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Pennsylvania's Camelback is offering three tickets for $79 valid almost anytime during the 2008-09 season. Exceptions are MLK and Presidents' weekends.

The Triple Ticket Card deal means savings of up to 50 percent over regular lift ticket prices.

Camelback is packaging the three tickets on a PVC card that holders present at any ticket window for a full-day lift ticket.

Limitations on the Triple Ticket Card: Only one ticket can be used per day; no tickets on those two aforementioned weekends; the card may be purchased through Dec. 15, but not after; cards are nonrefundable, and cannot be carried over to next season.

Camelback also is offering a CamelCard for $49.

The new CamelCard gives its user 50 percent discounts on Open-to-Close or Night lift tickets midweek/non-holidays; 25 percent discounts on Open-to-Close or Night lift tickets weekends/holidays. Every third ticket purchase is free.

Camelback is located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains. It has 33 trails on 160 skiable acres, 800-foot vertical drop, and 17 lifts including two high-speed quads, three triples, seven doubles, a surface lift at SunKid and four tubing lifts, snowboard halfpipe, two terrain parks, and a wide selection of trails for all ability levels. It offers snowmaking and night skiing on all trails.