Robert Patrick prices skis for the 2013 Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver last November. The expo runs through Sunday at the Colorado Convention Center. (Photo by Erin Hull, The Denver Post)
I hear this phrase often: “Skiing is too expensive.”
If you walk up to a lift ticket window in January, skiing is indeed a pricey pursuit.
But if you make a plan to ski, riding a resort can be no more expensive than a night at the movies.
So really, skiing is pricey only for poor planners. With a season pass and a pinch of commitment, turns are available at prices from the 1970s.
This weekend marks a last chance to make that winter ski plan. If you missed the , the summer email marketing push, the months-long and the even more urgent fall campaigns selling , there is a final shot to score lift access for less than $150 a day.
The 24th annual takes over the Colorado Convention Center this weekend, with a bunch of last year’s gear for cheap and, most importantly, a final opportunity to pick up affordable lift ticket packages, vacation deals and multi-mountain ski passes.
Remnants of the annual Ski Rex Labor Day sale are tagged at deep discounts. S have buried the days of buying new ski gear in February for expanding and improving children. More than 30 resorts, hotels and travel companies will be offering last-chance purchases of all kinds of ski country passes and packages.
Of course, the 24th annual Expo amps the show with its festival attractions, from interactive draws like a ropes course, climbing wall and a Nordic biathlon simulator – guns and skis! – to Olympians, champion slackliners and beer.
The Expo is open noon to 10 pm Friday, Nov. 6, 10 am to 8 pm Saturday and 10 am to 6 pm Sunday. Admission is free for kids 12 and under and $15 for adults, but a coupon available in The Denver Post, or at any Colorado Ski & Golf or at Admission is $15 for adults. Get a $3 coupon in The Denver Post or at any Colorado Ski & Golf location or at .
