Slope-Ready Luggage: How to Ski Before Check-In (or After Check-Out)

The fastest way to lose a ski or snowboard day isn’t bad snow......

It’s luggage and a parking pass.

Early arrivals and late departures create a travel day gap where you’re ready to ski but your luggage logistics is stealing your time.

The solution is simple: pack slope-ready and go hands-free.

Slope-ready luggage means packing so you can ski immediately while your luggage travels separately to your lodging.

Option 1: The “2-and-1” Approach (Bringing Your Own Skis or Snowboard)

If you are bringing your own skis or snowboards, use the "2-and-1" approach for your essentials:

• Ski or Snowboard Bag: Consolidate your gear. Along with your skis or board, pack your outerwear (jacket and pants). Pro tip: Stuff your base layers and socks into your boots to save space and provide extra padding.

• Carry-On Bag: Use this for your remaining essentials like your helmet, goggles, and electronics.

• Larger Luggage: Pack your street clothes and après-ski wear in your larger suitcase. Let Bringit luggage delivery service handle the logistics while you head straight to the slopes.

Option 2: Renting? Go Carry-On Only

Knowing the hassle of packing your skis or board, one industry leader has provided a solution. This winter, My Epic Gear, allows you to reserve high-end demo skis in advance, access equipment stored at the base of the mountain, and skip rental lines entirely. Programs like this are providing a hands-free experience. Other resorts such as, Brighton, Snowbird, Solitude, Alta, and Deer Valley all have dedicated shops on the hill for renting skis and snowboards. Note: Deer Valley and Alta are ski-only.

So, if you are going the rental route, packing is simple: keep your technical gear in your carry-on and pack your street clothes and après-ski outfits in your checked luggage.

This strategic packing allows Bringit to pick up your checked bag so you can skip baggage claim and start hitting the slopes sooner.

Why Slope-Ready Luggage Works

You just unlock arrival-day skiing without baggage claim, rental lines, or unnecessary stops. And slope-ready packing paired with luggage-free travel turns departure days into ski days.

Instead of managing bags, you:

• Reclaim time on the mountain

• Move seamlessly from airport to resort

• Book an Uber Ski so a missing parking pass doesn't hold you back

• Start skiing while your luggage is delivered in real time to your hotel or Airbnb

• Stay in Park City and ski/snowboard Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, or Solitude on your way out and meet your luggage at the airport.

  
  

Because your time is the only thing you can’t pack.

Slope-Ready Luggage Starts Here

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Updated for the 2026 ski season

Jenn Blackham Jenn is the Co-founder/CBO/Head of Operations at Bringit. Jenn is also an avid traveler and skier and snowboarder visiting many resorts in the US, Canada, and Europe. Jenn has been doing slope-ready packing for years and excited to share it.