Winter Park VIP Discount Cards

• Deno’s Mountain Bistro -  free dessert with bottle of wine purchase.
• Epic Mountain Sports - 20% off walk-in rentals & 15% off non-sale retail items.
• Powder Addiction - 10% off SnowCat ski tours when booked with EasySki.
• Elevation Pizza - order any pizza at regular price, get 2nd at 50% off.
• Grand Adventures - save 15% on snowmobile tours or rentals.
• PLUS - discounts for massage, yoga, dog-sled rides and more.

Lift Ticket Lessons!

Use our EasySki service.  This ski season, guests of Winter Park Lodging Company will be greatly rewarded with convenience and low lift ticket prices (among other items) when they use our new EasySki service.  We are taking the reigns for our guests and pre-booking lift tickets from $49 to $65 each.  The catch is that you have to ski three days or more. If you only want to ski one or two days, see below in lift ticket coupons section.

Buy Early. Oftentimes, if you plan plenty of time in advance, you will save on your lift ticket costs. For example, with EasySki, lift tickets are the very cheapest before October 31st. Also, Winter Park sells their season passes at a really low price before the ski season. The earlier you buy, the cheaper the season pass. They become available in May for the upcoming winter and the price slowly creeps up through the summer and fall.  Usually skiing skiing days or more with a season pass costs less than the cost buying single lift tickets. Don’t wait until after the ski season starts, though, that’s when season prices go really high, usually over $1000 each.

Teenager Trick: If you have a teenage child between the age of 13 to 17 years old, you can get him/her a season pass for less than the cost of an adult season pass, then use the ten $69 lift ticket coupons that come with it. The adult season passes also come with the ten $69 coupons, so even if you don’t have a teenager in your family, you can still save with an adult season pass & the discount coup0ns.

Coupons: If you only plan to ski four days or less, there are other ways to save.  Coupon books area available in Denver and other Front Range grocery stores – King Soopers, Safeway or City Market. At their customer service desks you can purchase the EBook or GoldC Book, which has a variety of coupons for lift tickets at Winter Park Resort and other ski areas. The cost is $10 each and the coupons are for lift tickets for $63 to $72 instead of the $92+ price at the lift ticket window at the ski resort.

Four Pass: If you are a Colorado resident, you are probably already aware of the Four Pass, a four-day lift pass for $159. The catch is that you have to get your photo taken to get the pass, which means you have to be physically present at a Colorado vendor to purchase the Four Pass.

Gear Facts: Ski/Snowboard Equipment

If you own: Check out the option to ship your skis and bulky items instead of bringing it all on the plane. You’ll spend less to ship usually, with airlines charging as much as $100 for each oversize baggage item. Maybe consider shipping just your boots, and renting your skis and poles or snowboard.

Renting: Book your rental gear early. If you don’t own your own equipment and will be renting your gear,  it pays to book online in advance rather than paying the walk-in rates, sometimes as much as 40% less.

EasySki service: not only saves our guests money on ski and board rentals (up to 40% less than walk-in rates), it also saves you time and energy. With EasySki, you have the option to get free custom delivery with Winter Park Resort Rentals, with a custom boot fitting right in the comfort of your vacation rental, plus an express ticket to pick up your skis on the way to the lift.  Or get a basic ski rental package with Epic Mountain Sports for $18/day, plus tax. We’ll book it all for you!

What to Wear & Ways to Save

Savvy Savings on Clothing: if you live in Florida, chances are you don’t own an appropriate winter coat or ski pants. Or maybe you have kids that are growing so fast that it’s just not feasible to buy them a new coat and pants each winter. For these situations, it’s sometimes better to rent your winter clothing. I know that Ski Broker in Fraser has lots of coats, pants and other clothing items for rent from $10 to $25 per day.

Be Thrifty – get your ski gear at a consignment shop, or get your kids’ winter coats at a thrift store.  There’s no better place to get second-hand clothing and gear than in a ski town, so maybe you can wait until you get to Winter Park then shop at one of our local thrift stores. If you don’t find just what you need, then check out the clothing rentals at the ski shops.

Tips on Transportation

Drive with Your Gear instead of Flying with Fees: Sometimes taking a little more time to get to your destination can not only be a fun adventure, it can be a great way to save lots of money. Nowadays when you fly, you’re not just paying for your flight. You’re also paying for transportation from the airport to Winter Park, you’re paying for your in-flight meals, you’re paying for the privilege of checking and even carrying on bags and you’re paying even more to fly with your oversize and overweight ski and snowboard equipment.

If you Gotta fly: Sometimes it just isn’t realistic to drive, so you just gotta fly. If you do have to fly, think of creative ways to reduce the costs of traveling on a flight.

Use the free ski shuttle to get from your lodging to the ski area. Sometimes taking an airport shuttle from the airport then walking around or using the free shuttle will cost you less than renting a car, plus you have to consider the cost of gas, the risk of driving in a winter environment you’re not accustomed to. Plus it can be a lot of fun to learn about the area by getting on a shuttle and checking out areas you wouldn’t otherwise see if you were always just driving directly to and from the ski area. Shuttles also mean you can skip the hassle of parking in a huge ski area parking lot and lugging your gear around very far, since they drop you off right in the Village.

Pack Light! Really, less is more. Less to pay in baggage fees, less to lug around, less to keep track of. You can really economize your luggage by re-wearing your under layers like your underarmor wicking  gear, for example. Staying at a vacation rental with a private or even shared washer and dryer can really help. One bag really can get you by. It pays to invest in a scale to weigh your luggage to avoid fees for exceeding weight limits. Also, invest in organizing compartments for your luggage that maximize the space in your suitcases. If you can get all of your items in a carry-on, even better! You can ship your bulky coats, boots and skis or other oversize or bulky items that take a lot of space.

Learn Your Airline ABCs: Fly with airlines such as WestJet or Southwest airlines that allow two free carry on bags. Southwest even allows you to change your flight at no charge, you just pay the fare difference, if any.

More Airfare Tips:  Check fares at nearby airports instead of just the closest one to you. Sometimes driving an extra hour to the airport can save you lots of money. Use cheap airfare alerts that go directly to your inbox when a discounted flight you’re interested in becomes available. My favorite is Airfarewatchdog.com, which I use every month for our monthly airfare deals alert. Pack a lunch or dinner for you flight instead of paying for the weird airline food. Finally, maybe you can book your flights with a credit card that waives baggage fees, like the Contintental OnePass Master Card.

Food and Dining

Shop for Groceries in Denver -  as much  as I like to promote buying local to support our local economy, if you really need to eat on a shoestring, go to a grocery store in Denver on your way to Winter Park. This option is really only viable if you have your own car, though, since the airport shuttles do not make any stops on the way.

Eat in – it really helps to eat like you normally eat while on vacation, then splurging on just one or two dinners. When you stay in a vacation rental instead of a hotel, you can really take advantage of using the fully equipped kitchens to prepare at-home dinners and lunches. All of our vacation rentals have kitchens and usually have basic staples like spices, coffee filters, condiments and non-perishable items there for you to use (left by previous guests or the owners.  I recommend checking out what’s at your vacation rental before going to the grocery store for your menu items or just getting your meats, fresh veggies and fruits at the grocery store on the way to Winter Park.

Pack Lunch. Instead of paying the ridiculous prices at the base for lunch, pack a lunch and store it in a $1 locker until you’re ready for your lunch break. Maybe you can even pack it in a small backpack, come down to get it, then ride the lift to meet the family at the Lodge at Sunspot or Snoasis for lunch. If you’re staying at the base, you can eat in for lunch in the comfort of your own condo, see more below.

VIP Discount Card – for the occasions that you do want to eat out, use our VIP Discount Card to save at restaurants. More details to come, but click here for a sneak-peak.

Lodging

Staying ski-in/ski-out – It may seem counter-intuitive because the cost of ski-in/ski-out lodging is higher than non-ski-in/ski-out, but think about the trade-offs. First of all, it’s just so convenient. Also, it can completely eliminate the need for your own car, so you can cross out a car rental and gas expenses. Staying at Zephyr Mountain Lodge, Fraser Crossing and Founder’s Pointe comes with the benefit of using their private shuttle to get to downtown Winter Park or Fraser, plus the free ski shuttle is available to you as well.  Another budget benefit to staying at the base is relative to your food costs. You can come down for lunch in the comfort of your own kitchen and dining room instead of eating at the expensive ski area eateries.

Activities & Other Expenses

Check out our list of Free and Cheap Kids’ Activities.  There are many activities that will entertain the kids that don’t require you spend a lot of money. Think out of the box!

VIP Discount Card for Winter Park Lodging Company guests has deals that no other lodging company can offer. Save on sleigh rides, dining and lots of other activities in Winter Park and the Fraser Valley. More details coming soon!

Our new Winter Park, CO mascot ZB is so excited for 2011 and the snowfall we’ve gotten, he’s convinced us to offer the 2nd night free on any stay in January. Book a weekend trip to Winter Park this month & get your 2nd night absolutely free. Even better, visit for 4 nights or longer & you’ll get two nights free.

What better way to celebrate the new year? Some options to get you thinking:

Get five of your friends together and stay two nights at our beautiful Rendezvous #130three-bedroom town house for only $38 per night, per person. A steal!

Come on up for the weekend and snuggle with your honey in Zephyr 2006, a one-bedroom ski in/out condo at for under $400 all in.  Plus we can get you skiing with $65 lift tickets if you don’t have a season pass.

The New Year lodging sale is only good for booking made before January 15th so get started now on your Winter Park Lodging search. In addition, we’ve lowered our minimum night stay requirement to two nights for the rest of the ski season, minus Spring Break dates of 3/11/11 to 3/26/11.

The snow has been incredible so far this year and the lodging deals are the some of the best that you will ever see.  Now is the time to come up to Winter Park and Mary Jane for a ski getaway.

Looking for cheap Winter Park Resort lift tickets?  We have you covered!   There is no reason to pay the walk up window rate to ski Winter Park and Mary Jane.  Let us help you save on your lodging, lift tickets and ski/board rentals here at Winter Park Lodging Company.

Ski season is almost here and the snow is looking very good for early season skiing.  Now is the time to figure out your lift ticket and /or season pass sitiuation so you are not paying the walk up window rate which at holiday time can get a little pricey.

The number one way to save on skiing this year at Winter Park and Mary Jane is a season pass.  Save with a Season Pass and the perks that come with the pass.  Your season pass deal is, you’ll get ten $59 lift ticket coupons for friends & family with each Winter Park Resort season pass you purchase. These coupons can be shared with anyone in your group and, like a season pass, do not have any blackout dates.

Winter Park season passes for the 2010/2011 ski season are currently $389 for adults and $319 for teens 13-17 years old. They’re on the rise and will eventually reach as high at $1000 each. At these sale prices and with the $59 coupons, some groups only have to ski two days to beat the window price.

Another benefit to buying a season pass is that you don’t have to ski on specific dates, you can use the season pass and coupons whenever you’d like, with NO BLACKOUT DATES!

Buy your Winter Park Mary Jane Season Pass Now Before it is to late. Consider the Rocky Mountain Super Pass if you want access to Winter Park/Mary Jane and Copper Mountain. For that, plus six days at Steamboat Springs, there is the Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus.

Next best option for cheap WInter Park lift tickets are the Four Passes.  The Winter Park Four Pass is the best deal available for four lift tickets, priced at $149. The only catch is that you have to buy it in person in Colorado, since it is a non-transferable ski pass with your photo on it. If you have purchased one before, you can renew it online for an upcoming ski season.

The Winter Park Four Pass is usually available until mid November and can be purchased at the Winter Park Resort season pass office or at two Front Range Christy Sports locations. Blackout dates are December 27th through December 31st.

Plan now to save the most money on lift tickets.  Check out all of Winter Park Resort lift ticket deals.

Ski season is here so get your lift tickets now.

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Deals on lift tickets to Winter Park and Mary Jane Resort are getting harder to come by.  Intrawest has tightened the lift ticket deal belt and deals will be harder to come by for the 2010/2011 ski season. But fear not Winter Park Lodging Company has looked under the rocks and behind the refrigerator to find the best deals around for our beloved backyard ski area (ya, it’s one hell of a backyard).

As I said, we have searched high and low to find the best discounts on lift tickets for Winter Park Resort this year. See our findings below. Stay tuned for any news.

Save big with a Season Ski Pass
The deal is, you can get ten $59 lift ticket coupons for friends & family with each Winter Park Resort season pass you purchase. Season passes prices at $379 each and NO blackout dates equals big savings for you and yours.

Winter Park season passes for the 2010/2011 ski season are $379 until October 17th, then they’ll go up to as high at $1000 each. At this sale price and with the $59 coupons, some groups only have to ski two days to beat the window price!

Take a look at our Lift Ticket Price Calculator Sheet to see how much your group will spend on lift tickets with this deal. Click here to buy a season pass.

Examples of savings:
(compared to regular lift ticket prices at $92 each)

• Two skiers who ski for seven days each spend only $56.57 per lift ticket with one season pass and seven coupons. That’s savings of $248 each or nearly $500 total.
• Three skiers who ski for five days each spend only $64.60 per lift ticket with one season pass and ten coupons. Savings of $137 each and $460 total for the whole group.
• Six skiers who each ski five days pay only $64.60 per day with two season passes and twenty coupons. That’s savings of $137 for each skier or $822 for the whole group.
• Eight skiers who ski for six days each spend only $60.56 per day with three season passes and thirty coupons. That’s savings of $188 per skier and $1500 for the group.

Another benefit to buying a season pass is that you don’t have to ski on specific dates, you can use the season pass and coupons whenever you’d like, with NO BLACKOUT DATES!

Buy your Winter Park Season Pass Now. Consider the Rocky Mountain Super Pass if you want access to Winter Park/Mary Jane and Copper Mountain. For that, plus six days at Steamboat Springs, there is the Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus.

Check out the other deals on the Winter Park Lodging Company lift ticket discount page.

Oh ya, that is yours truly gettin’ some powder last season up on Jones Pass in the picture above.

We are coming up on ski season shortly here in Winter Park and there are lots of ski pass deals to be had.  From free 5th grade and cheap 6th grade lift passes to silver and gold medallions from Colorado Ski Country and the Grand Foundation, there are lots of options.

For the fifteenth year in a row, Colorado Ski Country is offering free skiing for fifth graders. This year they receive three free days of skiing when they sign up for the 5th Grade Passport program. Additionally, a free lesson is available in January for those fifth graders who have never skied before. Proof of enrollment as a fifth-grader is required.  This is a great way to get the the young ones out onto the slopes.

All sixth graders enrolled in the Sixth Grade Passport program receive four days of skiing for just $99. Again, proof of enrollment is required.

Applications for these two awesome deals will be available mid-September  through schools or the Colorado Ski Country website.

Resorts participating in the 5th and 6th Grade Passport program include the following: A-Basin, Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Copper Mountain, Crested Butte, Purgatory, Echo Mountain, Eldora, Howelsen Hill, Loveland, Monarch, Powderhorn, Ski Cooper, Snowmass, SolVista, Steamboat, Sunlight, Telluride, Winter Park, and Wolf Creek.

Both the fifth and sixth grade passes are limited, so be on the lookout for applications in mid-September.

I  wondered why the Vail Resorts don’t participate but then I thought, oh ya,…….they are Vail, and it made perfect sense.

There are a couple of super passes out there for the adults also.  The Gold Medallion pass from Colorado Ski Country and the Grand Pass from the Grand Foundation.  Both are killer passes, pricey, but awesome passes.

The Gold Medallion lets you ski at any Colorado ski resort, besides the Vail Resorts, with no blackout dates and is fully transferable.

The Grand Pass, or Silver Medallion, is good all year long at Winter Park/Mary Jane, Solvista, Copper Mountain and lots of golf in the summer and bicycling and Winter Park Base summer activities including Trestle Bike Park.

Ski season is on its way, so get your passes for you and your kids ready.

The time has come to get your season ski pass for Winter Park Resort. As of next week September 2, 2010 the prices of Winter Park and Steamboat lift prices will go up.  If you buy before Sept 6 the season pass prices are as follows:

Winter Park/Mary Jane Resort Passes

Rocky Mountain Super Pass

This includes unlimited skiing at Winter Park/Mary Jane and Copper Mountain Resort.

Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus

This includes unlimited skiing at Winter Park/Mary Jane, Copper Mountain Resort and six free days at Steamboat Resort.

Unlimited Skiing at Winter Park/Mary Jane and Steamboat Springs Ski Resort

Here are some of the pass benefits that come with the above passes:

• Rocky Mountain Super Passes – Double your $59 Friends & Family discount tickets to 20 to be used anytime during the 2010/11 season*.
• Winter Park Season Pass – 10 Friends and Family $59 lift ticket coupons, valid at Winter Park/Mary Jane only.
• Winter Park Four Pass – 4 Friends and Family $59 lift ticket coupons, valid at Winter Park/Mary Jane only.
• Discounts on Rental/Retail, Food & Beverage and Ski & Ride School.
• Receive special passholder offers via the Pass Perks email.
• Discounts off full-window rate lift tickets at most Intrawest resorts including Whistler Blackcomb, BC (excluding Colorado resorts).

The mornings are getting colder and the evenings are getting a little shorter up here in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and this all points to the upcoming 2010/2011 ski season getting closer.  Summer is not out the door yet but she has spied her jacket is tugging on her dates arm to get ready to hit the road.  Have you purchased your ski pass for the season yet?

Most Colorado ski resorts are boosting their season pass prices by modest amounts for the 2010-11 winter after holding firm or even dropping prices to spur business last season, according to a survey by The Aspen Times.

There are lots options for ski passes to Colorado ski resorts now.  Besides each individual resort offering there own ski pass there are also multiple resort passes. The Epic Pass from Vail Resorts offers unlimited skiing at all there resorts and A-Basin. The Rocky Mountain Super Pass and RMSP Plus offer unlimited ski at Winter Park and Copper Mountain, which Intrawest no longer owns, and the Plus offers 6 anytime days at Steamboat Springs Resort.

Steamboat offered its adult season pass for $899 if purchased by June 1. It’s being sold for $999 through Aug. 15, when the prices ratchet up again. Last season the pass sold for $879 before June 1, and $999 through Aug. 14.

Steamboat also sells a pass that combines unrestricted, unlimited skiing at the resort plus Winter Park for $1,049.

Crested Butte is selling its adult gold pass for $949. The price was $849 for skier and riders who made the purchase by April 4. The price for the full-pass was $849 last season.

Jackson Hole is touting its “new low pricing” for 2010-11. The ski area, run by former Aspen Skiing Co. President and CEO Jerry Blann, dropped its season pass price 25 percent, from $1,675 last season to $1,255 this year.

Back in Colorado, resorts competing for Front Range skiers remained locked in a pass war. Vail Resorts made a marginal price increase to its Epic Pass, from $579 last season to $599 this season.  The pass is good for unlimited skiing and riding at Vail Mountain, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapaho Basin as well as Heavenly in California.

For those wanting the ultimate in a season ski pass, Colorado Ski Country offers the gold medallion. The Colorado Ski Country USA Gold Pass is the state’s most exclusive season pass. This coveted pass provides unlimited access to Colorado’s world-class snow conditions and ski areas all season long. The Gold Pass is fully transferable so purchasers can share their pass with colleagues, clients, friends, family and more. With no blackout dates, the Gold Pass can be used at 21 ski areas any day of the season.  That is all the ski areas in the state beside those owned by Vail.

Only 100 gold passes are available for the 2010-11 season.

Whatever ski pass you end up purchasing don not forget if you are skiing at Winter Park Resort or Steamboat Resort use the Winter Park Lodging Company or the Steamboat Lodging Company for your accommodations.

]]> http://www.winterparklodgingcompany.com/2010/08/16/colorado-resort-season-ski-passes-20102011/feed/ 1 http://www.winterparklodgingcompany.com/2010/03/29/winter-park-season-passrocky-mountain-super-pass/ http://www.winterparklodgingcompany.com/2010/03/29/winter-park-season-passrocky-mountain-super-pass/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:11:20 +0000 Chris http://www.winterparklodgingcompany.com/?p=1655 Continue reading →]]> Winter Park 2010/2011 Season Ski Pass

It is time to get your season ski pass for Winter Park!  As of April 5th prices will go up so get your ticket for fun and freshies all next season.  Ski Colorado and Winter Park are offering a deal that you pay $49.00 down now and the rest isn’t due until next September.  Do not procrastinate the time is now to get your ski season in the pipeline.

Hurry, this price only guaranteed through April 5, 2010.
	$409 Prices guaranteed through April 5, 2010 Unlimited skiing and riding at Winter Park and Copper and six days at Steamboat. $319 college† $319 teen (13-17) $219 child (6-12) $219 senior (70+)
Season – long benefits: • Double your $59 Friends & Family discount tickets to 20 to be used anytime during the 2010/11 season**. • Discounts on Rental/Retail, Food & Beverage and Ski & Ride School. • Receive special passholder offers via the Pass Perks email. • Discounts off full-window rate lift tickets at most Intrawest resorts including Whistler Blackcomb, BC (excluding Colorado resorts).
	Also Available: Rocky Mountain Super Passes, Winter Park season passes and Copper season passes. Click here for details.

Winter Park Resort Opening Day

Just a Reminder that Winter Park Resort opening day for the 2009-10 season is scheduled for November 18th, 2009.  It is an El Nino weather pattern they are saying for this year and that should mean lots of early snow.

Heard some talk in town today that the Resort is planning on seeding clouds using the same planes that Vail Resort has used the last few years to help Mother Nature with her snow dropping efforts.  Bring it on, we could use some help with snow in October and November anyway.  This is when the planned seeding is being discussed.

So don’t forget November 18th – opening of Winter Park Resort.  Plan ahead and save money on lift tickets and lodging with Winter Park Lodging Company.