Crystal Mountain, ahh Crystal Mountain . . .

Thanks for your suggestion Eric.
I'm in Tacoma, but I'll see who I can link up with soon as I have no school, little work and all the time in the world these days . . . I don't mind a change of scenery, especially a white one.
Excited about all the snow, even if I'm not in it. Hope everyone is having a fantastic time and staying safe.

Teleskichica,

I doubt the legal precedent will be helpful with this particular mountain, but I can offer a bit of hope.

Way back in 1996, I broke BOTH legs in September. I had worked all summer in Alaska, made a little money and I had already purchased my seasons pass to gigantic Marquette Mountain, in Michigan. (google the web page, it is AWESOME!)

As I said, I had made a little money, but I had promised my girlfriend-at-the-time that I would buy her a seasons pass when I left for Alaska that spring. I had naturally funded my own seasons pass with my last check from AK and was just about to almost have hers paid for with my new low wage upper Michigan job when...

On the first business day after I got out of the hospital, I called the mountain, and explained that I had broken my legs, and could my girlfriend have my pass? The woman who answered the phone said, no pause, "oh, that's too bad- that's too bad. What's her name?" There was no director of marketing needed, the lady who answered the phone did the honorable thing without thinking about it for a second. I was all ready for a debate, I even had notes!

It kind of sounds like a a story from the 50's but the Midwest is a time warp kind of place.

Anyway, good luck. And when you go in there, on crutches, just ask for the manager and tell them you are a season pass holder and can't use it. It doesn't matter how you got the pass, maybe you were going to buy one anyway, and whether you do next year and the one after that depends on how they behave now.

Jon