Park City Utah Guide » park city ski passes

The Canyons Resort Season Pass Discounts Ends October 15th

Park City Guide — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:09:25 +0000

The Canyons Resort season pass discounts ends October 15th, this Friday, so hurry and purchase and save some cash. New improvements for this season at The Canyons include 300 new acres of terrain, a “Ski-Beach” with firepits, lounge chairs and outdoor food stations, heated lift seats with an overhead bubble cover for weather protection and many other improvements to the mountain base area, terrain and lodging.

This season The Canyons Ski Resort is offering passes with varying degrees of benefits and which is reflected in the price. The basic pass is called the Silver Pass and the upgrade is the Gold Pass. There is also a Canyon Club platinum level membership. The price for the Silver Adult Full Season Pass is $999 until October 15th, $1,299 after the 15th. In comparison, the Gold Adult Full Season Pass is $1,399 until October 15th and $1,699 after the 15th. So you will save $300 if you make your season pass purchase now. There are also discounts for purchasing up until October 15th for most of their other passes, including the 5 and 10-day coupon books.

So what is the difference between the Silver and Gold passes besides the $400 price difference? There is a Canyons Silver vs Gold Season Pass Comparison Table that shows exactly what you get with each level. With the Gold pass compared to the Silver Pass, you get 1 more day lift ticket for friends or family, 2 more complimentary lodging nights, 2 more adult ski or snowboard lessons, 1 more gold level ski or board tune and two lunch entrees at The Cabin vs one appetizer or desert (for Silver Pass holders). Both Silver and Gold Passes include Up To 4 Buddy Passes Per Day For $59 Each, 15% Discount at Canyon Mountain Sports & One Sweet Ride, 15% Discount on Ski & Snowboard Rentals, Unlimited Hot Chocolate, Coffee or Tea, Weekly Winter Mountain Tour and Summer Lift Privileges. There are some restrictions with these benefits which you can read at the comparison table link mentioned above.

So head on over to The Canyons Resort Season Passes before the savings end on October 15th. The Park City Mountain Resort also has a similar pass offering with different levels of benefits. Their season pass prices will be going up after October 31st. The Deer Valley Ski Resort also offers discounts for ski passes prior to October 31st as well.

Related Park City Utah Information:

Park City Discount Lift Tickets Only $25!

Park City Guide — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:09:02 +0000

You can get Park City discount lift tickets for only $25 to the Park City Mountain Resort, valid now through December 18th. This is part of an annual promotion to benefit the non-profit Youth WinterSports Alliance which helps children from and around Park City (Summit & Wasatch counties) get involved in winter sports programs. All proceeds will go to the Alliance. Since 2003, the organization has contributed over $1,300,000 to junior athletes and winter sports programs.

Details of Discount Lift Ticket Promotion:

$25 Full Day Lift Ticket to Park City Mountain Resort
Valid now until December 18th
There are a limited quantity of tickets, so buy sooner than later
Can only be purchased at these locations in Park City & Salt Lake City:

Cole Sport
1615 Park Ave. Park City
435-649-4806

Jans Mountain Recreation Experts
1600 Park Ave. Park City
435-649-4949

Sports Den
1350 Foothill Dr. SLC
801-582-5611

This is a great way to get an extremely cheap lift ticket to one of Park City’s best ski resorts as well as help young people not only become successful in sports but also in life. The seven core values of the Youth WinterSports Alliance are:

Honesty and Integrity
Sportsmanship
Respect
Responsibility/Good Citizenship
Life Long Learning
Health and Physical Fitness
Participation and Inclusion

So get down to one of the store in Park City or the Sports Den in Salt Lake City and buy your tickets today. You may want to call ahead and see if they are still available at the store you plan to visit. You can read more about the non-profit organization and the discount lift tickets here: Park City Youth WinterSports Alliance

Park City Discount Lift Tickets – More options for getting discount ski lift tickets through Liftopia

View all Utah resort discount lift tickets – Discount lift tickets for Park City Resort, The Canyons Ski Resort, Deer Valley, Snowbird, Brighton, Snowbasin and more.
Park City Discount Lift Tickets – Our summary page of other ways to get Park City lift ticket discounts.

Related Park City Utah Information:

Park City Discount Lift Tickets – $38.99 Full Day!

Park City Guide — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:03:10 +0000

Just browsing around the net and found Liftopia which offers full day Park City discount lift tickets from December 12 through Decmeber 18th at the Park City Mountain Resort for only $38.99 which is 49% off the regular price! It is called the Park City Screamin Deal and there are a limited amount of these tickets at this price so you probably would want to purchase them sooner than later.
Park City $38.99 Full Day Lift Tickets

Liftopia Discount Lift Tickets

What is Liftopia and how come they can offer lift tickets so cheap? Well, I never heard of them until today so I looked at their “About Us” page for more info. They basically say that the resorts want you to buy lift tickets, uh yah, and they can offer these tickets so cheap because you have to pay for them in advance and there are no refunds. So they get you to spend money on a ticket that perhaps you otherwise would not have purchased. Then you are at the resort, having fun, spending more money on food, at the retail shops, lodging, etc. so Park City wins in the long run for offering this $40 discount and so do we!

Now you have to create an account at Liftopia in order to purchase the discount ski lift tickets online. No biggie and it is probably the hardest part about the whole deal. I hate giving out my email to another online store, but Liftopia says, “Liftopia will never share, rent, sell or trade your information with anyone. We are committed to protecting your privacy.” I always use a separate email account (gmail & yahoo are easy for this) for buying things online, just to make sure my main personal account does not get spammed. Anyway yes, you do have to buy the lift tickets in advance and yes there are no refunds or transfers so be sure you can ski or snowboard that day.

Park City Screamin Deal Lift Ticket Discount December 12th – 18th, 2009

When you go to this page about the Park City Screamin Deal, the page shows for one particular date, like December 12th, but there is a little picture of a calender that says, “Flexible Dates? See More Deals” – just click on the link for more deals and you can pick any date between December 12th-18th.

Park City Discount Lift Tickets Dec 12-18, $38.99 Full Day – Go to Liftopia and choose your date by clicking on “Flexible Dates”

I have never purchased from Liftopia, but seems like an easy way to get a great discount if you know you can ski or board that day. You make your purchase online and then bring your email receipt to the resort. Like I said before, no refunds, no cancellations, no exchanges or transfers to other people. You have to bring a photo id when picking up your tickets too. They cannot offer deals like this with a lot of flexibility, otherwise why we would bother paying $80 for a lift ticket at the Park City Mountain Resort if it was easy to get it elsewhere at discount with no restrictions?

All Utah Resorts Lift Ticket Discounts

They appear to have the same deal for The Canyons Ski Resort as well, but when I clicked on the link, no dates were shown which may mean they are already sold out for The Canyons Resort or there are dates available further in the future. No discounts for Deer Valley, as I expected, but there are other deals for other Utah ski resorts like Brighton, Powder Mountain, Snowbird and Sundance . These resorts - Alta, Brian Head, Beaver Mountain, Snowbasin, Solitude and Wolf Creek are listed but it says no lift ticket deals currently available – but that may change.
View all Utah resort discount lift tickets

They say you can buy tickets as late as the day before you go, but keep in mind there is a limited quantity of lift tickets for sale, so do not plan on $38 full day Park City lift tickets to last up until the last day you can purchase them. As I write this, the Liftopia site says there are only 16 tickets left at this price – I think it means for that one particular day, but as word gets out, they will go quick, so go now!

View All Park City Mtn. Resort Lift Ticket Discounts
In addition to the Screamin Deal, they offer discounts on other days for $69.

Park City Discount Lift Tickets – Our summary page of other ways to get Park City lift ticket discounts.

Related Park City Utah Information:

Purchase Your Park City Discount Ski Pass Today!

Park City Guide — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:01:43 +0000

You need to purchase your Park City discount ski pass by the end of today because prices are going up tomorrow for Park City Mountain Resort and The Canyons Resort ski passes. You can wait until October 31st for purchasing Deer Valley Resort passes before their prices go up. Locals and non-locals alike can take advantage of the savings – but do it by today!

What Park City Pass did I Get (If You Care)?!

I ended up buying for myself the Adult Mid-Week Ski Pass from The Canyons. The funny thing is, it’s not just a “mid-week” pass. It’s also valid on Sunday’s too! Even though I live here, I have never purchased a season pass. In the past I have purchased a Canyon’s Cherry Picker 5-day pass, a 5-day pass at Park City and a 10-day coupon booklet at Deer Valley. This way during the season, I could ski at each one of the resorts without having to be tied down to only one place.

The draw back, of course, is that my skiing days were limited unless I purchased tickets at full price. Therefore, I always felt like I had to wait for the perfect days to ski to take full advantage of that one day ticket. I also felt like I had to ski or snowboard the entire day. Now with the pass, I can ski for a few hours in the morning or afternoon whenever I have the time to and not feel guilty.

Oh and one big benefit from getting a season pass is all the extra benefits that the 5-day and 10-day passes do not have. There are discounts at the cafes on the slopes, I can buy tickets for friends at a discount – up to four at $59 and one of my favorites – free lift access all summer long for mountain biking, hiking, disc golf or a lift to the Red Pine Lodge Restaurant. I always wanted to do more mountain biking at the ski resorts, so summer 2010 will be my chance! Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley Resort also offers similar benefits when buying their season passes as well.

I’ll probably rotate through the resorts and get my pass at Park City Mtn. Resort next year. Don’t know if I’ll ever get a season pass at Deer Valley because I’m learning to snowboard and as you may already know – no snowboarding allowed at the big D. May still get a locals coupon book. It’s only $48/day for the Monday thru Friday booklet. Go here for more details: Deer Valley Locals Coupon Books

Anyway, follow the links below and if you are at all considering going skiing in Park City this year, get a discount pass now!. You don’t even have to get a full season pass. They have 5-day and 10-day ticket packages too – all at discount if you purchase by today.

Park City Mountain Resort Ski Passes – purchase by October 15th

The Canyons Season Passes – purchase by October 15th

Deer Valley Season Passes – purchase by October 31st

Park City Resorts Pre-Season Discounts – Comparison of Savings

Related Park City Utah Information:

Park City Ski Passes Pre-Season Discounts

Park City Guide — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:49:38 +0000

You have until October 15th to purchase discount Park City ski passes at Park City Mountain Resort and The Canyons. Deer Valley extends its discount until October 31st. If you have the cash now, I would advise making your purchase ahead of time to take advantage of the discount because unless you can find a good stock pick, you are not going to be able to make up the difference in interest (certainly not in a savings account!) by holding onto your cash and purchasing later. I have listed normal rate daily discount ski ticket rates (PCMR & The Canyons have not posted their yet) to give you an idea of how many days of skiing you need to get in with a pass to start saving money. But it’s not all about saving money, is it?!

Park City Mountain Resort Pre-Season Discounts

Regular season daily lift ticket rates: $TBA (last year $83)
Price comparison before and after October 15th:
Adult Full Fast Tracks Season Pass: $1250 vs $1450 ($200 savings)
Adult Mid-Week (M-F) Pass: $680 vs $800 ($120 savings)

There are also pre-season discounts for Youth, College, Family, Senior, Military and Utah Locals passes. For more information and how to buy your passes go to Park City Mountain Resort Ski Passes.

The Canyons Resort Pre-Season Discounts

Regular season daily lift ticket rates: $TBA
Price comparison before and after October 15th:
Adult Full Season Pass: $899 vs $1099 ($200 savings)
Adult Mid-Week* Pass: $649 vs $749 ($100 savings) *Note: The Canyons mid-week pass allows you to use your pass even on Sundays!

The Canyons also offers discounts for youth, students, military, teachers, firefighters, police and Utah locals. I think one of the best deals, if you are on a tight budget but gotta ski, is their Cherry Picker pass. Five passes for $209 (prior to 10/15) which is $41.80 a ticket!
For more information about their offers and how to purchase passes online go to The Canyons Season Passes.

Deer Valley Resort Pre-Season Discounts

Regular season daily lift ticket rates: $86
Price comparison before and after October 31st:
Adult Season Pass: $1575 vs $1840 ($265 savings)
Adult Mid-Week: $795 vs $900 ($105 savings) Note: The Midweek Season Pass is not valid during the December holiday period: December 26 through 31, 2008.

Also are discounts for Senior, Teen, Child, Tot and Hospitality (still searching for what “Hospitality” passes are). They also give a discount if you purchase a second adult season pass at the same time: Adult-2 season pass is available when purchased with a minimum of one Adult-1 or Senior Pass for a spouse or dependent only. Please note that spouses and dependents qualify as per the IRS tax regulations.
More information on purchasing ski tickets go to Deer Valley Season Passes.

So what are you waiting for? Did you know there is snow in Park City right now? As I write this, I can see out my window the fresh, white snow-capped peaks getting ready for the ski season. What about you? Are you ready? Save cash, buy your passes now and use the savings for a good waxing and tune-up, replace your scratched-up goggles, a helmet (’cause it’s just foolish not to), or a night on the town in Park City when you get here!

Other ways to get Park City Discount Lift Tickets