When skiing or boarding, the weather can be nice, sunny, and warm, or freezing, cloudy and snowy. You need to be prepared for both hour-to-hour changes. Always check the weather before your trip and each day before you head out to ski or board.
What to Wear & Bring out to Ski
- Sunglasses
- Goggles
- Ski Socks – usually wool or blend
- Base Layers – long underwear top & bottom
- Many of us now wear cold-weather tights & tops.
- If you have exercise tights and tops – that will work.
- Fleece or Sweatshirt
- Wear on top of the base layer & underneath the jacket
- Bring one fleece
- Ski Jacket – can be a shell or a padded jacket
- Ski Pants – shell or lined – both work
- neck gaiter – Weather dependent.
- Swimsuit – for the hot tub and/or Athletic Center
- Ex: The Copper Athletic Center has a pool & hot tub.
Deals
- REI is having a good winter sale – 40-50% off.
- They just finished a great sale with 70% off.
- Here, you can get good goggles and ski gloves on sale for less than $50.
- Bang for your buck
- 32 Degrees brand at Costco
- You can get a couple of sets of long underwear for $32.
- Two pairs of bottoms & 32 Degree Base Layers for $9.97
- Costco had some Columbia winter gear as well.
- 32 Degrees brand at Costco
What to Rent
- You can rent skis, poles, boots, and helmets at the Mountain.
- Skis, poles, boots
- $50 – $80 a day
- Passes are usually between $150 & $300 a day, depending on the mountain.
- You can get packs
- Ex: 3-day pack for Copper Mountain is $471.51 at the end of Feb.
- Check deals on lessons.
- Ex: $209 for a full lesson with a $50 lift pass
- If your friend has a season pass; Epic, Ikon, Copper, etc, you can get between 10- 25% off on food, merch, rentals, lessons, and lift tickets.
