Plan your downhill ski/snowboard trip

Beginner or new Skier/riders

Beginner lift tickets 

Some resorts have a Beginner Lift ticket or Package (package includes beginner lift ticket and rentals). This provides access to beginner area ONLY and at a lower cost compared to a regular ticket. As a relatively new Skier (Step 0 & 1) or First Time/Beginner Snowboarder here are some things to note about the beginner lift ticket:

• You will only have access to Learner Runs
• You will have no access to lifts beyond the beginner area
• If you reach a point during the day where you would like to progress beyond the beginner area, you will have to purchase a whole new ticket at full cost.

Before you register, confirm that the package is available from the resort, and select "BUS ONLY" when registering for your trip. We recommend purchasing the package or ticket online in advance, or you can also purchase once at the hill.

Once you are promoted to Step 2 or 3 Skiing or Novice Snowboarder, you will need a full lift pass to access beyond the learner area.

Links to Beginner Packages at Blue & MSLM:

Blue Mountain Beginner Package Details: Snow How Ski/Snowboard Rental + System Bundle (bluemountain.ca)

Mount Saint Louis Moonstone Package Details: Beginner Package - Mount St. Louis Moonstone (mountstlouis.com)

Beginner Lessons

Members are entitled to a lesson at no charge on every day trip. We have created a "Full Day Beginner Lesson" where you will have a smaller lesson group and an instructor will be with you all day long! You can attend as many or as few as you would like, until you have progressed out of the scope of these lessons.

Skiers: This will be available on Saturdays and Sundays only for the first six weeks of the season.

Snowboarders: This will be available on Saturdays only for the first six weeks of the season.

All: We do not necessarily recommend attending on a Wednesday until you are comfortable taking a chair lift. Unfortunately many of the private clubs do not operate or have magic carpets or beginner hills.

Rentals

Rentals should be available from the resort at an extra cost. You will be asked for your weight, height, age and skier type (Beginners are “Type I”) so that your equipment can be set and release correctly.

• Mount St Louis
• Blue Mountain

For Wednesday trips, please check with the individual resorts.

Lockers

• Lockers at Mount St Louis Moonstone can be purchased on site.  You will receive a key which grants you in-out access
• Lockers at Blue Mountain are coin operated, so remember to bring lots of change (quarters, loonies and toonies). You pay every time you open and close it. The lockers in the South Base lodge rental area are a little more expensive than those upstairs in the chalet, but are a little larger.
• Private clubs (Wednesday trips) have no lockers. Please take your valuables with you. Also, a lot of the private clubs DON'T have ski racks with locks - theft could be a concern so it is advised that you lock your equipment with a cable lock.