Deals Spring to Life in the Spring - 2009

Wacky events, spring packages & more....here's a sampling:

March comes in like a lion, goes out - well, you know. This isn't well known, however: in the mountain states, March normally is the snowiest month. Thus, the snowsliding is often the season's best, and the benefits of all that snowfall carry over into April. Spring skiing requires less clothing, and offers a much more relaxed atmosphere. We love it.

Rockies

Glenwood Springs & Sunlight Mountain Resort, CO (www.skiswimstay.com; www.GatewayReservations.com; www.sunlightmtn.com; 888-445-3696). This unique destination offers an equally unique Ski Swim Stay Package that encompasses skiing at Sunlight Mountain Resort, swimming at the world’s largest hot springs pool, and overnight lodging at a huge range of properties Glenwood Springs. Prices start at $90 pp, which includes lodging for one night, two adult lift tickets and two adult hot springs pool passes. Sunlight Mountain Resort holds 67 runs over 470 acres that run the gamut from cruising corduroy and true steeps to moguls. The Hot Springs Pool is the largest mineral hot springs in the world, measuring over two blocks long. Accommodations range from budget-minded basic rooms, to cozy cabins with fully-equipped kitchens, to century-old historic hotels, to bed and breakfasts and even RV sites. Packages are completely customizable.

Winter Park Resort, CO (www.skiwinterpark.com Easy Start Lesson Deal Winter Park’s Easy Start Lesson is an accelerated way for beginners to get up and going on the slopes. This spring, ski and snowboard lessons are available for first-timers for the season-low price of $49. This offer gives participants a $20 savings and includes a half-day lesson and beginner lift ticket. Ski or snowboard equipment is available for only an additional $20

Check o ut Winter Park’s April 11, Spring Blast Family Weekend at Winter Park: The Spring Blast Family Weekend presented by Snickers® will delight children of all ages with free fun carnival atmosphere including stilt walkers, jugglers, face painters, caricature artists and live music. The Derailer Bar offers up great food and drink specials while shops offer end-of-season sales. Other activities include free bump and tele tips from the Winter Park Ski and Ride School, free caricature drawings, face painting and jugglers in the Plaza from 12-3pm, and live music by Marty Jones in the Plaza from 12-4pm.

Echo Mt., (www.echomtn.com March 28, Salomon Jib Academy at Echo Mountain Join Echo Mountain and Salomon Skis for the Jib Academy, a global freeski tour for athletes 16 and under. Participants will ski with Salomon pros in groups all morning and then participate in a jam session for the afternoon. The tour emphasizes having fun and learning new tricks in a mellow, non intimidating atmosphere.

Steamboat, CO (www.snowbird.com STEAMBOAT Ski Free in April: Visitors ski free at Steamboat in April by purchasing lodging for April 1-12, 2009 for a three-night minimum stay. Package must be purchased by April 12, 2009 and includes lodging and lifts. Terms and conditions may apply. Please call 1.877.783.2628 or visit www.Steamboat.com for more information.

Copper Mountain, CO: (www.coppercolorado.com Spring Break Deal: The Spring Break Deal at Copper includes two-for-one performance and demo rentals, two-for-one snow tubing, and two-for-one One Hit Wonder sessions at Woodward at Copper, as well as 50 percent off private lessons. The package must be booked by March 11 and offers lodging starting from $55 per person per night. Lodging offer is based on double occupancy in a silver standard room 3/30/09 – 4/2/09 and 4/11 – 4/19/09. Performance and demo rentals are subject to availability. Rates are subject to change and may vary based on arrival dates, and do not include tax, surcharge, or booking fee. Other restrictions may apply. Please check www.CopperColorado.com for more information.

The Canyons, UT (www.thecanyons.com The Canyons (Utah) presents the 2nd annual Spring Grüv. For 10 days we'll be having huge, free concerts in the Resort Village, as well as the famous Pond Skimming Contest and Canis Lupus Challenge! Last year's acts included Soul Asylum, Rusted Root, Slightly Stoopid and the Metal Gods, while this year we have The Wailers, Better Than Ezra and more! Come and be part of the best Spring around! 10 days of wild events and huge concerts! March 27 – April 5. Celebrate. Compete. Watch. Ski. Ride. Grüv.

Silver Mountain, ID (www.silvermt.com; 866-344-2575). Rated as one of "skiing’s biggest secrets" by SKI Magazine, the resort is offering discounts throughout March until the end of the ski season. In addition to a newly expanded snow tubing park and a scenic, five kilometer snowshoe trail, Silver offers families activities including year-round gold mine tours and the new arcade in Gondola Village. Their Spring Break Packages includes free skiing for kids under 18 with a minimum two-night stay at the Morning Star Lodge in March and through the end of the ski season.

Far West

Diamond Peak, NV (www.diamondpeak.com; 775-832-1177). 9th Annual Diamond Peak Dummy Downhill March 29th is a day of dummies at Diamond Peak! The Dummy Downhill has been a favorite event for eight years and every year it gets bigger and better. Join us for the 9th Annual Dummy Downhill where participants build a dummy on skis or snowboards that get launched off of a big jump. Watch as unique characters fly down the hill or crash hard. This is the flugtag for dummies!

Northstar-at-Tahoe, CA (www.NorthstarAtTahoe.com; 800-GO-NORTH). Beginning Sunday, March 15, purchase the Northstar Kids Klub Card for $40 savings every time you make a Ski & Snowboard School group lesson reservation for kids ages 3 - 12.

Whistler: (www.Whistler.com; 800-525-7547). Mum's Mountain Classic April 1, 2009: Skiing and snowboarding mums of all ages are invited to attend the Mum's Mountain Classic. This fun, annual event includes morning coffee, race practice, a match-time race, lunch and apres festivities. The theme for this year's race is Pirates of the Caribbean. There are several different categories and lots of great prizes to be won.

TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival - April 17-26, 2009: The TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival has been called so action-packed that "you'll be juggling your agenda like a circus monkey." 10 days and nights of live music, arts and sports, fused together and dropped against the best spring skiing and riding in the world. Held at the Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Winter Games, it's ground central for value-packed and awe-inspiring action. The TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival features Canada's largest free outdoor concert series, pro ski and snowboard competitions including the World Skiing Invitational Big Air, Superpipe, the Orage Masters and the Grenade Games, career-making photography, film and fashion showcases, burn-the-candle nightlife, and so much more. For the latest event information visit: www.whistler2009.com. TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival Package April 17 - 26, 2009 Two Nights Accommodation - Two Day Lift Ticket From $82 CAD per person per night - $69 USD per person per night Valid April 17 - 26, 2009 Terms and conditions apply – go to website for full details.

Mammoth Mountain, CA: SECOND ANNUAL ROXY MASCOT CHALLENGE TO BE HELD AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL ROXY CHICKEN JAM: Contest Open To All, $6,000 Prize Purse Up For Grabs For the second year in a row, the iconic mascot of the Roxy Chicken Jam, the snowboarding chicken, is challenging all willing and spirited mascots to a superpipe competition. The contest will be held during this years Fifth Annual Roxy Chicken Jam presented by ROCKSTAR Energy Drink at Mammoth Mountain on Saturday, March 28 following the womens superpipe final. Open to guys and girls of all ages, species and fur types including college and high school mascots, professionals and the typical flying squirrels and bears the Mascot Superpipe Competition offers a $6,000 prize purse, with 1st place taking home $3,000, 2nd taking $2,000 and 3rd taking $1,000. The mascot contest will be judged by official Roxy Chicken Jam contest judges with similar criteria to any other pipe contest, awarding additional points for those who choose to wear a bulky mascot headthe bigger the head the more points!

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