Tweet this!Do you ski during Christmas week? One of my most memorable trips to VT was during that week. Luckily for us, we managed to book a three bedroom house in Chester, Vermont for just $250 per night. Split it between 8 people, add good food, drinks and you get one hell of a deal [...]
Tweet this!Compared to some ski resorts in Vermont, Smugglers’ Notch offers reasonably priced lift tickets: for example, you can a get a peak/holiday lift ticket for about $70 when some other ski areas charge $90+. And yet, you can save more by taking advantage of the various lift ticket specials. Buy lift tickets from participating [...]
Tweet this!I am a big fan of “all-things-midweek” – I just think that you can get more value for your buck when you “sacrifice” your precious day offs and book a midweek ski trip. That said, the midweek adult lift ticket prices in Vermont are still expensive: they start at around $30 and skyrocket to $84 per [...]
Tweet this!A while ago, I posted a poll asking our readers to compare and rate Magic Mountain resort. This classic Vermont ski resort might not be a household name, but I think it is one of the better ski areas in VT. And it is very clear that 100% of voters agree – Magic Mountain is a [...]
Tweet this!My perfect Friday morning at Mount Snow. 3-4″ of fresh powder on the ground at 8AM. Looks like a powder day
Tweet this!Finally, forgive me if I am wrong, one ski resort got spotted on Groupon. Jay Peak ski resort ran a deal-0f-the-day on Groupon’s Portland (ME) site and did so pretty successfully. In total,79 lift tickets were sold at $45 each (35% Off.) In other words, 79 people got a heavily discounted group rate without [...]
Tweet this!You can find all resort info on the homepage. New web design and logo in 2004 Number one ski resort in Vermont according to web reviews. Video section is added in 2008
Tweet this!Might not be fancy but CYBER. Not bad for 1996. The 2000 ski season was pretty much over by April 3. Lucky season pass holders – season pass rates hasn’t changed since 2000. You will pay $995 for an adult season pass today. Forget about the Facebook walls. Go message boards! I am totally [...]
Tweet this!Although an overall design is somewhat busy, Bolton Valley has a click-able image/map with links to rental, lodging and dinning pages. And there is no way you could miss that red font. And just a year later, there ia a brand new and much cleaner homepage. However, what really grabbed my attention was this sentence: “Click [...]
Tweet this!A picture is worth a thousand words. Non-stop snow showers in Vermont. Perfect conditions to get out and ski.
Tweet this!Powder alert update: 2/2/2011 Another snow blizzard, another foot or so of powder. Take Thursday off – it will be worth it. And it rains in New York…ugh. X X X X X X X X X X Powder alert update: 1/21/2011 It is snowing pretty much non -stop in New England since January [...]
Tweet this!Just stumbled and used a web promotion to get $15 off midweek lift tickets at various ski resorts in VT. All it takes is a simple web form, email and a printer to print out a ski voucher. I was impressed with a list if participating ski resorts: Magic Mountain, Mount Snow, Okemo, Stratton, [...]
Tweet this!It is Friday and you just contacted an owner of that beautiful condo 5 minutes away from a ski resort. He wants $250 per night saying that his two bedroom condo is right next to ski slopes, got WiFi, cable TV, fireplace etc. You hint that it is Friday already and chances are nobody [...]
Tweet this!Was it cold? You bet. But conditions were awesome, lift tickets cheap and lift lines MIA. You can’t miss days like that.
Tweet this!Another great promo/info video from Jay Peak resort. See what it is like to be a ski patroller…
