As for 2010-11, I was the sucker who paid $229ish in spring (with my comp. gift card) for an official anytime pass. Now the weather pros are talking about a La Nina, which wouldn’t bode well for a natural-snow-dependent ski hill like Baldy.
However, it already paid off once in April when I got to skip the ticket line on a day that the mountain got about 6 inches over a rather crusty base.
I do try to go midweek-only until the masses lose interest in late winter.
Sure, I’d rather ride a place such as Snowbird full time, but I accept the so-called consequences of my choices.