Skiing on the Cheap - 2008-09 Thread

[Mildcat]

Free WaWa Tix

http://wawa.wachusett.com/Summer_and_Fall_Events/Labor_Day_Sale/default.cfm

Scroll down to where it says "Free Tickets", click on the link and fill out the survey and get a voucher for an early season ticket. I didn't try it because I have a pass so I don't know if there is a catch. If someone does it please let us know.

 

[Sparky]

Windham has a contest to win a season pass.


http://winter.windhammountain.com/

 

[Sparky]

http://wawa.wachusett.com/Summer_and_Fall_Events/Labor_Day_Sale/default.cfm

Scroll down to where it says "Free Tickets", click on the link and fill out the survey and get a voucher for an early season ticket. I didn't try it because I have a pass so I don't know if there is a catch. If someone does it please let us know.

So far I have signed my wife and myself up. I have told a few other folks about it.

 

[Sparky]

Windham has a contest to win a season pass.


http://winter.windhammountain.com/

So does this site. Survey required.



http://www.skinh.com/survey/index.cfm

 

[powderman]

Windham has a contest to win a season pass.


http://winter.windhammountain.com/

My browser can't display the survey page

 

[deadheadskier]

So does this site. Survey required.



http://www.skinh.com/survey/index.cfm

thanks, maybe I'll get lucky

 

[Sparky]

My browser can't display the survey page

The survey is for this site only

http://www.skinh.com/survey/index.cfm

 

[powderman]

The survey is for this site only

http://www.skinh.com/survey/index.cfm

Where's the page for the contest page?

Windham's site says:

Enter to win a season pass
...just for filling out a brief survey
more>

When I click the link, my broswer can't display the page. Did that happen with you?

 

[o3jeff]

It opened right up to the page for me that you fill out your info to enter.

 

[JasonE]

Don't know if anyone mentioned this yet, but a friend of mine who has Fallon for his health insurance was just notified that they have extended the annual fitness benefit (where they pay a portion of your fitness club dues) to include season passes at "qualifying" ski resorts. I don't know what resorts qualify, since I unfortunately do not have Fallon, but he did say that Wachusett was one of them (he was telling me about it because he knows I get a Wachusett pass every year and thought I might have Fallon).

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Don't know if anyone mentioned this yet, but a friend of mine who has Fallon for his health insurance was just notified that they have extended the annual fitness benefit (where they pay a portion of your fitness club dues) to include season passes at "qualifying" ski resorts. I don't know what resorts qualify, since I unfortunately do not have Fallon, but he did say that Wachusett was one of them (he was telling me about it because he knows I get a Wachusett pass every year and thought I might have Fallon).

We have that at my work...and a ski area season pass definitely counts under wellness or something..

 

[JasonE]

http://wawa.wachusett.com/Summer_and_Fall_Events/Labor_Day_Sale/default.cfm

Scroll down to where it says "Free Tickets", click on the link and fill out the survey and get a voucher for an early season ticket. I didn't try it because I have a pass so I don't know if there is a catch. If someone does it please let us know.

Haven't been able to get this to work. It keeps coming back saying I have to enable cookies on my browser - but cookies are enabled! Tried several different times in both Firefox and IE and it doesn't work.

Not a huge deal since I have a pass, but wanted to pick up a voucher or two for friends so they can ski with me.

Bogus.

 

[tcharron]

Same here.

 

[powderman]

Same here.

+2. But in the end, it's Wachusett. I couldn't care less about driving 2 1/2 hours for mediocre terrain even if it's free.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Free ski is Back at Crested Butte..this is a copy and paste from the Teton Gravity Forums..

Ski FREE is back! (Crested Butte)

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I just got this from my boss in the marketing department (Pray for early snow, then it's worth it):


Mt. Crested Butte, CO--You have always heard that nothing is "free", well, they lied. Skiing and riding is absolutely, positively, incredibly, 100 percent FREE, with no strings attached at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) from November 25 through December 15, 2007.

CBMR will once again be giving away lift tickets for three weeks. You don't have to enter anything, buy anything, do any fancy dance steps or answer any trivia questions to be able to ski or ride Crested Butte Mountain for FREE. All you need to do is go to the ticket office during these days and one of CBMR's cheerful ticketing specialists will smile, give you a lift ticket and send you to the slopes to ski or ride for FREE. Just come on down and enjoy the great product that our mountain has to offer.

"We want guests to come 'test drive' Crested Butte," said Randy Barrett, Vice President and General Manager. "We have done so many improvements since the Mueller's took the helm; we want to show them off. Everyone will be able to see and sample Colorado's Best Corduroy(tm) and our commitment to great early season skiing and riding, all for FREE!"

The former "Ski Free" promotion, the most successful ski industry-wide program ever, ran from 1991 through 2000.

 

[roark]

Free ski is Back at Crested Butte..this is a copy and paste from the Teton Gravity Forums..

Ski FREE is back! (Crested Butte)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I just got this from my boss in the marketing department (Pray for early snow, then it's worth it):


Mt. Crested Butte, CO--You have always heard that nothing is "free", well, they lied. Skiing and riding is absolutely, positively, incredibly, 100 percent FREE, with no strings attached at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) from November 25 through December 15, 2007.

CBMR will once again be giving away lift tickets for three weeks. You don't have to enter anything, buy anything, do any fancy dance steps or answer any trivia questions to be able to ski or ride Crested Butte Mountain for FREE. All you need to do is go to the ticket office during these days and one of CBMR's cheerful ticketing specialists will smile, give you a lift ticket and send you to the slopes to ski or ride for FREE. Just come on down and enjoy the great product that our mountain has to offer.

"We want guests to come 'test drive' Crested Butte," said Randy Barrett, Vice President and General Manager. "We have done so many improvements since the Mueller's took the helm; we want to show them off. Everyone will be able to see and sample Colorado's Best Corduroy(tm) and our commitment to great early season skiing and riding, all for FREE!"

The former "Ski Free" promotion, the most successful ski industry-wide program ever, ran from 1991 through 2000.

Note the year (and read the rest of that thread).

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Note the year (and read the rest of that thread).

doh..darn people bumping threads...:dunce:

 

[roark]

+2. But in the end, it's Wachusett. I couldn't care less about driving 2 1/2 hours for mediocre terrain even if it's free.

I guess it did work, I just got an email from them today (couple weeks after filling out the form).

 

[jaytrem]

Descente just came out with the list of areas for their Passport program. Basically you buy a $200-$300 ski jacket and get 1 lift ticket to each of 40 ski areas. The jackets can typically be purchased at retail stores for less than the Descente website. I don't know if the tickets have blackout dates, but I would imagine they do.

Main link...

http://www.descente.com/news_article.phtml?news_id=80

Jacket example with list of areas...

http://www.descente.com/product/119574/D9-8953US/_/Jasper

 

[deadheadskier]

Descente just came out with the list of areas for their Passport program. Basically you buy a $200-$300 ski jacket and get 1 lift ticket to each of 40 ski areas. The jackets can typically be purchased at retail stores for less than the Descente website. I don't know if the tickets have blackout dates, but I would imagine they do.

Main link...

http://www.descente.com/news_article.phtml?news_id=80

Jacket example with list of areas...

http://www.descente.com/product/119574/D9-8953US/_/Jasper

definitely a killer deal. Maybe they'll have it next year and I can use it as black mail against my will be wife for a trip out west. Honey, it would be an awful waste if I didn't head out west with all these free lift tickets. :lol: