Go ahead, wait, procrastinate, stall, delay, dawdle, doze... the rates for season passes at Hidden Valley don’t get any cheaper than they do right now.

Check out late summer from the mountain, but be thinking about snow on them thar hills as you pop in to get your preseason deals on season passes.

Here’s a clue: Adult unlimited passes are $219 for the season, but only until Sept. 30. That same pass climbs to $279 on Oct. 1 and I’ll do the math: That’s about $1,000 more. Or so it seems. If you want to pay top dollar, wait until Dec. 1. Then that pass is $329, about a gazillion dollars more than today and who has a gazillion dollars?