HEADS UP VII

photo- The Rician

TELLURIDE- CO
Season passes are $1,298 and come with a three day pass to Taos (http://www.skitaos.org/). This pass will go up $700 on 10/29/11. These next three deals are only available until the 10/29/11 and then they are gone: Teluride Card- gives you 20% off on all of your tickets ($80), 6 Day Pass- $450 ($75 tickets), 10 Day Pass- $650 ($65 tickets). Those are some pretty steep deals- but this mountain is known for being super exclusive. Last year tickets were $98 and who knows if they will be raised..........
http://tellurideskiresort.com/TellSki/info/season-passes.aspx

BRUNDAGE- ID
Brundage has a special sale from 10/20/11- 11/3/11. The first 50 people that buy the "Best" Season Pass also get a cat skiing trip, a private lesson, and a demo for $489. All of that extra stuff comes out to be $382- so you are riding as much as you want for $107.  The first 50 people that buy the "Friendly" Season pass get five tickets to give to whoever for $489. People will like you. You can also get a Midweek Pass for $199; that's for Mon-Thurs. with discounted weekends. (If you ride four times you break even.)
http://www.brundage.com/preseason/

SADDLEBACK- ME
Season Passes are on sale until 10/12/2011 (that's tomorrow- sorry). They are $649. Then they go up to $699.
https://www.saddlebackmaine.com/e-store/home.php?cat=254

KIRKWOOD- CA
The Premium Pass + Alpine is a season pass that is good at Kirkwood, Alpine Meadows (http://www.skialpine.com/), and Homewood (http://www.skihomewood.com/). You also get 10 days at Durango (http://www.durangomountainresort.com/) and four discounted tickets per day for friends. This pass is $799. (That's 13 $65 days) The 7Wood is a Season pass for Kirkwood, it is good everyday for $429 (If tickets are $65, then you break even at seven days). The Midweek (5Wood) is $199 and there are some restrictions (You break even with three days). I think these deal end 11/8/11.
http://www.kirkwood.com/site/tickets-passes/season-passes

MOUNTAIN CREEK- NJ (stop laughing every time I say New Jersey)

An adult season pass is $399 (eight days to break even). A midweek is $249 (five days to break even). These passes are good for night skiing. These deals are good until the first two inches of snow or 12/4/11. 

http://www.mountaincreek.com/tickets/season-passes/

photo- BLK LNG

HEADS UP FOR NEXT SEASON PART III

NYC

BIG BEAR RESORTS- BEAR MOUNTAIN and SNOW SUMMIT- CA
I went to high school by these resorts; small mountains and big parks. You can purchase an anytime season pass for both of these mountains that includes night skiing for $559 (You would need to go ten times to break even during the day).  A midweek season pass is $249. A midweek plus Sundays season pass is $349. A night season pass is $129. You can also just purchase season passes for Bear Mountain. Here's the deal- these prices are only available for one day, September 24th, 2011 and you have to go to there and attend the Bear Mountain's 8th Annual Hot Dawgz and Hand Rails Summertime Snowboard Event. If you want to get these passes online they are $50-$100 more online until Dec. 4th, 2011.
http://www.snowsummit.com/ski/rates/season-passes/


TAOS- NM
I always wanted to go here, they just decided to let snowboarders drag their knuckles here- too bad we don't do that anymore (we are way more violent). You can get a season pass for $799 (11 days to break even). You can get a millennium Pass for $575, this pass is good for 70 days ($8.22 a day). They also have this crazy pass I have never seen before: Sundowners Pass- unlimited days after 3PM, it's $100. These deals are available until Oct. 1st, 2011 after that the Season Pass is $999.
http://www.skitaos.org/content/season-pass


WHITEFACE and GORE- NY
I have never been here, but trips are in order. Whiteface has been called Iceface, this mountain is known to be gangster and is home to two Olympic games. Gore is supposed to be equally fun. Season Passes (for both mountains) have been cheaper (earlier in the year), but as of now they are $849. I don't know how much Whiteface tickets are but Gore tickets are $65, so that's 14 times to break even. They also do a transferable pass for $2,250 which anyone can use. If you split that with four people it would be $562 each. This deals need to be purchased before Nov. 15th to get these discounts.
http://www.whiteface.com/summer/tickets/wf_season.php#

I'm too tired to do more: go buy stuff now

Big Basin- Idaho  I really like mushrooms