America versus the Alps

Tony_H wrote:
First, there is no such thing as discounted lift passes I am afraid. If there was, we'd all have them.

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In the US there are several ways to get discounted lift passes. Some area passes are sold in discount warehouse stores, and sports stores like REI. These can be 20% to 30% cheaper than at the resort.

There are also online lift discounters like Liftopia. The tickets and deals these sites have, changes with demand, so you may need to monitor them.

Thirdly, Hotels often have stay and ski packages, which can more than halve the cost of lift tickets.

Resort prices reduce with the number of days as well.

Not in Europe, I meant.
You can sometimes book a hotel and lift pass package, but its the hotel thats doing the discounting there

Hi Cressida. Yes, Copper is by a motorway and the town of Frisco on the interstate. Not to much wrong with that-easy access from Denver, plenty of restaurants and shops in Frisco and good all-round intermediate/semi-serious skiing in Copper. However, for your husband do try Winter Park, even nearer to Denver and does have special 'disabled' instructors and facilities. For a general ski holiday in the same area go a little further up the road from Copper to Breckenridge (half hour by car-big old mining town with lots of shops and restaurants. Excellent facilities for children (not to mention they all speak English, so no 'follow me' nonsense) and also access via the centre of town in large cabins for non skiers to Peak 8 on the mountain where the non skiers can join the skiers for lunch and also watch the young ones ski. As a final shot nothing much wrong with Vail either, biggestr ski area in Colorado and great 'Austrian' feel about it due to architecture.

Copper is a great all around mountain for on the snow but not much for off the snow. Breckenridge does have a small historic mining town as its anchor so more to do off the snow. It is also a great all around mountain just colder. Aspen Snowmass is also hard to beat,Snowmass being the best for skiers. I am American and I cannot think of anywhere in the US that has the ambiance you find in Europe.

For the general requirement I would agree with Breckenridge. Aspen ~ great, but a much longer car journey, after a days flying.
Thinking about your husbands condition, my guess is that he would almost certainly benefit from the being taken on the best groomers ~ with a much reduced chance of jerking the neck.
For the best groomers, I would suggest Keystone.