Lift Ticket Deals, Snow Reports Can Help Determine the Vacation Destination
December 13, 2006. The snowsports season started late in a few regions of North America this year, but the action seems well under way at most major resorts. If you still haven’t booked a vacation rental for a ski trip, you may be wondering two things:
1) Who’s got the snow?
2) Who’s got the deals?
An article in the L.A. Times hits on the latter, noting that lift ticket prices have cracked the $80 mark at many resorts.
In Utah and Colorado, new arrivals can take advantage of free passes for their first day of skiing. In Park City, the chamber of commerce offers a lift ticket for the Canyons, Deer Valley and Park City resorts. In Colorado, two airline companies partnered with resorts to trade your used boarding pass for a mountain pass. Some California deals will get you through the week: REI and other sporting goods stores offer discounted tickets for a variety of Lake Tahoe ski resorts.
Ski Magazine’s website, SkiNet, offers of the best one-stop sources for monitoring snowfall and base depths. Each day, SkiNet assembles a “Top Ten Snow Reports� based on new snow, base and the percentage of open terrain and lifts.
