Susan

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We have been scrimping and saving for many years and only snowboarding during Presidents weekin New Hampshire at a family friendly little place called Crotched Mountain (which I highly recommend). This year we decided we could afford to take our son and his friend to Heavenly Valley as part of his holiday gift. We're also paying for his friend's lift ticket. He has no clue how really huge this will be compared to Crotched Mountain. Fortunately, our son will be only 5 days away from no longer being eligible for the much cheaper child's lift ticket -- which saves us over 50%

http://www.skiheavenly.com/

For the less expensive family friendly snowboarding vacation nearer to home, Crotched Mountain is great. All the staff are very helpful and the lift tickets are inexpensive.

http://www.crotchedmountain.com/lodging2.html