BEAVER CREEK, VAIL, KEYSTONE, BRECKENRIDGE, A-BASIN, and HEAVENLY RESORTS:

Skiers and snowboarders have an additional two weeks to take advantage of the best season pass deal EVER!!!!

The Epic Pass offers unlimited, unrestricted skiing at any of Vail Resorts destination properties, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone, Breckenridge, and A-Basin in Colorado and Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe, California.

The original price of the pass was $579 for adults, but that price ended on Saturday Nov. 15. The new price is $629 for adults and $309 for children. This will only last until the beginning of December then then only full access pass will be the Adult Full Pass, which is more than twice the price of the incredible Epic Pass.

When asked why they extended the deadline Vail Resorts Vice-President of Corporate Marketing stated, “we discovered that many people were unaware of the purchase deadline and have continued to express interest in purchsing an Epic Season Pass for this ski season. We made a decision to continue to offer our Epic Season Pass at a slightly higher price point, ||108% of the original offer|,| but one that is still a great value to skiers & riders”

Sales of the Colorado and Summit Passes have ended, bu those passes can be renewed online at ColoradoPass.com.

For more information abou Vail Resorts’ season passes, call 1-888-215-3867 or visit Season Pass Sales.

GET YOUR EPIC PASS TODAY BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!!!!!

Want to go skiing or snowboarding at Vail and Beaver Creek?

The fun begins on November 21 at Vail Resort and on November 26 at Beaver Creek. There are now more savings options than ever in the Vail Valley. The Epic Season Pass is only $579 until November 15 then it is coming off the market according to Vail Resorts. The only comparable pass after this date will be an Adult Full Pass, which costs about $1900; so buy your Epic Pass before the deadline, and you potentially could enjoy one hundred days at any Vail Resort for only $5.79 per day. With an Epic Pass purchase you can book your first trips lodging for 25% off the rack rate, and your second trips lodging will be 30% off the rack rate. Contact 888-284-4438 for more information about this special.

If you are not planning on buying an Epic Pass there are many other lodging, lift ticket, and equipment rental deals out there:

1| Beaver Creek West in Avon, CO is offering packages throughout the up coming season. These packages include Lodging, Lift Tickets, and Equipment Rentals for your whole group. They are offering packages for 2 or 3 people in a one bedroom, 4 or 5 people in a two bedroom, 6 or 7 people in a three bedroom, and 8 or 9 people in a four bedroom. The Rates on these packages offer deep discounts on the primary expenses incurred during a mountain vacation. Prices starting at $337.61 per person. For pricing and more information click here —> Beaver Creek West Packages!!!!

****NO MINIMUM NIGHT STAY****
2| Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, Vail’s only ski-in, ski-out AAA Four Diamond property is offering a $139-per-night guestroom available until Dec. 22. Stay three nights, and get one free. Contact: 1-800-420-2424; Contact Vail Cascade for more information.
3| For each paid adult fare, American Airlines’ deal is one free child’s ticket on flights to Vail-Beaver Creek. Valid Dec. 2-12 and Jan. 4-13. Contact: 1-800-404-3535; Contact Vail Resorts for more information.

4| “Baggage Bailout” – To help offset increasing airline fees, Vail Resorts is offering a ‘Baggage Bailout’ for skiers and snowboarders staying at Vail this winter. Guests will receive a $50 credit when they book at least a 4-day, 4-night ski or snowboard vacation by December. Contact Vail Resorts for more information

5| Westwind Lodge – Buy 4 get one free; purchase 4 nights lodging and a 4 day lift ticket and get one of each free, prices starting at $1125 per person. Valid from February 22 – March 14, 2009. Contact The Westwind for more information.

6| Arrabelle, Vail, CO, Winter Early Booking Special – Up to 50% off the rack rate. Starting at $236 per night. Minimum stay requirements may apply. Contact Vail Resorts reservations for more information.

At one time it seemed that Aspen and Vail / Beaver Creek had a rivalry, each trying to one-up the other on lift ticket prices as seasons alternated. This year was Aspen’s turn, with a price of $87, until Vail Resorts announced its rise in ticket prices this week. Now it seems, that the whole industry is facing a rivalry with the price of crude oil. Does skiing in Colorado everywhere cost this much?

• Copper Mountain:up to $79 one day, but steep discounts provided at 2+ day rates. Distance from Vail: 25 gorgeous driving minutes.
• Ski Cooper: $39! A great deal but many fewer on-mountain amenities. Ski where the 10th mountain division used to train, on the continental divide in some of the highest altitude. Distance from Vail/ BC – one careful hour or 35 bat-out-of-H*** minutes.
• Breckenridge: Up to $86 depending on the week of the year. Check their prices online. Distance from Vail: 45 minutes.
• Keystone: $79. Distance from Vail /BC – 50 minutes. Keystone has night skiing too, so this may be a good choice if you get a late start.
• A-Basin: Colorado’s first, and lowest! Only $58 and score a season pass for less than the price of five nights. This bald mountain on the continental divide is still “the Legend.”

I was really hoping to find you a deal, folks. Here’s what I would say: stay next to the mountain you want to ski- get an early start, and hit it hard. Take a couple of days off to enjoy some snowshoeing or ice climbing in East Vail. The cost of renting a car may outweigh the lower lift prices at other destinations, but we understand. Realistically, the prices have only gone up $10 or less, so just find a place to stay that makes that cost back for you. Places like Beaver Creek West that are close to the bus route but off the slopes make a great compromise. Again, sorry the ticket prices are so high! But we’d really love to see ya.

10/10/2007 – Arapahoe Basin (A-basin) opens on the earliest day ever since it became Colorado’s first public ski area with lifts in 1946. Today, A-Basin having received 13 inches new in 3 days, A-basin is optimistic about opening more trails very very soon. This is the official beginning of the ski season for residents and visitors to the Vail Valley, as A-basin is only a short drive over the pass in Summit County, and is one of the first areas to open every year, with Loveland being a close rival.

Now why the “White Ribbon of Death?” Locals who have grown accustomed to fresh powder and wide open spaces refer to the single man-made intermediate slope overrun with every enthusiastic skier available in a 100-mile radius “risky,” especially with torn ACL’s being rampant in the early season. Wish to risk it? We recommend you look before you leap by the mountain’s web cam.