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Mount Sunapee Resort is holding season pass rates for renewals and new buyers at last year's spring rates through April 30.

The Adult Peak Pass (ages 19-64) includes unlimited skiing and riding at Mount Sunapee and skiing and riding seven days a week at Okemo Mountain in Vermont (excluding holidays) costs $769. A Young Adult/Senior Peak Pass (ages 13-18 & 65-69) is $379, a Junior Peak Pass (ages 6-12) is $299 and a Super Senior Peak Pass (ages 70+) is $249. Children ages 5 and under pay $30.

Two of the biggest values for all ages are the Midweek Super Pass, valid Monday through Friday (excluding holidays) at Mount Sunapee, Okemo, and Stratton Mountain in Vermont, for $315 and the Value Pass Plus, which is good seven days a week excluding holidays at the same three resorts, for $625.

All Peak Pass and Ultra Pass (which includes unlimited skiing and riding at Mount Sunapee, Okemo, Stratton, and Crested Butte Resort in Colorado) purchases by April 30 will have a complimentary companion ticket added to their pass that can be used anytime until the end of the 2009-10 winter season.

Sunapee has 65 trails and slopes on 230 acres of skiable terrain, a vertical drop of 1.510 feet, and 10 lifts including one high-speed quad to the mountain's summit.