https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/25/travel/ski-resorts-united-states-low-key-affordable
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The big resorts expect you to come for a week and spend your money there. They get you in with a relatively attractive pass price, and then hit you throughout the day. It's the Disney model: the pass gets you through the gate, and then it's $28 hamburgers and $14 Gatorades."