November 2025 Announcements:
1) Discount lift ticket program (aka Vouchers) is NOW FUNCTIONAL and taking orders for the 2025-2026 season. Vouhers are offered for Killington ($142) adn Pico ($75). Please download a voucher order form from this site and follow all instructions.
2) Ski Skills Tune Up Day - NJ Ski & SNowboard Council offers this aevent 12/20/25 at Blue Mtn. Pa. This day is very reasonably priced ($99) if you have an Ikon pass and ($199) if you need to purchase a lift ticket. The price includes a full day of skiing and 4 hours of insturcction with the same ski instructor. with groups of 10 per instructor. You must sign up and pay by 12/17/2025 via the NJ Ski Council website (www.NJSSC.org). Blue Mtn requires 20 people and if they can't get that number, the event won't be held. Per the Council: NJSSC goes out of its way to provide activities as this and when sufficient club memers don't take advantage of the offer, the Ski Resorts get upset making it more difficult to arrange such activiities the following year. Please log onto the Ski Council webiste (NJSSC.org) for the flyer OR email Bob Zega at rjzega@yahoo.com with any questions.
NJ SKI & SNOWBOARD COUNCIL: High Life Ski Club is a member of the New Jersey Ski and Snowboard Council (www.njssc.org) along with Approx. 40 other clubs in NJ and NY. Membership in The Council affords tangible benefits to ski clubs and their members. These benefits include disounted lift tickets (vouchers) as well as other discounts and programs/events through the ski season. High Life's Ski Council Rep. is Bob Zega who attends a monthly meeting of the NJ Ski & Snowboard Council and administers the discount lift ticket (voucher) program for High LIfe.....see VOUCHER INSTRUCTIONS below.
NJ Ski Council Benfits include:
- Discount lift tickets (vouchers) Killington and Pico: This program is adminsitered by High Life's Ski Council Rep, Bob Zega. If you want Killingtton or Pico vouchers you must go through Bob (rjzega@yahoo.com).
-Other participating ski resorts: Thes following ski resorts offer discounted lift tix to members of NJ SKi Council: (Montage Mtn. in Pa., Mtn. Creek in NJ and Stratton in Vt.) For these resorts, you will NOT get a voucher or voucher ID number from NJ Ski Council or Bob Zega. To obtain a discounted lift ticket to these resorts you MUST use the NJ Ski Council wbsite (www.NJSSC.org). In the tool bar at the top of the home page click on Discount Programs > Membership Discounts and scrdoll down till you see these resorts. Click on either one and follow the instructions to obtain the discount as it cannot be obatained via their own websites. You also cannot get the discount at their lift ticket windows.
-Council Sponsored Events: During the ski season NJ Ski & Snowboard Council sponsors various events such as Happy hours (Meet& Greets) and the Annual Ski Skills Tune Up Day (skiers and snowboarders) in the early season. During the seaon The Council runs The State Racehe Presidents race. The next Meet & Greet will be held on Monday 12/15/25 at the Shannon Rose on Rt.17 in Ramsey, NJ/.
-Council Trips: Each year, The Council runs 2 trips in the Northeast (Sunday River and Mt. Tremblant) both of which are VERY cost effective. In 2026, they are also unning a Western, trip and a European trip. Details on all Council trips can be found on the Council website (www.NJSSC.org).
-Lodge-sharing program: A number ofl NJ Ski Council clubs own lodges in Vermont. Currently 7 clubs have opened their lodges to members of other skki clubs. The Council developed a program where participating ski clubs agree to share their lodge with members of other NJ Ski Council Clubs. This means you can stay at the lodge of a participating club without having to become a member of that club although you are required to pay their lodge fee. The benefits of this program gives you the chance to visit other ski resorts in Vermont and meet peopole from different clubs without paying exhorbitant hotel rates. Log onto the Council website (NJSSC.org) for a list of participating clubs.
Discount Lift Ticket (voucher) system
RFID cards: Killington and Pico replaced the paper lift ticket with an RFID card called 'The One Pass', which you must purchase via Killington's website. ALL NJ Ski Council vouchers as well as lift tickets purchased online from Killington or Pico must be uploaded onto a One Pass card prior to the day of skiing. (NOTE): last season's One Pass Card is still valid. The One Pass card is obtained via Killington's website during the checkout process. Click theTickets and Passes button and read the directions in the 'One Pass RFID Card' section then scroll to 'You Need to purchase a One-Pass by Itself'. Killington does NOT mail RFID cards........after purchasing a One Pass card on-line, Killington will send an email with a confirmation number and/or bar code. Bring the printed bar code or use your mobile phone and scan the number (or bar code) into a kiosk at Killington OR Pico to get the One Pass card. You must have a 'One Pass' card in your pocket to ski.
INSTRUCTIONS to obtain a One Pass Card:
> log onto Killington weboste (www.killington.com)
> click on 'Plan You Trip'
> click on 'Winter Tickets and Passes on the drop down menu
> scroll down and read the 'One Pass RFID Card section, then
> scroll down and read the section titled, "You Need to Buy a One Pass by Itself IF".........
> follow the prompt, 'Buy One Pass'
By Purchasing a One Pass Card you establish an account with Killington enabling you to upload the ID numbers for each voucher purchased through High Life Ski Club. You no longer get a paper voucher, but only the voucher ID numbers which will be sent to the email address on your voucher order form available on the HLSC website.
PLEASE: read the club newsletter each month, watch this part of the website, log onto the website of NJ Ski Council and become familiar with it BEFORE the ski season kicks in.
National Ski Council Federation: this is the parent organization of the State ski Councils. I recccommend that you log onto their website (skifederation.org) and become familiar with The Federation as they too offer certain programs and discounts.
Bob Zega (rjzega@yahoo.com)
NJ Ski Council Rep
High Life Ski Club