Help!!! Best way for a group of 7 to purchase lift tickets to several resorts :)

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Originally Posted by doc block 

Hi Everyone!  I'm hoping somebody can help me out here.  I will be vacationing for a week in Feb 2013 with a group of 7 people.  We're staying in Frisco and want to be able to ski Breckenridge, Copper, Keystone, and A-basin.  Is there a pass that we could buy that would encompass all of these resorts and be good for multiple days?  Whats the most cost effective approach is what I'm looking for :)

 

Thanks!!!

No. Breck, Keystone, and ABasin are on one pass product, and Copper is on another. The most cost-effective approach is to stick to one or the other. You can get a Summit Pass for $419 for the Breck resorts, or $369 for Copper. If you can get to CO in person before November, you can buy a 4-pack for Copper for $139. The passes do come with ski-with-a-friend options, so a few could get Summit passes and share the discounted buddy passes, and split the difference ... but I haven't done the numbers, so I'm not sure on that. Otherwise, finding deals with lodging is the best way for a group, I would think. 

Copper does give more discounts independently, like 2-for-1 tickets if you fill up at a Shell station (but there are blackout days, as in, all weekends, usually), and  this book always has coupons for Copper (but I'm not sure what they will be; this year's book comes out 8/1)  http://eduproject.com/. 

American Express Rewards program has tickets for many areas, if any of you belong to that. 

Good luck, hopefully some others can chime in. There are a lot of good deals in CO for people who ski often, but prices for short durations can be tough.

Was typing while SegBrown posted, sorry for repeat info (welcome to Epicski):

You are on the edge of making a season pass the best deal, that kicks in at about 6 or 7 days.  Google Vail Resorts Epic Pass which covers all but Copper on your list.  Search here with terms like "Colorado lift ticket deals" for more useful threads like this one:  http://www.epicski.com/t/91369/summit-county-lift-ticket-deals

Other discount possibilities include but are not limited to:

Liftopia.com for one or more days at A-Basin and Copper at about 25-40% off.

Maybe Shell Gas stations in Denver area will have a ticket promotion for resorts of interest with gas fill ups.

Outlets for lightly discounted tickets include:  King Soopers and other Denver grocers, Pioneer and other local sports/ski shops

Emerging deals from the websites of the resorts such as Pow Pow Platter.

You didn't mention Loveland Ski Area, it's a smaller but good place near the others.  They do online preseason sales of fully transferrable four packs of tickets for around $130-140.  Don't have to be in CO to buy.  Definitely worth a couple days if that hits your price point.

Your avatar alone should generate some thread traffic.  

Good info so far and agree with Jamesj about LL.  I have also seen Copper offer a transferable 4 pack in the past, but it has been at a premium to their non-transferable product- about $220, I think and I can`t guarantee that it will be offered this year.  I think I remember seeing them offer an additional day on their non-trans 4 pack if purchased in the next few days, but you are looking to mix it up (and need to buy in person), so this doesn`t really help.

I think you need more than 7 for group pricing, but it might be worth a call to the resorts to find out.

Unless some of the group can swing a second trip, best bet may end up being an advance purchase 4 day Breck/KS/AB tix (with a day at Vail or Beaver possible as they are only about 30-45 min from Frisco) and then looking for transferable 4 packs or deals at Copper and LL.  Check their websites in October to see what is on offer.

Don't know if they cover Summit County resorts but look into the SkullCandy Passport, on the Geigerig backpacks.  

Last season you bought a hydration pack and you got a booklet with a bunch of free tickets all over the place (3 were in Utah where I found them).  Heard that this year is more two for one deal.  The packs sold for $40 - $70, not a bad  deal for about $250 in lift tickets.

A-basin's $59,  if you carpool w/4 or more.