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

Homewood Lift Ticket Deals and Discounts 2009-2010

Homewood (Regularly $45/$55/$59)
$0	Ski & Ride Free Birthday
Starting January 4, 2010, guests ski or ride on the house on their birthday. Simply present your driver's license or ID with date-of-birth proof at any Homewood lift ticket window.
$22	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]
$25	Other Season Pass
Starting Jan. 7, present your 09/10 season pass from any mountain and get a $25 lift ticket, valid Thursdays and Sundays (new!). Not valid holidays: 12/26-1/2, 1/16-17, 2/13-14.
$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]
$39	$39 Days
Homewood Mountain Resort offers $39 lift tickets (formerly $29) on selected days, mainly Mon-Thu. Must purchase your ticket on-line. Dates at this link or our calendar.
$39	Online Midweek
$39 lift tickets non-holiday Mon-Thu, purchased online.
$42	Pre-purchase at Liftopia
Liftopia's lift ticket prices vary based on what day you want to ski/ride (weekdays cheaper, of course). So I've gone through and found the highest price you'll pay, but there were also cheaper days, as well as a lot of blacked out days. Still, it's worth a look if you have your dates locked down. Here's the price ranges: Bear Valley $35-$50; Diamond Peak $39-40; Homewood $39-42; Sierra-at-Tahoe $56-$62. [Multiple Resort Deal]
$43	Pre-purchase at Lombardi's
San Francisco sports shop sells discounted lift tickets. Northstar/Sierra tickets can also be exchanged for adult beginner ski or snowboard packages ($99-$114 value!) or can be used as a $75 credit towards children's lesson packages. Cannot be used for a Parent Predicament ticket. When used at Sierra as a lift ticket, you also get a $7 food/rentals/services voucher. Recommend calling first to confirm availability: 415.771.0600 [Multiple Resort Deal]
$43	Pre-purchase at Sports Basement
Pre-purchase lift tickets at any of the 4 Bay Area Sports Basement locations. Discounts for teen/child tickets as well -- click on the link. Call ahead to check availability. Bonus: Except for Squaw and Alpine, all tickets can be returned within 30 days for a full refund, and until 4/1/10 for store credit! [Multiple Resort Deal]
$45	Ghiradelli Square
Once again, the Ghiradelli Square Concierge is selling discounted lift tickets for Alpine and Homewood. Also available: Alpine Teen (13-18) for $45, Alpine Child (5-12) for $12. Homewood Adult ticket for $45, Homewood Teen (13-18) for $27, Homewood Youth (5-12) for $10.
$45	REI prepurchase
Starting Dec 1, REI members ($20 for lifetime membership) can prepurchase discounted lift tickets at any of their Bay Area stores. You should call first to confirm availability. Northstar tickets can also be exchanged for adult beginner ski or snowboard packages ($99-$114 value!) or can be used as a $75 credit towards children's lesson packages. Cannot be used for a Parent Predicament ticket. Northstar ticket can be used at Sierra and you get a $7 food/beverage/retail credit. [Multiple Resort Deal]
$45	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]
$54	$5 SaveMart Receipt Coupon
Save the receipt from Truckee or Tahoe City Savemart Supermarkets! Each receipt back represents a $5 savings on adult, full-day lift tickets. The Savemart® savings is valid every day including holidays, from January 1 to March 31. (Non-holiday Mon-Thu the price will be $40. Fri-Sun $50.)
$55	Online Prepurchase
Save $4-$6 by purchasing lift tickets on-line. Using this this link you can buy lift tickets at a discount. $55 holiday, $49 Fri-Sun, $39 Mon-Thu.
$66	Ski Tahoe North Interchangeable Lift Ticket
NOTE: this deal not available to northern CA or western NV residents anymore! :-{. So only non-locals can buy this 3-7 day pack of vouchers that are good at any of the North Lake Tahoe downhill reports. This is an excellent discount anytime for Northstar and Squaw, and during holidays, Sugar Bowl too. However if you use it at Homewood or Diamond Peak, you've paid too much. Also, there are usually cheaper ways to ski cheap at Alpine and Mt. Rose. What's good is that they don't have to be used on consecutive days, and they can be shared! $8 shipping by USPS (allow 1 week) or you can have them hold them for pickup at the Visitors Information Center in Tahoe City for no charge. [Multiple Resort Deal]