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Ski vacations are notoriously expensive.

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Fortunately, there are a number of winter vacation destinations that wont break the bank for middle-class families.

Of course, affordable is a relative term, and different families may have differentbudgets.

With just a few hours of drive time, residents all across Southern California can be on the slopes.

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Even lift tickets are not outrageous when compared with the prestige resorts of Utah, for example.

But its certainly no second-rate resort, with high-quality terrain to go along with its low lift ticket costs.

The family-owned and operated resort has been open for 87 years and has remarkable conditions ingood snow years.

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Although Chestnut Mountain is relatively small bymodern ski standards, it still offers 10 lifts and night skiing.

In addition to the low ordinary lift ticket cost, adults 80 and over can ski for free.

Single-day ski tickets at Aspen can reach a whopping $264.

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