Hey Kevin, are you a skier?  I saw that Loveland and A-Basin are both opening their chair lifts at 8:30 tomorrow morning.  I think Loveland&#39;s lift tickets are going at &#036;44 and A-Basin&#39;s at &#036;49.  Sounds like pretty good prices, but I doubt that there will be very many runs open this early in the year and I am not sure how good the skiing will be with only an 18 inch base.  I have never skied either.  Around here, we have done Copper Mountain, Breckenridge, Winter Park, Mary Jane, Eldora, Keystone and Vail.  We have skied Crested Butte but not since moving to Colorado, we came and spent a week there when we lived in Texas.  Copper Mountain is my favorite.