Winter sports are expensive. So whenever a great deal shows up, I love to share it!
And it’s especially nice when I can offer a generous giveaway, too.
Get Gas, Go Skiing
For the past 12 winters, Shell gas stations across the country have partnered with SKI FREE to offer steep lift tickets discounts at over 30 resorts. Fill up your vehicle with at least 10 gallons of fuel and you can get a voucher good for buy-one-get-one-free-lift tickets at resorts in Colorado, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Michigan.
This year, there are 35 participating resorts. Newcomers for the 2014 SKI FREE program include Taos and Angel Fire in New Mexico.
Plus, for those who don’t ski or ride, First Ascent Mountain School is offering buy-one/get-one snowshoe tours, while Nova Guides is offering buy-one/get-one snowmobile tours.
Participating gas stations are in California, Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
For a full list of resorts and Shell stations, visit www.skifreedeals.com.
Personal Experience
We’ve used these vouchers several times at Crested Butte and Copper Mountain, Colorado and they are a great deal. There’s only one tricky part. You have to get a receipt and have it initialed and stapled to the voucher at the Shell station. Don’t just pay at the pump and leave.
Some resorts have blackout dates, some do not. But all the details are available on the vouchers or online. You do have to buy two tickets (one full price, one free) for two people on one day. You can’t buy a ticket for one day and ski free the next.
The program runs through April 21st or the closing day at each resort.
You’ve got to buy gas anyway, so it’s a screaming deal!
Four Lift Tickets to Giveaway
SKI FREE has very kindly donated four (4) FREE lift tickets to your choice of:
- Crested Butte, Colorado,
- Copper Mountain, Colorado,
- Taos, New Mexico or
- Angel Fire, New Mexico.
Please note these are four free tickets, not buy-one/get-one vouchers.
To enter, please leave a comment about how excited you are to SKI FREE! For a second entry, “like” SKIFREEDEALS on Facebook or follow @skifreedeals on Twitter.
One winner will be chosen randomly from all entries on Tuesday, February 18th.
Good luck!
To facilitate this giveaway, SKI FREE donated four free lift tickets to the winner’s choice of one of four resorts. I received no compensation or lift tickets for this post. All opinions are my own and are based on my experience using Shell SKI FREE vouchers in the past.
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Janna!
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Keith Bare says
Amazing free tickets!!! Always wanted to go to Crested Butte!!
braveskimom says
Keith! So glad you entered! I can’t believe you’re the first one. DON’T PEOPLE WANT FREE TIX? Good luck!
Alex says
Under-financed college senior here, dying to hit the slopes!
braveskimom says
I remember that feeling! BTW, don’t forget to get your gas at Shell and then take a friend! It definitely helps when you’re under financed!
Alex says
Know anything about Monarch mountain? Found that it’s really cheap with crazy base depth of like 100″! Want to know if it’s worth the trip, thanks again
braveskimom says
I was just at Monarch! It’s a fun mountain near the very fun town of Salida. Monarch lies at the top of the continental divide with mad views in all directions. The vertical is a bit short — about 1000, but there is fun terrain — good bumps, groomers, trees and a more challenging hike-to are called Mirkwood.
Actually, I just published this yesterday about cat skiing at Monarch. http://blog.coloradoski.com/2014/02/14/cat-skiing-at-monarch-mountain-with-tips-for-the-first-timer/#more-6917
Please let me know if you need more info!
Good luck!
Michelle McMurray says
Free lift tickets?! I’m all about FREE!!! Copper – here we come! 🙂
braveskimom says
We should all be ALL about free! Free is incredible, especially when talking about skiing! Enjoy and good luck !
Twain Berg says
Heck yeah…..haven’t been to Crusty Butt for a long time….sign us up
Twain says
P.S. gotta get that Jamie boy up Pikes Peak this summer too!
braveskimom says
Agreed. And then the two of you can write a guest post!
braveskimom says
You should go whether you win or not! The snow down there is incredible, which means the extreme territory/outer limits is all OPEN!
Ann Driggers says
Yay!!! Love this deal – I’ve bought my 10 gallons of gas at Shell several times over the years to get this deal. Even better would be free lift tickets! I’d use mine at Crested Butte. Sick mountain. 🙂
braveskimom says
And that would be SICK in the best way! Good luck !
Melissa Worley says
FREE Skiing??!?! I cannot imagine anything better in the entire world. I would give up chocolate for an ENTIRE month….no…wait….an ENITRE week. I already know who I would invite….4 girlfriends….it’d be a moms (no kids) ski trip. AND, apres ski, we’d eat all the chocolate that I sacrificed on hoping that I’d win the tickets. =)
braveskimom says
You are so funny! Can I go skiing with you and enjoy all that chocolate? Best of luck to you!
Luke Stone says
Would love these ticks. Itd be the difference between making it out west this year or not. Can’t afford it without some help.
braveskimom says
Best of luck to you Luke! I hope you can make it out!
Betsy says
Hey Kristin-would love to try my hand at winning tixs to Crested Butte- 25 years ago I won the same deal to CB with airline/ski tixs and lodging for 10 friends and family by writing a poem about skiing in Colorado!!!
braveskimom says
You must share the poem! That is so cool!!
Uschi Hall says
Copper Mtn. , skied there once and love to go back.
braveskimom says
Copper is one of my favorite mountains! Definitely worth a big repeat visit!
Heather Hogoboom says
Heck yeah! How can any self-respecting Colorado native NOT want to ski or ride for free?!?!?!
Hayden would be oh-so-jazzed because one of his buddies has the Copper pass (and of course we are die-hard Epic Local pass holders). Fingers crossed ….
braveskimom says
Cross ’em and recross ’em!
Stacey says
I am soooo excited about SKI FREE!! We love to ski and let’s face it anytime you can save some money and enjoy the swoosh of your skis carving down the mountain with your family is a good day!
braveskimom says
You put it perfectly Stacey! Good luck.
Christy Fry says
That’s great! Thanks so much for providing this information. I had no idea we could do this. We are excited to try Crested Butte. We will do this for sure. Thanks again!
braveskimom says
So happy that you now know about SKI FREE! It’s great! You have to buy gas anyway, right? Good luck!
Trish Mahre says
Would look forward to skiing some new resorts around/near Colorado!!!!
4 free ski lift tickets—- really?
Love your blog!
braveskimom says
Really! Truly! good luck!
carrie brown-wolf says
Yes!!! Who wouldn’t want to ski free? Who wouldn’t want to ski with so much epic snow? And finally- who wouldn’t want to ski Crested Butte or Taos- two of my favorite places ever! Love this promotion!
braveskimom says
Good luck! I’ve never been to Taos. Dying to go there!
kim says
I’d LOVE to ski the Butte for free! I’ve been dying to take my family, here’s the perfect time!
braveskimom says
Best of luck! It is the PERFECT time!
Emilie says
I’ve been stocking up on the buy one get one coupons at Shell because I have family coming into town to go skiing–if we could ski FREE this would be a dream!!
braveskimom says
A bunch of buy 1/get 1and 4 free? That is a dream! Good luck !
roberto says
i love to ski free anywhere. how can i ski free in aspen in two weeks ;-)?
braveskimom says
That one is a bit trickier! We’re at Aspen every weekend unless we’re out of town. If you need any info, please let me know!
Roberto says
Thanks for the offer. Since this is a kiddless trip we have two days before the CEO (the most awesome braveskimom in my mind) of our house work friends show up. She been there before I have not, staying in aspen proper. Have element47 and cache cache (suckers for country french) lined up before we get wined and dined for few more days. Any yummy fill our tummy in the am before hitting the slopes places would be great. We are planning on buttermilk for our first day to get our ‘west’ ski legs on then go with the flow w/ the group after that. Any suggestions for the CEO to get spadified would be great also, I’m paying and willing to push the govt paystub.
braveskimom says
Poppycock’s for breakfast is always nice and convenient to the gondola at Aspen! At Buttermilk, the pasta of the day is usually quite fantastic at base area restaurant, Bumps! In Snowmass, check out Snowmass Kitchen and the Wildwood (gourmet hot dogs, pizza, good kid friendly after skiing food, plus beer, wine etc for adults). We also like the pretzel bites at the Ranger Station in Snowmass. On mountain you MUST go to the Elk Camp Lodge. If you’re there on a Friday night, go to Ullr nights! At Aspen Highlands, we’re big fans of the Merry Go Round (on mountain).
For French, we actually like Rustique Bistro in Aspen best of all. New York Pizza is good and fast and easy (and upstairs on the Mall). Mezzaluna is delicious, and even more kid friendly is Brunelleschi’s Dome for sit down pizza and casual Italian. To pick up nice cheese, pates, meats etc for some apres fun, the Butcher Block has a good selection. Also delicious sandwiches. all of these are in Aspen.
So many choices!
Abigail Hills says
Coming to CO from WV to go skiing with my sister….getting super psyched, it would be even sweeter with free lift tickets!!
braveskimom says
Yes it would! I hope you and your sister have a great time!
Jennifer Hayde says
Love to ski!! Free even better!!!!!
braveskimom says
Precisely! Good luck!
Karen Scherzinger says
Two words i love: ski &’free!
braveskimom says
Those are such good words! Good luck!
Chris stammer says
would love to win tickets to Crested Butte. Listed as top 50 places to ski before you die!!
braveskimom says
Top 50? If you win tix it will be #1! Good luck!
Cindy Martin says
The boyfriend and I are saving for a house and paying for his daughter in college. No money for us to ski. Would love to win.
braveskimom says
Houses and college are good things! Skiing free is too! Good luck!
Stan Newman says
We have 4 couples coming to Copper in less than two weeks and would love to share some free lift tickets.
braveskimom says
Your friends would love you! Good luck!
Elizabeth Fossum says
We go to Crested Butte every year and always use the ski promo through Shell stations. Thanks and hear is to another great ski year.
Elizabeth Fossum says
Oops meant “here”
not “hear”
braveskimom says
🙂
braveskimom says
Yes, another excellent year! CB is just drowning in snow, too! Hooray!
Gwen Mills says
I would love to have the free ski tickets for our high school foreign exchange students, we always take them to Colorado skiing with us at Crested Butte!!!! We love the ski free vouchers for family and friends!!!
braveskimom says
What a great idea! and how lucky these students are to have you as a host mom! Good luck!
dale trone says
I am glad to see taos be part of ski free I’d love to win free tickets and take a road trip
braveskimom says
I’ve never been to Taos, and I like how you’re thinking! Good luck!
Lisa Brennan says
Would be so excited to take our son who is a senior in high school and snowboarder out West!
braveskimom says
Perfect! Good luck!
Janna Burton says
So excited to ski free!!!!!!!!!!!!
braveskimom says
I know, right? Good luck!