1/07/2009 Several readers clued us into this great deal -- get a free voucher for Boreal when you buy 10 bottles of Smart or Vitamin Water at Raley's, BelAir, or Nob Hill stores. It's currently on sale -- 10 for $10!. Offer available Dec 31-Feb 4th. Lift tickets valid Sundays through Fridays for the 2008-09 season, excluding Dec 31 to Jan 3, Jan 17-19, Feb 14-16.

Fri, Jan 9 -- $40 at Sierra for their 40th anniversary! Must pre-purchase tickets by midnight Jan 8!

1/05/2009 Happy 2009!! Well, this is it -- you want to slide cheap? Then you need to get up to Tahoe now. If you are a fair-weather skier, the conditions couldn't be better. Abundant snowpack, great grooming, mild temperatures. Us powder junkies are looking for the next storm, about 2-weeks out, but if you like carving the groomed, you can do it for cheap: Check our Calendar for deals like $39 lift tickets on selected days at Kirkwood from Jan 5-16. $39 lift tickets also available to Alpine Club members on Jan 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 22, 27, and 28. (Sorry, dates in newsletter weren't quite right. See these more easily in our calendar.) Or $56 at Northstar and $51 at Sierra. Also coming up this Sunday January 11: $35 Learn To Ski & Ride Day at Squaw and $25 Tahoe Women Service's Ski Day at Sugar Bowl.

If you haven't yet used those free lift tickets you got from the San Jose Ski & Snowboard Show, they're good at Bear Valley, Dodge Ridge or Sierra Summit Mon-Fri during the weeks of Jan 5-9 and Jan 26-30. Also, all of the mid-week deals and college discounts are valid again: Mt. Rose, Donner Ski Ranch, Tahoe Donner, Boreal, Squaw are back on. Oh yes, Learn to Ride/Ski for $25 at Sierra Jan 5-11 (Sorry, this was our error. This deal was valid last year). And don't forget to "Get More" at Sugar Bowl: $66 lesson/rental/lift packages Mon-Fri non-holiday, now available for kids ($56)!

If you can't go mid-week or find a deal for your favorite resort, sometimes your best bet is to pre-purchase unrestricted tickets at your local ski shop, like: Helm of Sun Valley (San Mateo), Lombardi's, Mel Cotton's, REI, or Mountain West in SF (Squaw and Kirkwood).

Or look into taking a bus trip! In some cases the lift tickets are priced so high (and the package from the bus is so cheap) that it's almost like getting a ride up for free! Check our calendar for dates and prices! Bay Area Ski Bus, Snowbomb Bus, NAC Ski Bus and Tahoe Snow and Sun (new and cheap!).

(Tips: NAC Ski offers a $6 off early booking discount for the first 25 people to sign up for each trip! For Bay Area Ski Bus, use promo code "sotc" to get $6 off 1-day bus trips and $11 off of 2- and 3-day trips.)

12/1/2008 Woot, slidingonthecheap.com got mentioned in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Tahoe Weather/Road Conditions/Webcams
I-80 Sierra Nevada guide to driving up and more -- very very cool and useful.
California Snow Passport: DISCONTINUED! Boo hiss!
Sunday worship services on the slopes!
10/31/2008 The Ski Lake Tahoe Six-Pack is sold out.
01/03/2007 Cheap(er) rentals for Kirkwood at Cornice Sports & Rentals. Cheap(er) lodging at Kirkwood Accomodations.