Here Are the Prices of Every Ski Season Pass in America
Plus reciprocal days, pass protection info, and multi-pass add-ons
Last year, I started documenting ski season pass prices across the Northeast. This was mostly an exercise to track Covid protection policies. But, as the pass landscape rapidly evolved, I began including other information as well: payment plans, early-bird deadlines, pass partnerships, reciprocal deals.
Last month, I discovered Ski Cooper, Colorado’s incredible season pass: $299, with dozens of parter resorts where passholders could cash in three anytime lift tickets. It made me wonder what else was out there.
So I expanded the chart to include every ski area in America. Here you go:
A few notes:
I’m sure I missed a few ski areas. If you notice one I missed, please let me know, and I’ll add it.
I included every ski area, even little municipal bumps that don’t offer season passes. My hope is that this will eventually become a complete inventory of every active ski area in the United States.
All prices are for adult, no-blackout passes. Most ski areas offer a range of passes, from child to senior to young adult, with many demographics in-between. There are often midweek, blackout, or nights-only options. Since every mountain defines these categories differently, it would be too unwieldy to document every one. But in just about every case, the adult full-access pass is the most reliable baseline for gauging a resort’s approach to pass pricing in general, even if the age range used to define “adult” varies somewhat from ski area to ski area. To view a ski area’s full pass offering, click on the resort name in the left-most column - in most cases, that will take you directly to their season pass page.
For mountains whose season pass is a megapass, I have pointed to the lowest-tier pass that offers no-blackout access as that mountain’s season pass. Since the $479 Epic Northeast Value Pass is the no-blackout season pass at Wildcat, that is listed as its season pass, even though that ski area is also unlimited on the Epic Local and full Epic Pass. Mount Snow, however, has blackouts on the Northeast Value Pass, so I list its season pass as the $583 Epic Local Pass, which is the lowest tier pass that provides no-blackout access to that mountain.
This chart is a huge pain in the ass. It’s mostly a reference document I made for myself, so don’t expect it to be updated every minute. My goal is to update prices as clearly defined deadlines pass, and go through the rest of it once a month. Or so. I’ll update it until December and then likely pause until spring passes start popping up around President’s weekend.
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I just want to point out, that as someone who falls within the "Young Adult" price bracket wherever it is offered, Silver Mountain Idaho is an unbelievable deal. If you buy the season pass earlier in the year and you're age 23 or below, you can get the unlimited, no blackout season pass for $309, which makes you a part of the Powder Alliance automatically, meaning you get three free days of skiing at a bunch of pretty high tier ski resorts that are just a couple hours away. Then, Silver Mountain is ALSO a member of the Indy Pass, so buy the Indy Add On pass for only $189 (I think that was the price earlier in the year for the regular Indy Add On pass?), and further expand your options. The beauty of having both the Powder Alliance and Indy Pass at the same time, is if you look at their coverage of the Pacific Northwest/Inland Northwest. They fill in a lot of each other's gaps in coverage beautifully, plus there are some excellent resorts like White Pass and Mission Ridge where you could get five days at, three with the Powder Alliance and two with the Indy Pass.
And of course, unlimited skiing at Silver Mountain! A great, quirky ski resort.
Thanks for putting this together. Obviously took a bunch of effort, but really interesting and helpful, so thank you for sharing!