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By Liam Verster
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Lift ticket prices slashed for final weekend at SilverStar

Apr 5, 2024 | 7:00 AM

SilverStar Mountain Resort is encouraging skiers and snowboarders to come up for the final weekend of the winter season.

The resort will be slashing lift ticket prices by 50 per cent this Saturday and Sunday (Apr. 6 and 7).

There will also be a 70 per cent off sale at EVOLVE on both winter and summer gear all weekend long.

The SEISMIC Festival also runs through to the end of the weekend with live music, terrain park competitions, and the Soveriegn2Silverstar race.

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