$5 Ski Nights have become $10 Ski nights

Well, it's that time of year again! Time to hit the slopes for cheap! However, the lift ticket prices have doubled! Since we started skiing, almost 4 years ago,the price was $5 for night skiing and $10 for rentals. Now the price is $10 for night skiing and rentals are the same.
This starts on Friday Jan 6, 2012 at both Silverstar and Big White. (click on the underlined ski hills to go to their sites)
The times are 330pm-800pm.
Friday night ski prices run until March 31, 2012.
 Silver Star has Saturday night skiing, same times same price as Fridays. They also have $5 dinner at Town Hall.
Silver Star and Big White are also offering a punch card each night ski. Go skiing 4 nights and get your 4 punches and you will get 50% off a day ski.

Our experience has been that having your own equipment is a great way to go. It can save you time(waiting in the rental lines) and money(all those rental fees). We get our equipment at garage sales, castanet, and as hand me downs! Last summer I was looking for boots and my garage saling partner, Yoon Hee, spotted these! They are brand new and the box had the original ticket price! I paid $50!

Big White Family Fun Day

Well, looks like this weekend is the weekend to ski! Big White has a Family Fun Day on Sunday, February 6th. Your lift ticket, tubing,and skating(skate rentals aren't included) are all included for $19.99 plus tax. Looks like you might need the coupon, call them to confirm.

Also, they have an accommodation deal where you buy 2 adult lift tickets at regular price and stay for free. You must call Big White to make reservations. 250-765-888

This coupon is in Feb 2, Capital News.
Maybe see you at the ski hill!

Silver Star $15 Sundays!

We were up skiing today and when we paid our $5 lift ticket for night skiing(available Fri and Sat 3:30pm-8:00pm)we were given tickets for $15 Sundays! Jan 30, Feb 6 & 13 you can get a lift ticket for a day ski 8:30am-3:30pm for $15! Rentals of your ski or snowboard are also $15. This makes for an inexpensive way to get in a day ski! If you have your own equipment you can save yourself an hour and a bit in line and $15/person!
Big White and Silver Star both do $5 Friday night skis. Silver Star also does Saturday night ski. Their rental prices are $10 those nights. This ends the last weekend in March this year, which is a week longer than last year!

Quick Update

Hi All,
I am writing quickly to let you know a few things.

$5 night ski($10 for rentals) is back at Big White starting this Friday,Jan 7,2011. All the details are here.

Shopper's is having there Tell a Friend Event next week. Sign up and then spend $20 on Jan 11,12,13 and you get 5000 points for yourself. Every friend you refer that signs up and spends $20 you get another 5000 points. Remember 8000 points is $10 worth of free merchandise.
My shopping list will look like this
My favorite bread Dempster's Ancient Grains is $1.50(until Feb 3 don't know if this is the same for every store) so I will buy 6 to freeze. Then a 4L of milk is usually $3.99. Sounds like Five Alive and Fruitopia will be .99 so we will need 3 of those. Eggs are going to be $1.99 so I will get 2. The total is $19.94, so I need a teensy bit more to reach the $20. That was easy and everything is a good price.

I will be taking a little time off and be back to blogging Jan 17th!

Skiing for Less

Here are some ski deals!

BIG WHITE

$5 FRIDAYS have now begun!
It's the best deal you will find on a Friday night! Big White's $5 Friday Nights offers the most fun you can have on skis or a snowboard for just $5.
Lift tickets are just $5. That's a saving of $23.Regular ski and snowboard rentals are only $10, which is another $23 in savings (does not include high performance rentals)
At Big White Ski Resort, you can ski under the bright lights served by the longest Quad Express Chair open for night skiing in Western Canada. The Plaza Lift is open from 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm and the Bullet Chair is open from 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Night skiing also includes TELUS Park, Big White’s world class terrain park. TELUS Park is open for night skiing from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Public parking is available at Happy Valley. Tickets can be purchased at the Happy Valley ticket office or the Village Centre Mall ticket office. All guests requiring rentals will need to ride Lara's Gondola to the Village Centre Mall to get to the rental shop.

SILVER STAR

$5 Night Skiing until March 20, 2010Enter to Win a 2010/11 Family Season Pass
It's the best deal you will find on a Friday and Saturday night! Silver Star's $5 night skiing offers the most fun you can have on skis or a snowboard for just $5!Plus, purchase a $5 lift ticket, fill out a ballot and drop it off at Guest Services and you could win a 2010/11 family season pass good for two adults and two youth/kids. It's just that easy!
Remember these fantastic numbers.
$5 for a lift ticket
$10 for regular ski & snowboard rentals
$5 for a dinner special in Town Hall
$5 wax at Double Diamond (beside The Den)
$5 individual pizza at The Saloon
$15 one-hour Ski School Lessons from 5 to 6 p.m.
$50 Smith Electra Goggle & Toque special at Ski Dazzle
$80 Smith Electra Goggle, Toque, & Silver Star Fleece special at Ski Dazzle
Must bring a credit card for rentals
Sunday Afternoon Delight
Keep your $5 night skiing lift ticket and redeem it every SUNDAY for a $20 afternoon lift ticket.
Come discover the rest of the mountain starting every Sunday at 12:30 p.m.

$5 Saturdays January 9 to March 20, 2010
You thought Fridays were fun! Silver Star's $5 Saturdays offers the most fun you can have on skis or a snowboard for just $5!Lift tickets are just $5. Regular ski and snowboard rentals are only $10, (does not include high performance rentals).At Silver Star, come warm up around the bonfire in the centre of the Village beginning at 3:30 p.m. Then head to the Summit and Silver Queen Chairs between 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. to experience four kilometres of amazing night skiing terrain. Silver Star also features a $5 special at The Saloon.$5 Saturdays runs until March 20, 2010.
Remember these fantastic numbers.
$5 for a lift ticket
$10 for regular ski & snowboard rentals
$5 for special in The Saloon

At Costco You Can Get a Ticket to Ride which is for skiing at Big White or Silver Star for $54.00(regular lift ticket is $71)

With your Ticket to Ride card you get:
Receive first day lift ticket free .$10 off additional days for entire season.Youth & Children of Ticket to Ride Card Holders receive $6 off ticket window pricing all season.$100 off Destination Snow Bus Packages.
Additional card holder savings:10% off private lessons and group lessons all season.10% off selected accommodation (excludes Dec 24 - Jan 2)10% off resort owned rental ad repair outlets.10% off tubing and skating.10% off Silver Star summer mountain biking tickets.10% off Silver Star summer scenic chairlift rides.

Ticket to Ride Card available at these Costco locations:
Downtown Vancouver

Burnaby (East)

Willingdon (Burnaby North)

Richmond

Surrey

Port Coquitlam

Langley

Langford (Victoria)

Prince George

Kamloops

Abbotsford
Kelowna *NEW*

Saskatoon

Northwest Edmonton

Lethbridge

North Calgary

Red DeerSouth

CalgarySouth Edmonton

Regina

Sherwood Park (Edmonton)

Locals Never Need To Pay Full Price

Calling all Okanagan residents*, simply stroll up to the ticket window and present your government issued picture ID and we'll knock $10 off the price of a full-day adult lift ticket, valid Monday to Friday.
That's a lift ticket for just $61!
*Applies to residents from Penticton to Salmon Arm and Sicamous. Not valid with any other offer.
For more information call 250-542-0224.

Skiing $5

This is a picture taken from the gondola up at Big White ski hill.

Skiing is an expensive sport, but there are ways to do even this inexpensively! At Big White they have $5 Friday nights. Here's the ad from their web site.

Big White: Join us for the best deal on the slopes. Purchase an evening ski pass for just five bucks! Plus, you can rent your equipment for just $10 bucks on Friday Nights! $5 Friday Night starts at 5pm and ends 8pm, and runs on the Plaza Chair, Bullet Express and TELUS Park Chair (weather permitting).

We took the kids for their first time! They really enjoyed it, and so did we.