FINDING A DEAL Promotions and packages

Here’s a look at some of the deals that are out there:

BEAVER CREEK

Online: beavercreek.snow.com

Where: Vail Valley/Colorado Rockies

The promotions: Fifth night free during the holidays, third night free with upgrade and breakfast, free Epic pass with Technique Week purchase.

The lowdown: For the first time this year, the high-end resort is offering a fifth-night-free promotion during the holidays. There’s also a third-night-free package — available anytime outside the holidays — that includes a one-category upgrade and breakfast for two, starting at $949 a night. Beaver Creek mountain is offering a free Epic pass — a $579 value — to anyone who signs up for the first week of Technique Weeks, an all-inclusive program that includes five nights lodging, four days of personalized instruction and four lift tickets for $3,049.50.

GRAND TARGHEE

Online: www.grandtarghee.com

Where: Wyoming/Grand Tetons

The promotions: Early season SnowCat adventure package, eight and six-day punch cards.

The lowdown: Grand Targhee’s family pass, at $1,725, is already less than one adult season pass at Jackson Hole. Multiday lift ticket prices have gone about $7 per day. The resort also is offering three days, three lift tickets and an adventure ride on a SnowCat for $369 per person through Dec. 21. There also are discounted punch cards for frequent visitors: $399 for an eight-punch card and $339 for six.

HEAVENLY VALLEY

Online: www.skiheavenly.com

Where: South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

The promotions: Epic Pass, unlimited ski rental, baggage bailout, fifth night free.

The lowdown: The Epic Pass came out during the spring season and allows skiers unlimited access to the five Vail Resorts mountains: Heavenly, Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone. Cost is $579 and must be purchased by Saturday. Rock Resorts also is extending its fifth-night-free program to all six holiday periods and its baggage bailout program gives guests $50 off to cover airline baggage fees. There’s also an unlimited ski rental program for $359; daily demo rentals usually run between $70-80.

MOUNT SNOW

Online: www.mountsnow.com

Where: Southern Vermont

The promotions: Discount lift ticket pass, $72 one night midweek ski and stay, electronic billboards.

The lowdown: The Fanfare Card costs $99 and gives skiers a 50 percent discount on midweek lift tickets, 25 percent on weekend and 10 during the holidays. The $72 ski-and-stay deal is $3 less than the normal cost of a single-day lift ticket, plus it includes a room. The mountain also has electronic billboards on Interstates 91 and 95 in the Northeast, which is can be updated within minutes; nothing draws skiers out faster than seeing snow on the mountain.