Reply #23: Hidden Valley offers free lift tickets, lessons!

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Hidden Valley Four Seasons Resort has extended its offer of free skiing and snowboarding from the last weekend in November to the first weekend in December.

It also is offering free ski and snowboard lessons to guests 7 and older through Dec. 19. The free lessons are subject to availability.

Guests will be given a complimentary lift ticket at the ticket sales windows on the lower level of the lodge that they'll be required to wear while they enjoy the slopes.

"This is the perfect opportunity for guests to rediscover affordable family fun and rediscover Hidden Valley," said Scott Bender, vice president of resort operations. The Buncher Co. of Pittsburgh, which bought the resort last year, has spent millions of dollars on on- and off-mountain improvements.

The resort will open for the season from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 28 and maintain those hours through Nov. 30. It will close the slopes from Dec. 1-5 and re-open them Dec. 6-7. Spokesman Robert Duppstadt said the resort delayed its opening until Nov. 28 to complete a number of projects and improvements.

Hidden Valley has received 10 inches of natural snow and has made more than a foot of machine-made snow on selected terrain, thanks to its expanded snowmaking system. It had 30 TechnoAlpin snowguns last year, added 50 more this year and now has the largest TechnoAlpin installation in the country.

A complete set of new rental equipment -- Elan skis, Dalbello boots and poles -- is $22. A new rental set of Atomic snowboards and boots is $28.

For more information, go to www.hiddenvalleyresort.com or call 1-814-443-8000.


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