White Haven, PA – Eighteen ski resorts in Pennsylvania are offering first-timers the chance to try a new winter sport for $49, including a lift ticket, lesson and rentals.
Program amenities, such as a minimum age of participants and the lifts available, vary from resort to resort. While there are no blackout dates, the First-Time Ski/Snowboard Program is limited to five vouchers per purchaser, and quantities are limited for each resort. All participating resorts offer a choice of skiing or snowboarding.
Applications must be completed online at the Ski PA website. Participating resorts and applicable restrictions include:
| Ski Area | Minimum Age | Restrictions |
| Bear Creek | 8 | Beginner Carpet Lift & E Lift Only |
| Big Boulder | 9 | None |
| Blue Knob | 12 | Under 12 must ride with adult |
| Blue Mountain | 8 | Vista, Valley East, Valley West & Carpets |
| Camelback | 6 | Learning Area Carpets, Sunbowl Lifts & Meadows Lift when available |
| Elk Mountain | 8 | Beginner’s lift only |
| Hidden Valley | 8 | Beginner carpet only |
| Jack Frost | 9 | None |
| Liberty Mountain | 8 | First Class Quad, Dipsy Quad, First Class Carpet only |
| Montage | 6 | Short Haul & Shuttle Lift |
| Mystic Mountain at Nemacolin Woodlands | 4 | None |
| Roundtop | 4 – ski 6 – board |
1 surface lift, 2 chairs |
| Seven Springs | 8 | Beginner lifts |
| Shawnee Mountain | 6 – ski 7 – board |
Beginner lifts and area only. |
| Ski Big Bear | 7 | Magic Carpet |
| Ski Sawmill | 7 | None |
| Tussey Mountain | None | Beginner slope & lift only |
| Whitetail | 8 | Lift Off, U-me, 1st Class Magic Carpet only |