Advice needed please - Tahoe passes

[brownmonkey]

I'm heading over to San Francisco at the end of Feb for a couple of days with work and, as any work-shy office worker who's spent 9 months justifying this trip would do, making sure it co-incided with the ski season was pretty much my only priority.

I've now managed to stretch the trip to 11 days - fortunately my boss has just taken a new job, and we haven't hired a replacement yet, so of course, I'm doing my best to make the trip arrangements seem as confusing as possible, thus maximising all opportunity for this small discrepancy to go totally unnoticed

One of the vendors we're dealing with has finally responded to my extensive (and very unsubtle) hinting (eg: 'You need to give me some lift passes for Tahoe.') and have offered to shout me some ski passes

So... do any maggots have suggestions of where to get the best value passes for Tahoe from? I've up to 9 days worth of skiing to try and blag for - but rather than a tying myself to a single mountain, are there any multi-mountain passes, or vouchers that can be redeemed for day passes available for the whole Tahoe area? If so... where do I sign?

[runethechamp]

Buy a season pass at Kirkwood for 319. That's only $35 a day.

[brownmonkey]

Ah - unfortunately, season passes are pretty much out - it needs to be purchasable by the vendor via phone or internet on their credit card & then they can hand it to me when I see them - which is why vouchers would be ideal. Whatever they can afford they can buy, and I can make up the rest of the days myself.

[splat]

Tell him to check out snowbomb.com. I think you might be able to save some money with their Tahoe Card. But just getting a batch of multiple resort tickets in one transaction might be hard unless there's a ticket agency online that could do it. Bass?

[pointemstraight]

You can always go to www.universaltickets.com and get them there - they'll work pretty much anywhere in North America. Although they are pricey that way - I think $75 bucks a pop. I found out about it because the points I earn on my US Ski Team Visa card are redeamable that way - this year, I got a week's worth of free skiing on Visa!

[Darkside]

Tell him to check out snowbomb.com. I think you might be able to save some money with their Tahoe Card. But just getting a batch of multiple resort tickets in one transaction might be hard unless there's a ticket agency online that could do it. Bass?

I don't think you can get free tickets anymore with the Tahoe Card. I think the mountains reached their quotas so Snowbomb dropped the price of the Card. I hate the Tahoe Card.

The only thing remotely close to a ticket good for multiple Tahoe ski areas is the Sugarwood Pass, but I think it's $400+.

[splat]

Lots of spew...absolutely no info on how much you save.

Check it out for yourself Brownmonkey - http://www.snowbomb.com/help/faq.php...C3F39EE3A704EB

[Spats]

Sugarbowl gift certificates:
http://www.sugarbowl.com/tahoe/SITE/...741/direct?c=1

Kirkwood vouchers, 2 and 4 day:
http://www.shopkirkwood.com/store/pr...products_id=54
http://www.costco.com/Common/Search....earch=kirkwood

Alpine Meadows does advance purchases, but you have to pick the day ahead of time. Check their website if you're interested (but their lift tickets are only $39 anyway).

You owe me a burger.

[StormDay]

If you are an REI member, there are some good discounts to several areas. There is a REI in SF.

Details for Kirkwood deals:
http://www.kirkwood.com/template.php?src=tickets.html


For SugarBowl, there is a gift card at Safeway. The gift card might be easier for the vendor to deal with.
http://www.skisugarbowl.com/tahoe/SI...969/direct?c=1

[brownmonkey]

Many thanks for the pointers guys!

Hope to hook up with some of you when I'm out there.

[bad_roo]

I'll buy you a pass if you can supply photographic evidence of a Raley's shopping cart in Gaper Stu's bedroom.