http://vertexpress.com Skiing, snowboarding and mountain lifestyle Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:39:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/christmas-week-to-ski-or-not-to-ski http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/christmas-week-to-ski-or-not-to-ski#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:44:19 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3499 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 for [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/christmas-week-to-ski-or-not-to-ski/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/smugglers-notch-lift-ticket-deals http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/smugglers-notch-lift-ticket-deals#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:50:31 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3455 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 retailers. [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/smugglers-notch-lift-ticket-deals/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/mid-week-lift-tickets-in-vermont http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/mid-week-lift-tickets-in-vermont#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:17:07 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3445 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 lift [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lift-ticket-deals/mid-week-lift-tickets-in-vermont/feed 1 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/poll-magic-mountain-is-a-great-ski-resort http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/poll-magic-mountain-is-a-great-ski-resort#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:13:57 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3438 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 great [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/poll-magic-mountain-is-a-great-ski-resort/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/videos/my-perfect-friday-morning http://vertexpress.com/videos/my-perfect-friday-morning#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:23:59 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3434 My perfect Friday morning at Mount Snow. 3-4″ of fresh powder on the ground at 8AM. Looks like a powder day]]> http://vertexpress.com/videos/my-perfect-friday-morning/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/jay-peak-meets-groupon http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/jay-peak-meets-groupon#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:19:19 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3426 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 belonging [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/jay-peak-meets-groupon/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/burke-mountain-web-archives http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/burke-mountain-web-archives#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:29:56 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3402 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]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/burke-mountain-web-archives/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/bromley-mountain-web-archives http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/bromley-mountain-web-archives#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:09:01 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3365 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 lost [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/bromley-mountain-web-archives/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/bolton-valley-web-archives http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/bolton-valley-web-archives#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:44:38 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3340 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 on [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/bolton-valley-web-archives/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/powder-week-in-vermont http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/powder-week-in-vermont#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:51:38 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3337 A picture is worth a thousand words. Non-stop snow showers in Vermont. Perfect conditions to get out and ski.]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/powder-week-in-vermont/feed 0