Grade five Kids Ski & Ride Free

If you’re 10 years old (or born in 1993) and you live in Canada, you can ski and snowboard free this winter at participating ski areas across the country!

The Grade 5 SnowPass—available to kids across the country born in 1993, or in Grade 5—offers three free days of downhill skiing, cross-country skiing and snowboarding to grade 5 students at every participating ski resort in the region in which they live.

The Canada West SnowPass is available for 10 year old children who live in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Children born in 1993 or who are in Grade 5 and live in Ontario, Quebec or Atlantic Canada are eligible for the Canada East SnowPass.

If there are 15 participating resorts in your region, says Colin Chedore, President of the Canadian Ski Council, you can ski or ride three times this season at each one of them. That adds up to 45 days total of skiing and riding absolutely free! SnowPass holders living in eastern Canada can access 98 participating ski areas in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. SnowPass holders in western Canada can ski and ride free at 49 participating resorts in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The SnowPass is valid for free skiing and riding all winter long—from December 1st until the end of the snow season. Keep in mind, the pass is not valid at some ski areas during major holidays like Christmas and March Break, and some ski areas require that a paying adult accompany the SnowPass holder on their visit to the ski area.

Ski and Ride Free In Grade 6, Too! Also included inside this year’s SnowPass: coupons for complimentary days of downhill skiing, cross-country skiing or snowboarding at participating ski areas for the SnowPass holder to use next year when they’re in grade 6. This means several free days of skiing/boarding when the child is in Grade 6. What a great deal! We want to keep giving kids opportunities to ski and snowboard, says Chedore.

These sports are fantastic winter pastimes—ideal for a country like Canada that enjoys ideal winter weather and state-of-the-art ski hills and trails. The SnowPass program is now entering its seventh season and we look forward to another successful year.

Family Discounts The Grade 5 SnowPass is a coupon book developed by the Canadian Ski Council and its partners to encourage kids to try skiing, snowboarding or cross-country skiing for the first time, or to get them out on the slopes more often. To provide even more incentive, the SnowPass has coupons for discounts on lessons, equipment rentals and other purchases for the whole family. Make this your winter to get out and enjoy the fun of winter with your family and friends!

How To Get An Application Grade 5 students can pick up SnowPass applications from their teachers, or at any Sports Experts or Intersport store in Quebec or Sport Chek and Sport Mart stores elsewhere in Canada. Applications are also available online at www.snowpass.org, and in Ski Press magazine, which is distributed free of charge at sports stores and ski resorts everywhere. Chedore says SnowPass organizers are now receiving hundreds of applications per day and expect to issue more than 35,000 passes to grade 5 students this season alone. Response has been incredible, he says.

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