More Boarding for your Buck

If you are strapped for cash this year but you still feel the urge to hit the slopes this year you are in luck. You don’t worry about saving each precious penny this summer because we have some quick tips and cheap places to save your bank account from the nasty OD: overdraft.

Some tips for those low budget boarders to make every penny stretch:

Bring your own lunch: Don’t spend $6 on a slice of crappy pizza in the lodge cafeteria. Bring a good ol’ fashioned PB&J for the mid-day munchies. If you are going multiple times a week that six bucks will start to add up.
Car Pool: Save the environment, bring friends. Driving can become costly, especially if your hill is an hour or two away. Bring your friends and split the gas.
Buy your own gear: If you go snowboarding more than three times this winter, just splurge and buy the gear. Renting adds up quick.
Buy a pass: If you can lay day moolah right now buy a season pass. It’s costly at first but each individual day pass is costly and if you plan on going often make the plunge and become a pass holder. You get your picture on it and everything!

Those tips were free. You can take them to the bank. Now here is a list of the 10 best ski resorts for your buck. Based off price, powder and lift lines.

1. Grand Targhee, Wyoming: For the snow that is like from heaven the price isn’t too shabby. With 3,000 acres of skiing and an average or 500 inches per season, this resort is worth the money.
2. Loveland, Colorado: Being one of the highest ski resorts in North America it tends to open early. Plus the ticket price isn’t too high and the park is pretty good.
3. Bridger Bowl Montana: This non-profit mountain has prices that even you can handle. And the terrain and snowfall is some of North America’s finest.
4. Kirkwood Mountain Resort, California: One of the areas that gets the most snow in North America, the mountain has good powder and small lift lines.
5. Mount Baker, Washington: Covered in fresh snow this is the place to go if you like riding pow. It also has a lot of access to back country areas.
6. Stowe Mountain Resort, Vemont: One of the best mountains in the east coast, this resort actually gets plenty of fresh powder. They boast steep challenging boarding.
7. Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico: Although the powder is less, the terrain is challenging. This resort is not for the faint of heart but still worth the buck.
8. Lake Louise Mountain Resort, Alberta, Canada: Second largest resort in Canada, the light powder and smaller lines push this resort onto the list.
9. Snowmass Mountain, Colarado: The long runs and huge area of available with over 3,000 acres, this resort is easily worth the price.
10. Mount Bachelor, Washington: Good powder since it is located on the drier side of Washington and huge area coupled with cheap pricing makes this a northwestern favorite.

Let’s take snowboarding back from consumers by not breaking the bank this winter! Ride hard and cheap!