The inn offers a six-day, five-night ski package for $535 a couple.

Reservations and information on ski packages: (866) 287-5016, www.tellurideskiresort.com.

The lodge also offers a number of midweek ski packages beginning at $152 a person for two days' lodging, breakfast, group lessons and trail passes.

An online purveyor of European ski packages, some of them of very good value, is www.ski-europe.com.

Amtrak is carrying record numbers of passengers, wooed from the airlines with ski packages, movies and phones on some trains.

This organization will also arrange complete ski packages at all the ski areas in the county.

His organization, which also runs a discount travel company offering ski packages with cut-rate air fares, had 890,000 members in the 1989-90 season, he said.

On Friday, people who call in advance can get free equipment rental, a free lesson, and a discounted ski package.

Interested people can also go to a shop to obtain a coupon for the discounted ski package.

They also provide advice on choosing a ski package, getting around Europe and finding friends to ski with.