Best Lift Ticket Deal in Winter Park

Winter Park 12/13 season passes are on sale now! $369 gets you you the best deal on the mountain. as daily lift tickets are over $100 a day. If you are skiing three or more days a year, this pass makes sense, especially as you will get locals' deals on food, rentals and retail, as well as friend's and family tickets.

Act quickly to lock in this deal for only $49 down payment, before the price goes up on April 9th.

Click here and follow the link to purchase your pass today.

Tom is going to Utah

On February 15th, the Professional Ski Instructors of America's national office invited me to go to Utah at the end of April to attend the National Alpine Team tryouts. I am one of 45 instructors from around the country who made it through the first round.

PSIA is looking to form a team of 12 alpine instructors who they feel are inspirational educators and skiers. This team of 12 will travel the country for four years, providing clinics to instructors at ski areas all over the US. In 2015, the team will be attending the International Ski Congress or Interski, where all the skiing nations come together and share ideas and present to each other.

The team tryouts will be held at Snowbird, Utah from the 22nd to the 26th of April. There will be skiing tasks, teaching tasks and interviews taking place over the course of five days. I look forward to going to the event  and skiing with the top 45 teachers in the US.

And now the training begins ...

My New Position

I have some good news and some bad news, but it is all the same news.

The Winter Park Ski and Ride School has hired me to be an On-Snow Supervisor for the children's school. In this role I will developing and managing the 140 or so full time instructors who teach children. I look forward to expanding my own experience and helping the other instructors develop their skills, so that they can increase the value of your lessons.

However this means that I am not as available for lessons as I have been in the future. That doesn't mean that I won't be able to teach throughout the season. If you have already booked a lesson with me, I will honor that agreement. If you are a returning guest, you will be able to book a session with me, but you will have to let me know far enough in advance so that I can have another supervisor cover my position at Ski School.

I would love to ski with all of my guests who I have skied with in the past, and I will endeavor to continue skiing with you. However, if you are a new guest or a returning guest and we cannot make the timing work, I am always ready to recommend another instructor to suit your needs.

I hope to see you all on the slopes soon!

Book in October Deals

Save on your private lessons if you book in October.

The Winter Park Ski and Ride School is offering a discount on Private lessons if you book in October. You can save $35 on full day private lessons if you book in October. Please check the Calendar Page to check my availability before booking.

Winter Park voted #1 by holiday makers

TUI is one of the largest travel groups in the World and encompasses over 3500 travel agencies, and their holiday makers have voted Winter Park as the 'best liked resort'. The list goes

1. Winter Park
2. Galtur
3. Breckenridge, Whistler, Arnisal
4. Obergurgl, St Johann, Zermatt
5. Alpbach, Montgenevre, Zell am See

Congratulations Winter Park and everyone who endeavors to keep it number 1. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Get your Season Pass and Save!

Have you decided that you are coming to Winter Park this season? If you have you can save big on your vacation!

Buying a season pass can save you big bucks. Daily lift tickets purchased at the window cost upwards of $90. If you plan on skiing 5 days you could save up to $80 if you buy a season pass instead. However you get more deals than that. Pass holder benefits include:

• 10 friends and family tickets that can be purchased for $69 to be used throughout the season.
• Discounts at Winter Park Resort Rental and Retail Outlets
• Discounts at Ski School
• Discounts at Winter Park Resort Food and Beverage Outlets.
• Discounted lodging at Intrawest Resorts
• Additional specials through the 'Pass Perks' email.

You have to act fast though as the price of Winter Park Season Passes goes up on October 16th. Grab a steal for $369 if you know you are coming to Winter Park!

Click here to get your pass now.

First Snow in the Rockies and you'll never guess which resort in North America opened first!

On October 6th the first significant snowfall came into the Rockies. In the valleys we saw around 6 inches of accumulation and more on the mountain tops. Temperatures, however, are expected to rise over the coming week and we will likely see snow in the valleys melt away. Hopefully the snow on the mountain tops will stay as snowmaking operations in Winter Park are expected to begin in mid-October.

Julie and I went for a walk around Winter Park as we were very excited for the first snow. We should have brought cross country skis! I was very surprised with the amount of accumulation.

 

The big news for this weekend though was that the North America Winter Ski Season has begun. On October 8th at least two ski areas opened for the winter. Wolf Creek in Colorado started their season with full resort services, 3 lifts and 3 feet of powder! 

The big news is that the first ski area in the US to open was in the least expected place. Ski and Snowboard Resort Las Vegas Nevada beat Wolf Creek by an hour to win the title. They opened with a 12 inch base and very limited services. It is unknown if these resorts will open next weekends but we can hope. Last year the title went to Loveland Ski Area, Colorado who opened on October 24th. 

Congratulations if you guessed right, and keep hoping for snow!