If you need more gift ideas, Warren Miller Entertainment has pulled a great mix of ideas. Of course, their own films are on the list but I did like the ski resort jigsaw puzzles; they’d be great candidates for framing in your winter chateaux.
I just received some interesting data from Kayak.com and wanted to share it with you.
This chart shows average fares from between December 11 and March 12 last year. Interestingly enough their data shows flying to Colorado is 2.4 times more popular than Utah. Plus, the average fare to Colorado is usually cheaper than flying to Park City or Salt Lake City ($490.21 vs $518.38). Yeah, they may be getting more snow lately, but I’m sure we’ll have plenty of our own.
The data also shows the cheapest time to travel to any of these destinations (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc.) is January; all airfares plunged at the beginning of the month last year.
Past behavior may not indicate future results but I think this suggests: visit Colorado because airfare is cheaper, and book your trips in January.
Copper Mountain and the US Ski Team are giving away a pair of HEAD skis. Runners up may win a set of US Ski Team credentials. Enter to win on Facebook.
Audi has returned as a sponsor of the U.S. Ski Team and if you participate in one of the three Audi Ski Challenges in Colorado you may have a chance to win: Official 2012-13 U.S. Ski Team Jacket Three nights lodging at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships (March 20–24, 2013) VIP pass with three…
Freeskier is giving away a pair of PBR / Lib Tech collab skis. All you have to do is sign up for their newsletter within the next week (until Tuesday, November 13th). Best part? You can enter as many times as you’d like. I like to think of my life as the intersection of the internet, beer, and skiing and this giveaway really speaks to me. If you need me this week I’ll be hitting submit a few more times over at freeskier.com.
Quick! Go sign up at the Vail blog to be entered to win (entries close at 4 PM Mountain on November 7th, today). You can enter to win a trip for 4 to Vail for the November 15th First Tracks event held at Vail including: roundtrip domestic airfare on Delta, 3 nights lodging with Marriott, transportation by Colorado Mountain Express, 2 day lift tickets, 4 U.S. Ski Team Spyder jackets, and 1 GoPro camera package.
Just finished booking our “breakaway” trip to Steamboat for March next year. We’re excited to finally stay and check out the Sheraton. Learn more about the half-off lodging deal at cosnow.com.
Here’s a great deal we found at the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo: Steamboat is offering 50% off the second night and a 1 day lift ticket if you book a two day trip during the 2012/2013 season. Additional days beyond that are 25% off. Learn more at steamboat.com