Ski season is here, the resorts are opening, and if you haven’t bought a season pass yet, your time is running out — at least, for the Epic Pass. Vail Resorts announced that on Nov. 16, the Epic Pass will be pulled from sale. That leaves any prospective (procrastinator) buyers less than 1 week to pull the trigger.
So far, among Vail’s resort family, Keystone and Breckenridge have already opened their slopes. Vail is projected to open on Nov. 14, Park City on Nov. 21, and Beaver Creek and Crested Butte both on Nov. 23. For more projected opening dates for the 2025/26 ski season, check here.
Before long, the entire Vail Resorts collection of mountains will be open for shredding. If you don’t already have an Epic Pass, act fast if you plan on skiing them this winter.
Vail Resorts Epic Pass & Other Ski Pass Options
If you haven’t bought your full Epic Pass yet, you will be paying a premium for it. The pass has been steadily increasing in price as the kickoff to ski season has grown closer. Now at $1,121 for the full adult Epic Pass and $833 for the Epic Local Pass, they are as expensive as they’re going to get.
But, with day passes at Vail pushing $250 on weekends, it would still be worth the purchase if you intend to ski more than 5 days this season. Plus, Vail Resorts also introduced Epic Friends Tickets this year, which grants Epic, Epic Local, or Epic Military Pass holders between 6- and 10-day passes for friends discounted to 50% off.
If you miss Vail’s Nov. 16 deadline, you can still check out the Ikon Pass, which, as of this writing, isn’t pulling sales for season passes — yet. The full Ikon is $1,519, and the Ikon Base is $1,099. Ikon has yet to announce a specific date that it will stop selling passes for 2025, but the resort company usually ends sales in early December.
There is also the Mountain Collective Pass, which gives holders 2 days at each of 27 small mountain destinations around the world ($729). The Indy Ski Pass is a third option that similarly offers 2 days at each of over 270 resorts. The full Indy+ Pass is $469, and the Indy Base Pass is $349. However, there is currently a waitlist for hopeful Indy Pass buyers.
If you’re interested in getting your Epic Pass before the opportunity is gone, visit the Vail Resorts website before noon MST on Nov. 16.
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