It's the most wonderful time of the year

( photo courtesy of Ski Cooper ski school)

You know it's fall when even the kiddies are thinking about the slopes.
This from business editor Joanna Bean:

"My second-grade daughter told me about a recent school assignment: 'We had to write about something we do as a family. So I wrote about skiing,' she said, pausing. 'It made me want to go.'

"Music to my ears!"

If you've got a fifth-grader or sixth-grader in your house, consider Colorado Ski Country USA's 5th Grade Passport. Passholders get three lift tickets to 25 Colorado resorts, plus discounts on rentals, lessons and tickets for mom or dad. Sixth-graders can get a Graduate Pass for $59, with the same benefits.