Mount Snow Vermont Events and Resort Activities
December 18, 2011 : World Snowboarding Day
Join Mount Snow in celebrating World Snowboard Day by gearing up and enjoying learn to Snowboard lessons.
Free demo boards will be available from Burton, Forum, and Never Summer out in front of Backside Snowboard Shop. A credit card and driver’s license will be required for security deposit.
Over in our Snowboard school we will be offering FREE group lessons at 9:15, 11:15, and 1:15. All you need to do is meet at the bottom of Launch Pad just outside the Discovery building and we will get you right into a lesson. Please have your equipment and be ready to go right out on the snow.
Make sure to look out for some awesome foursquare specials!
December 18, 2011 : foursquare special
Check in at Backside and The Vault from your foursquare app to unlock a great retail discount for World Go Snowboarding Day!
Also, the first 20 people to check into Backside can demo any board for 1/2 off normal pricing. (doesn’t apply to Burton, Forum and Never Summer, which are all free on Sunday).
December 21, 2011 : Valley League #2
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
December 25, 2011 : Windham County Day
Windham County residents are invited to come enjoy a great day on the slopes and also help support the Deerfield Valley Food Pantry. Lift tickets are just $10 if you bring a non-perishable food donation and proof of residency (driver’s license for adults, report card or the like for kids). The only place to get your discounted tickets and drop off your donations is the guest service desk in the Clocktower Building. We look forward to seeing you here to help spread some holiday cheer!
December 28, 2011 : Torchlight Parade & Fireworks
Join us as our Mount Snow Ski & Snowboard School instructors will descend the Canyon ski trail in a beautiful torchlight glow. Immediately following we’ll light up the sky with a huge fireworks display. The festivities kick off at 5:30pm. The best place to watch our instructors descend Canyon is between the Clocktower and the Cape House.
December 31, 2011 : Kids 12 and under Grommet Jam #1
Mount Snow’s famous Grommet Jam returns for another season! The first of 3 Grommet Jam events for our 12 and under skiers and riders kicks off at Carinthia. This event series is a great way for kids to get out and learn a few things from our coaches and ski school instructors.
Coaches and instructors from our Training Center and Ski & Snowboard School will help out our little jibbers in our Grommet park at Carinthia in the morning and after a lunch break (not included) we’ll have a fun park competition with an awards ceremony to immediately follow. Registration for this popular event is 70 youngsters so be sure to reserve a spot by pre-registering online. Prizes and raffle for participants immediately following the competition at the Carinthia Base Lodge.
December 31, 2011 : First Night Family New Year’s Eve Ballroom Party at the Grand Summit Hotel
Mount Snow and the Grand Summit Resort Hotel is pleased to announce the return of our Family New Year’s Eve Celebration at the Grand Summit Ballroom. Your family can celebrate the new year in a great, fun atmosphere for kids and parents alike.
Join us for a cash bar, champagne toast at midnight, party favors, mad science, a magic show, hoola hooping and live music with Wyld Nightz!
December 31, 2011 : Bud Light 21+ NYE @ Snow Barn
Ring in the New Year of 2012 with some of your 500 closest friends (or people you have never seen before in your life) at the Snow Barn. More information about who will be performing is soon to come!
THIS IS A 21+ EVENT ONLY!
January 2, 2012 : College Week #1
We’ve teamed up with some great sponsors – Skullcandy, Carinthia, and Bud Light – to throw down a week full of amazing deals and awesome parties. Five night Ski & Stay packages start at the crazy low price of $282 per person! Based on maximum occupancy; does not include tax and service.
Events Calendar
MONDAYS: Welcoming Party
TUBESDAYS: FREE tubing from 3:30 – 7:00 PM followed by a bonfire
WICKED WEDNESDAYS: Apres Ski Party
THIRSTY THURSDAYS: $29 Lift Tickets for all College Students!
ALL WEEK LONG: All College Students can learn to ski or Learn to Ride for FREE at 9:30 & 11:30
NOTE: Students must show a valid college ID or Higher Ed pass to receive a college week deal.
January 4, 2012 : Valley League #3
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
January 7, 2012 : Red Bull Buttercup
Red Bull Butter Cup is a contest series that showcases creativity in technical flatland trickery. Born in the northeast in 2009 and bred for the country in 2011, it’s all about going back to the basics of what made us all fall in love with shredding in the first place: FUN! Butter up and cut loose on the custom Red Bull butter pads and bring your bag of tricks. More information soon!
January 8, 2012 : Youth Pay Their Age Day
The concept is simple, if you’re 18 or under, you pay your age for a lift ticket! If you’re 14, you pay $14. For some ages, valid ID may be required for verification. This year’s ONLY YPTAD!
January 9, 2012 : College Week #2
We’ve teamed up with some great sponsors – Skullcandy, Carinthia, and Bud Light – to throw down a week full of amazing deals and awesome parties. Five night Ski & Stay packages start at the crazy low price of $282 per person! Based on maximum occupancy; does not include tax and service.
Events Calendar
MONDAYS: Welcoming Party!
TUBESDAYS: FREE tubing from 3:30 – 7:00 PM followed by a bonfire.
WICKED WEDNESDAYS: Apres Ski Party
THIRSTY THURSDAYS: $29 Lift Tickets for all College students!
ALL WEEK LONG: All College Students can Learn to Ski or Learn to Ride for FREE at 9:30 & 11:30 AM
NOTE: Sudents must show a valid college ID or Higher Ed pass to receive a college week deal.
January 11, 2012 : Valley League #4
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
January 15, 2012 : Torchlight Parade & Fireworks
Join us as our Mount Snow Ski & Snowboard School instructors will descend the Canyon ski trail in a beautiful torchlight glow. Immediately following we’ll light up the sky with a huge fireworks display. The festivities kick off at 5:30pm. The best place to watch our instructors descend Canyon is between the Clocktower and the Cape House.
January 16, 2012 : Kids 12 and under Grommet Jam #2
#2 of 3 Grommet Jam events for our 12 and under skiers and riders. This event series is a great way for kids to get out and learn a few things from our coaches and ski school instructors.
Coaches and instructors from our Training Center and Ski & Snowboard School will help out our little jibbers in our Grommet park at Carinthia in the morning and after a lunch break (not included) we’ll have a fun park competition with an awards ceremony to immediately follow. Registration for this popular event is 70 youngsters so be sure to reserve a spot by pre-registering online. Prizes and raffle for participants immediately following the competition at the Carinthia Base Lodge.
January 18, 2012 : Valley League #5
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
January 25, 2012 : Valley League #6
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
February 1, 2012 : Valley League #7
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
February 8, 2012 : Valley League #8
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
February 15, 2012 : Valley League #9
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
February 20, 2012 : Kids 12 and under Grommet Jam Finals
We kick off President’s Week with the finals of our Grommet Jam series for our 12 and under skiers and riders. Coaches and instructors from the Mount Snow Training Center will help out our little jibbers in our Grommet Learning Terrain Park in the morning and at 1pm we’ll have a fun park competition with an awards ceremony to immediately follow. Prizes, individual end of season awards, a huge bib raffle and a giant pizza party for both parents and kids at the Carinthia Base Lodge at 4pm. Cost: $40, limit 70 kids (lift ticket not included)
February 23, 2012 : Roller Coaster Family Event
A rather new event to the Mount Snow Calendar, the Roller Coaster Event is fun for both families and individuals. It starts with gates at the top of the Roller Coaster trail, then switches to moguls in the middle and finishes with a little freestyle finesse at the bottom.
February 29, 2012 : Valley League #10
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
March 7, 2012 : Valley League Final
For Information about how to get involved with Valley League and keep updated on our schedule please check out our web page! www.mountsnow.com/valley-league
March 10, 2012 : Season Pass Appreciation Weekend
This is our chance to thank the passholders who support Mount Snow so much. We will have a Q&A at the Grand Summit Hotel with management and owners. Throughout the weekend there will be special giveaways, gear demos and food tastings for our passholders. And of course our raffle where we give away prizes, product, memorabilia and more!
March 10, 2012 : Girls’ Day Out
Women’s Only Freestyle Clinic Returns to Carinthia Park at Mount Snow, VT!
Carinthia Parks at Mount Snow welcomes back Girls’ Day Out, a freestyle snowboarding clinic for female snowboarders aged 12 and up. Girls’ Day Out is for beginner and intermediate park riders, so if you are carving on blue trails or already have some park experience, this event is for you! Learn to slide, jump, spin, and jib in a supportive, no-pressure environment from top female riders and coaches. This year we are really going all out, with the addition of a private park just for the GDO girls, free pizza lunch, and sponsor swag bags for all participants! Space is limited; don’t miss out on all the fun at Girls’ Day Out at Mount Snow.
$40 registration fee includes a full day of freestyle coaching, free pizza party and sponsor swag bag!
Add your lift ticket for only $49 if you do not already have a seasons pass.
ONLINE REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
For any questions please email event organizer Jess Trimble at jtrm085@mac.com or visit Girls’ Day Out on our facebook page! Girls’ Day Out
March 12, 2012 : Revolution Tour
The nations top amateur freestylers ascend on Carinthia. New as of last year, is the addition of skiers to the competition. Tuesday and Wednesday features snowboard slopestyle and pipe. Then we switch gears to the skiers for Thursday and Friday. These athletes will be putting it all on the line to win cash prizes and qualify for FIS level events.
March 16, 2012 : Bud Light St. Patricks Day
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a day early at Mount Snow where we’ll be lowering our lift tickets to $17 if you buy now! That’s right for only 17 bucks you can ski or ride anywhere on the mountain that day! That’s not all – what would ST. PATS be without BEER, FOOD AND IRISH MUSIC?
$17 Lift ticket for ONLINE PURCHASE ONLY. Tickets day of will be $39.
Online tickets coming soon!
March 17, 2012 : Carinthia Open
The Carinthia Open features the best slopestyle skiers and riders in the country. This mega-event takes place on Inferno, the only trail in the world to host both the X-Games and Dew Tour. $10k in cash will be given out to pros with boatloads of prizes for our top ams. Pro Cash Purse and Amateur Sponsor Prizes for top 3 finishers in each competition.
March 23, 2012 : Bud Light ReggaeFest
Our annual spring celebration has grown to epic proportions each year as over 5,000 people witnessed guests dressed in costumes skimming ponds, sliding on cardboard, and some great reggae music all in our base area. Live Reggae music kicks things off Friday night at the Snow Barn, continues all day Saturday and Sunday on Cuzzins Deck and reaches a fever pitch on Saturday night with our headliner performance at the Snow Barn. Accompanying the Bud Light ReggaeFest will be our 10th Annual Sink or Skim Pond Skim competition on Saturday and the 5th Annual Duct Tape Derby on Sunday. For more information on the Sink or Skim and Duct Tape Derby see their descriptions on this page.
March 24, 2012 : 10th Annual Sink or Skim Pond Skim
The Sink or Skim Pond Skim is easily one of the most entertaining events each season as guests dressed in costume descend Canyon in an attempt to cross our huge 100′ man-made pond in an attempt to win a 2012/2013 Season Pass.*
Sink or Skim Rules:
1) All competitors must register between 10am and 11am in the Main Base Lodge across from Tony’s Pizza.
2) All competitors MUST be in costume.
3) Costumes must be in good taste. No explicit or offensive costumes will be permitted.
4) No ski poles will be allowed.
5) Judges decision is final.
Max 125 competitors. The Skimming and the Crashing will commence at high noon!
*The Season Pass is a Mount Snow Classic Season Pass and is given to one costumed skier/snowboarder who makes it across and impresses the judges. Judges decision is final.
March 25, 2012 : 5th Annual Duct Tape Derby
The Duct Tape Derby has been a welcomed addition to the Bud Light ReggaeFest the last four years and in 2012 look for more sleds and more prizes. We’ve seen man-made sleds including a Log Cabin, Pirate Ship, UFOs, Mystery Vans, Jamaican Bobsleds, Firetrucks and the General Lee all entertain a crowd of thousands as they slide down our tubing hill. This year start your planning early and save those cardboard boxes! Sunday we’ll have a Pit Area at the top of the tubing hill for some final touch ups before a judges panel will look over the sleds and judge them on creativity and design before send them down the hill.
This year we will award the prizes for the following categories:
1) Most Creative
2) Best Slider
3) Most Unique
4) Judges Choice
5) Mount Snow Employee/Departmental
Duct Tape Derby Rules:
1)All sleds must be registered through email to ducttape@mountsnow.com with the following information:
a) Name of your sled
b) Theme of your sled
c) Participants who will be sliding*
All those who will be in the sleds must sign an express assumption of risk form on site Sunday.
2) Sleds must be built out of cardboard, duct tape, paint and zip ties only. No other materials such as wood, skis, snowboards etc will be allowed. Sleds also must have NAMES!
3) Sleds must have at least a pilot and a co-pilot (2 people) in the sled. More than two occupants is allowed.
4) Occupants should be in uniforms/costumes to match the sled design/theme.
5) Sleds must be in the Main Base Area in the designated pit area for judging by no later than 10:30am Sunday morning.
6) Winners will walk away with a huge prize pack from our sponsors.
Good Luck, we are looking forward to your designs!
JUDGING WILL BEGIN AT 11AM AT THE TOP OF THE TUBING HILL THE DERBY WILL BEGIN AT 12NOON ON THE TUBING HILL!
Get those creative juices flowing!
March 31, 2012 : Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge
The Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge is a season long race series featured at mountains all over the east coast. This year it will call Mount Snow home for the finals featuring over 2000 skiers and riders trying to take home the title. This event is packed with family fun activities with pool parties, tubing, fireworks, movie nights and much more.
April 7, 2012 : 4th Annual Winter Brewers Festival
Celebrate the end of winter with spring skiing and some beer! Come out and enjoy live music, BBQ, some awesome souvenir t-shirt vendors; all with a cold beer in your hand. Our venue will be located right in the main base area and our party will stretch into the late afternoon. What better way to celebrate an awesome season!
April 7, 2012 : The Glade-iator XXII
Get ready to go extreme with the Glade-iator. Test your skills on the 37 degree pitch of moguls on Ripcord to see if you can take home the top spot and be the Glade-iator champion. We’ll once again have the High Country tiki bar onsite and all 21+ entries receive admission to the Winter Brewer’s Festival where awards will be held.
April 8, 2012 : Golden Egg Hunt
Keep your eyes peeled for the golden egg as you ride the chair lifts and cruise down the freshly groomed trails. The Golden Egg Hunt is a mountain wide scavenger hunt for the lucky golden egg. Whoever finds the Golden Egg wins a season pass for winter ’12-’13. Make sure to listen for hints as you load the chair lift!
May 5, 2012 : Tough Mudder
Welcome to the “Toughest Event on the Planet”! This event is not a race, but a personal challenge based around camraderie and teamwork. This one-day endurance event is a 9 mile course, consisting of military style obstacles, including snow, mud, water and fire, zig zags throughout Mount Snow’s entire mountain face.
Register Online: http://toughmudder.com/events/Vermont-2012/
May 26, 2012 : 5th Annual Peace Pipe Jam
For the fifth year in a row our park crew will be piling snow at the bottom of Carinthia and will lay out some new features on Memorial Day weekend for everyone to play on. This is a free event with music, BBQ and a chill atmosphere to get your last on snow session in for the season.
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