentation of a valid 2006-07 season pass at Crested Butte lift ticket office. Please, no exceptions.

3) Stratton, VT
Wachusett Century Pass holders will receive the Stratton X2 Cards (formerly Express Cards) . X2 Cards give you:

$10 off Holidays
$20 off Weekends
$30 off Weekdays

4) Sugarbush, VT
Three great ways to save at Sugarbush!

Kids Ski & Ride Free!
Young Adults ski & ride for $30/day All-Mountain, All the time! Wachusett passholders who are ages 13-18 qualify. No parent ticket purchase required. Represents a 30-50% savings off prices at the ticket window.
Adults save too! $49 All-Mountain weekdays and 15-25% off Weekends all season long with Free Sugarcard ($59 Value)! Wachusett adult passholders can receive a free sugarcard which provides discounted lift tickets and eliminates standing in ticket lines. $49 weekdays valid Monday through Friday except designated holidays.

5) Alta, UT
Show your Wachusett Mountain Season Pass and ski at Alta Ski Area any day during the 2006-2007 season for $26. (Reg. price $52)

6) OKEMO:
Wachusett Gold, Silver and Bronze holders will receive $10 off the regular price of an Adult Full day lift ticket Sunday through Friday, non-holiday. Present your valid pass at Mountain Services Center located at the Okemo Clock Tower base area and at the Jackson Gore base area.

 

[billski]

Where is last season's list? It's useful as a reference to quickly dig up replays of great deals.
Where is last season's ski swap list?

 

[reefer]

Okemo Early Season Deals

Sunday, November 25, Cares & Shares food drive. Bring at least (3) non-perishables and ski for $25.00! This will be my seventh food drive in a row at Okemo.
Customer Appreciation Days, Thursdays December 6, 13, & 20. Ski for $39.00!
All on their web-site...............

 

[snowlady]

okemo deals

looks like these just went up...
http://okemo.com/okemowinter/ratesandrentals/specialdeals/stealsanddeals.asp

I'm a long-time value pass holder myself. Three mountains (Okemo, Stratton, Sunapee) is a pretty good deal for $649 - especially now with no all for one pass around.