1.) Buy AT gear, hike.......
2.) Fake student ID, they usually get discounted rates
3.) Military, totally worth it, everywhere cuts you deal, all the vacation spots, we pay 29 while everyone else pays 80, not a bad gig and you really dont have to do shit, no one really "works" in the Army, we just make money and sit around all day and play PS3 or sleep, then go home, unless its winter, we do a lot of "training" in our local mountain range and do a lot of AT and hiking, oh wait, we use a snowmachine to get to the top, so we just ski all day instead
S. Pete