Sliding On The Cheap - Boreal Deals and Discounts 2009-2010

Boreal Lift Ticket Deals and Discounts 2009-2010

Boreal (Regularly $47/$54)
$15	Frickin' Fridays
College students, military and furloughed CA State Employees ride Fridays at Boreal for just $15 (that's $5 cheaper than last year!). Appropriate ID required. Not valid 11/27/09, 12/25/09 and 1/1/10.
$23	Community Ski and Ride Pass
SOLD OUT (as of 12/17/2009)!! Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation offers this benefit pass every year. $369 for 2 lift tickets to the 8 of the bigger ski areas and 2 of the smaller ones (valid Mon-Fri, non-holiday, and Sundays too at several resorts). You also get 2 tickets to 4 cross-country areas. It's a great deal if you're spending a week or two and wanted to try out all the resorts that Tahoe has to offer. The pass is fully transferrable, and two people can use the pass per day! So if you and a friend only used it for the bigger downhill resorts, it'd come out to around $22/day per person. [Multiple Resort Deal]
$24	2-for-1 Raley's Voucher
Dec 14-Mar 1, purchase $50 or more in groceries at Raley's, Bel Air and Nob Hill stores and receive a "buy 1 ski pass, get 1 free" voucher. Restrictions currently unknown. Stores also have coupons for $5 off kids lift ticket (regularly $15), 50% off of half-day kids lesson packages (non-holiday Sun-Fri), and $5 off tubing at Soda Springs (non-holiday).
$25	Skiing for Schools
To support local schools, various resorts donate some or all proceeds from a limited quantity of discounted tickets to the Excellence in Education Foundation. You can pre-purchase them the week before at Porter's Ski Shops You should call first to confirm availability. Alpine and Homewood tickets will be available on-site -- no prepurchase necessary. Dates are: Sugar Bowl 12/19 and 3/20, Northstar 1/3, Boreal 1/24, Homewood 3/21, Squaw 4/11 and Alpine 4/18. Dates also listed in our calendar. [Multiple Resort Deal]
$36	iRide Card
Free (imagine that!) frequent skier card. Go 2 days, and your 3rd day is free. Sign up on-line for your free card! [$36 = ($54*2)/3. That assumes you're paying Holiday rates. Non-holiday it comes out to $32/day.]
$42	Tahoe Card
$39.99 "Gold Tahoe Cards" (include a lift ticket for Sugar Bowl/Kirkwood valid early/late season and Mon-Thu non-holiday) are still available now (12/10) at these select Costco stores! Otherwise a Silver Tahoe Card for the same price only gets you a ticket good at Dodge Ridge (same restrictions) The card also gets you lift ticket discounts obtained by pre-purchasing "e-tickets" on-line, or at some resorts (Boreal, Dodge Ridge, Northstar, Sierra Summit) by simply showing card. Squaw e-tickets valid any day including holidays! Northstar discount ($10) only available Mon-Fri, non-holiday. Mt. Rose and Diamond Peak discounts only available non-holiday. Otherwise, prices listed here are for holiday/weekend rates. Prices even cheaper for non-holiday tickets for Diamond Peak ($34 Mon-Fri). Also includes: $10 lift ticket to Diamond Peak (non-holiday); $10 lift ticket for Sierra Summit (non-holiday); FREE trail pass to Tahoe XC; FREE trail pass for Royal Gorge. And finally, several free tune-ups and rental packages from various ski/board shops; Food freebies; Lodging and other discounts. Check the site for all the extras, along with the various restrictions. All orders include 1-year subscription to your choice of Freeskier or Snowboard Magazine. [Multiple Resort Deal]