November 2025 Announcements:
1) Ski Skills Tune Up Day - NJ Ski & SNowboard Council once again offers this annual event 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 event includes a full day of skiing and all-day insturcction with the same ski instructor. Groups will be limited to 10 people per instructor. Although the event is scheduled for December 20th, you must sign up and pay by 12/17/2025. NOTE: Blue Mtn requires 20 people to attend, 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 an activity 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 7 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 some in NY. Membership in The Council affords tangible benefits to ski clubs and their members. These benefits include disounted lift tickets (vouchers) ass well as other discounts and programs/events through the ski season. High Life's Ski Council Rep. for the 2025-2026 season 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). NOTE: the 2025-2026 Voucher program is NOT yet functional and may be different from last years program as a new website tool is being implemeted by NJ Ski Council. AS SOON AS IT IS OPERATIONAL I will post updated instructions HERE expalining how to obtain a voucher.
-Stratton & Whiteface Mtns.: NJ Ski Council negotiated discounted lift tickets with Stratton (Vt) and Whiteface Mtn (NY). For these resorts, you will NOT get a voucher or voucher number from NJ Ski Council or Bob Zega. To obtain a discounted lift ticket for Stratton OR Whiteface you MUST use NJ Ski Council's Website (NJSSC.org). At the top of the home page is a tool bar with multiple icons. Click on the icon for Discount Programs>Membership Discounts and scrdoll down to Stattion and Whiteface. Click on 'Statton' or 'Whiteface' and follow the instructions on how to obtain the discounted lift ticket. You MUST go through the Council website as the discount CANNOT be obtained directly from the Stratton or Whiteface 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. Durijg the seaon The Council runs The State Race and the Presidents race.
-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, USA 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. With buy-in from those 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 can not be overstated as it gives you the chance to visit other ski resorts and meet peopole from different clubs without paying exhorbitant hotle rates. Log onto the Council website (NJSSC.org) for a list of participating clubs and contacts or contact Bob Zega with any questions.
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 loaded 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 on each paper voucher purchased through High Life Ski Club. You can pick up ordered vouchers at a Tuesday meting OR they can be snail-mailed to you. Please note, in the 2024-2025 system all you need are the Voucher ID numbers which I can email. The paper voucher has instructions but if you request ID numbers only, I'll email instructions how to upload them.
Prices for Killington vouchers is $141 and Pico $81 vouchers and will appear on the Voucher order form.
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