How to Find Cheap Lift Tickets
Here’s the bad news. Lift ticket prices can be expensive. The good news is that “skiers in the know” never pay full price. Like anything else related to skiing, finding cheap lift tickets depends on where you go, when you go and who you know. However, since prices and deals have a tendency to change as frequently as the weather in Colorado, it behooves you stay constantly informed. Here are a few well-known and lesser known tricks of the trade for finding lower=priced ski lift tickets.
Epicski.com: Meet me at the Forum
The cliché, “It’s who you know,” applies when talking about Epicski.com. With an international membership of 14,000 and growing, it is one of the largest and most prolific ski forums on the Internet. Since Epicski’s membership base is predominantly composed of ski fanatics and ski area employees, this is the place to go for ski industry insider deals. Members often have ski gatherings at various ski areas throughout North America. If you get the chance, you should definitely make plans to attend. The fact that many of the members are ski area employees can work in your favor. They may be privy to lift ticket discounts that are often better than anything that is available to the general public. For example, friends of Copper Mountain employees can stay on a space-available basis at The Edge, which is the employee dormitory. With rates as low as $50 a night, this is a great deal. Even if you do not meet any ski area employees, most local season passes that allow them to purchase lift tickets for their friends and family at discount prices.
Lift Your Groceries and Get a Lift Ticket
In a number of ski resort towns, the local supermarkets might offer cheap lift tickets. For example, in Colorado, the King Supers, City Market and Safeway usually offer a discount for most of the local resorts. However, you should keep in mind that this type of discount usually constitutes a savings of a few dollars. In general, this type of discount is only a good deal if you are planning to ski a single day at the particular specific ski resort/
American Express: Membership has its Slope Privileges
The American Express Membership Rewards Program allows you to redeem points for lift tickets at various ski areas. In fact, there may be other affinity credit cards that offer the same sort of deal. Can you think of a better way to use those stray points? This sure beats magazine subscriptions!
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