Going Skiing in Colorado Next Season (Winter '08)? Buy Your Pass Now and Save!

A little known secret among Colorado ski resorts is that they offer the best prices for season ski passes in the spring right after the old ski season is over. Often for someone who is coming for even as short a time as spring break the following season these passes can be economical. For instance, right now you can buy a season pass to Winter Park at passwagon.com for $349. Lift ticket prices at the window are $79 during peak season so if you plan on skiing 5 days or more at Winter Park this year the season passes are your best deal. Passwagon also sells passes to Copper Mountain and Steamboat as well as combination season passes.

Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, and Heavenly are also offering the best season pass prices of the year right now, but you have to buy them in Colorado because it is called a Colorado Pass. Otherwise you need to wait until fall to purchase a season pass to these resorts.

Aspen and Snowmass do not appear to have their season passes on sale yet.

If you are going to one of the resorts that offers these discounted season passes, don't delay because many of these "best prices" will be gone by June.