[seabiscuitRN]

I'm interested in travel nursing in Denver. If my dream comes true, I'd move out there in January or Feb. I know it can be hard to get an assignment out there at that time but I'm gonna try!

Does anybody know anything about the ski passes -the Colorado Pass, and the Epic Pass- as far as buying them late season? Can you? If so, what are the prices? Do you have to be a CO resident? (As a traveler, I'll have an out-of-state driver license.) Any other info or suggestions?

Thanks!

[study2Bnurse]

Your best bet would be to contact them directly to see about prices:

http://www.snow.com/passsales/

Good luck with your travel assignment plans, hope to see you out there making turns this winter!!!

[seabiscuitRN]

I'm being proactive and working with recruiters now. Hoping to be an early bird!
I learned to snowboard at Vail last winter (with an inadvertent adventure with a black diamond on day #4) and I'm super excited to get back, hopefully as a traveler instead of a visitor this time. (This 90 degree Wisconsin summer is torture!)

[Greenzo]

If you're going to be doing travel nursing and you want to ski/snowboard, I would also highly recommend looking into Utah (Salt Lake City). I live in Denver now, but have also lived in Utah and the resorts are SO MUCH CLOSER to the city in Utah. You can be on the mountain in 20-30 minutes in Utah whereas if you are in Denver you have to travel 1.5-2 hours to get to the slopes. And I believe it's cheaper in Utah too. Just something to think about!

[sitmon]

You cannot buy the passes after about mid-October, and you have to buy them in person the first time (you can renew online after that.) For how often I ski, it would still be a savings if I flew out in the fall to get the pass in person. I think Vail is up to $85/day, and the pass is about $430 now for the whole season. Even with a plane ticket, I'd be saving over $1000 with the pass instead of paying daily (I ski more than 20 days each season).

[seabiscuitRN]

Thanks for the mid-October warning. I'll be in Vail in September, so I guess I have till then to decide...
Vail and Beaver Creek were $90/day last season (somewhat less for buddy passes or ski with a friend). That's why I'm thinking I might as well get a season pass... even if I don't get a travel assignment, I'll "have to" take enough vacations to make up the cost of the pass.

Any other (random or specific) Colorado advice/suggestions welcome.

--Salt Lake would be my 2nd choice, but I have friends & fam in CO--

[seabiscuitRN]

PS
I thought you had to be a CO resident to get the Colorado pass but there's no residency requirement for the epic pass??

And-
Does anybody know if/where there are psych RN jobs in the mountains?

[sitmon]

"I thought you had to be a CO resident to get the Colorado pass but there's no residency requirement for the epic pass??"

To the best of my knowledge, this still isn't true. You have to be there in person to purchase the first pass, but you don't need a Colorado address. The way it was explained to me, you have to be present so that they make a card with your picture which cuts down on resales. After you have a pass, you can renew online. Even though the last time I bought a pass was a couple years ago, I can still renew online, and I've lived in another state and another country in the time since my last pass!