December 4, 2011
December 4, 2011
By Marty Basch
Okay cheapskates. Find a deal here.
Waterville
Waterville Valley's menu of cheap tickets includes a $15 non-holiday Sunday children's ticket for kids 12 and under, half price tickets on Leap Year Day February 29 and $10 April Fool's Day lift tickets on April 1. On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, get $17 off all lift tickets. Tuesday is a big day to save. While the Patriots are playing, non-holiday Football Tuesdays means the price of lift tickets is the number of points the Pats opponents score on the previous Sunday or Monday night.
Attitash and the Cat
Among the deals at Attitash and Wildcat are $30 Sunday Funday afternoon tickets. During March and April, non-holiday Friday lift tickets will be $40.
Black
Black Mountain's $45 weekend and holiday adult tickets are still a bargain, but the price drops even more with the Family Passport serving two adults and two juniors age 6-17 ($119 weekends and holidays, $99 midweek non-holiday). The Jackson ski area has a non-holiday Tuesday breakfast club where skiers aged 55-plus ski for $20 and that includes breakfast and a travel mug.
Cannon
Granite Staters pay $36 at Cannon on non-holiday New Hampshire Resident Wednesdays (except December 28) while Super Bowl Sunday February 5 is two-for-$68.
Ragged
Ski Ragged non-holiday Sunday afternoons for $32 if you live in New Hampshire.
Cranmore
Cranmore's deals include a $9 Ticket Roll Back Day January 6 and Biodiesel Freebie Day January 21 for those who show up in an alternative fuel vehicle.
Crotched
Crotched Mountain is chock full of daily deals including a non-holiday Monday to Thursday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. $24 ticket, non-holiday Tuesday College Night $24 pass and Family Fun Sundays with $24 pricing 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. ($10 rentals, $10 beginner tips).
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Skiway is always affordable with $43 adult peak rates, but non-holiday Mondays and Tuesdays are 20 bucks. Adults ski two consecutive weekend or holiday days for $70.
Bretton Woods
Bretton Woods takes care of locals from Coos, Carroll, Grafton and Belknap counties as well as Maine's Oxford and Vermont's Essex and Caledonia districts with its $20 Sunday afternoon tickets beginning at noon and Friday night two-for-one ($23) tickets from 4 to 8 p.m.
Pats Peak
Starting in 2012, Henniker's Pats Peak has a Pay One Price Saturday Night pass for $43 that includes rentals, tubing and lesson tips.
Ragged Mt. photo