If you are a skier then you know that ski lift tickets can run up to $75 a day and up to $750 for a season pass. An unlimited pass at Killington (killington.com) is $699 for the season and $69 for the day. A value pass at Camelback Mountain (skicamelback.com) is $428 for the season and $58 for the day.
Finding affordable lift tickets for a weekend getaway is easy if you know where to look. Websites including SkiCoupons.com, Liftopia and Discount Lift Tickets offer coupons for lift tickets, season passes, equipment and lodging by state. Often hotels in the ski resort also offer coupons for lift tickets, so you may want to call and find out about any deals. For instance, many hotels and bed and breakfasts offer discount tickets for the lifts at Camelback Resort and Alpine Mountain (alpinemountain.com).
Booking a hotel room, renting equipment and paying for a lift ticket can add up, especially if you want to hit the slopes in the country's premiere snow regions. Orbitz, Expedia and Ski.com all offer discount ski weekend packages. If you book your accommodations in advance you are likely to find better deals. In addition, there will likely be bigger discounts if you book your weekend away at the end of the ski season in March or April, according to The Denver Post.
Usually you will find the cheapest ski deals for lodging at hotels or bed and breakfasts that are close to, but not on top of the mountain in the resort. Staying at the resorts on the mountain are likely to be more expensive. Truckee, California, is just 15 minutes away from Lake Tahoe and Victor, Driggs, and Tetonia, Idaho, are 25 miles from Jackson Hole, and most hotels and small resorts there also offer great deals, according to Travel & Leisure Magazine.
Many resorts have an offer that they will give you a free lift ticket if you show them your airline boarding pass. The catch is you have to ski on the same day that your flight arrives, according to The Orange County Register. Some of the resorts offering this deal include Park City Mountain Resort (parkcitymountain.com), Deer Valley Resort (deervalley.com) and The Canyons Resort (thecanyons.com).
