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Willamette Pass Resort offers skiers and snowboarders of all abilities the chance to experience big-mountain riding with a small-mountain atmosphere.

Seven lifts, including the state's only high-speed six-passenger lift, transports riders all over the resort's 555 acres, 225 of which are groomed on a regular basis, and 29 runs thread through the forests and up and down the two-side mountain's 1,563 feet of vertical.

Though Willamette Pass may ski big, it doesn't come at a large hill price - it's just $45 for an all-day adult/junior lift ticket ($48 if you throw in night riding) and $27 (and $30 to include post-sundown riding) for youths 6 to 10 years old.

The daily pass rates go even lower if you take advantage a couple of special options Willamette is offering.

First, there's the frequent-rider Silver Passport, which for a $49 one-time membership fee, allows adults to ride for $35 a day, juniors (11-15 years old) for $25, and youths (6-10) for $20. Silver Passport holders also get free ski/snowboard check, discounted Willamette Pass Express bus rides and free Nordic trail access.

There's the five-day Super  Pass, which goes for $169 for adults and juniors and $99 for youths and essentially gives you five days of riding for the price of four, for occasional visitors.