No more excuses, Coloradans who haven’t yet tried snowsports. January is , and that means newbies can snag some ski deals at Colorado resorts.
A snowboarding instructor, at left, talks with his students on the Scout run at Keystone Resort on Dec. 2, 2014. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
Colorado Ski Country USA has put together a list of are offering this January. Two deals stood out to me:
Copper Mountain:, equipment rentals and lift tickets, plus a season pass upon completion of the third lesson, so you can keep riding. Several resorts offer this as a perk for buying a series of lessons, but this is the least-expensive package on the list.
Crested Butte: New skiers and riders can get a lesson plus a limited day-of-the-lesson lift ticket . Not bad considering a standard adult lift ticket is $103 at this time of year.
Vail Resorts is offering in January as well. Packages for Vail and Breckenridge top $300, but Keystone has a buy-two-get-one-free package of for $262. First-timers can also get a limited-access lift ticket for $15 with any beginner lesson.
There are few cheap ways to ski, but some of these package deals take a little bit of the sting out of the price tag … and knowing that while you’re learning, you might .
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