Prices up for Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass
While now is the time for cherished spring skiing in Colorado, it’s also the time to lock down the best deal for next season’s pass.
Vail Resorts has announced early-bird prices for its 2024-’25 Epic Pass, the popular route to Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, Beaver Creek, Crested Butte and dozens of other company-owned mountains around the world.
Unrestricted access to all of those resorts costs $982. Granting unlimited days at Breckenridge and Keystone and 10 days at Vail, Beaver Creek and others, the Epic Local Pass is starting at $731.
Those price points continue a year-to-year trend of 7% increases since, for the ’21’22 season, Vail Resorts announced what it called a “bold” 20% slash to products. Compared with last year’s early-bird Epic and Epic Local passes, prices are $73 and $55 higher, respectively.
Epic Day passes, however, are slightly down from their starting points last year.
The “build-your-own” pass ranging from one to seven days, from resorts including Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone, starts at $93, compared with a $101 mark last year. The Epic Day Pass continues Vail Resorts’ attempt to move customers away from window tickets to multi-day thinking; the company says visitors can save up to 65% by shifting to Epic Day.
Also returning are Epic Military passes. For active and retired servicemen and women and their dependents, a pass for unrestricted access to 42 resorts starts at $172. That’s $561 for veterans and their dependents. Those prices are up 8% year-to-year.
Epic passes include benefits such as 10 “buddy tickets” and discounts on food and drink, lodging and equipment rentals.
Vail Resorts’ first price announcement once again precedes the early-bird rollout from rival Alterra Mountain Co., which sells the Ikon Pass for access to Arapahoe Basin, Copper Mountain, Winter Park, Aspen Snowmass, Eldora Mountain and more. Last month, Alterra Mountain Co. announced an agreement to buy A-Basin, which has previously allowed up to seven days for top-of-the-line Ikon passholders.
Last year, Ikon Pass’s fullest access started at $1,159. The Ikon Base Pass started at $829.
Young skiers ski fresh snow in Bergman Bowl in December 2023 at Keystone Mountain Resort in Keystone, Colorado.
