Epic Pass or Ikon Pass – Best Season Pass for skiers
Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass now includes 42 Vail owned ski resorts, and access to 90 ski areas around the world! An early season purchase of $1051 for the 2025-26 winter gets you all that skiing! Incredible value! Keep in mind, last ski season, Vail Resorts sold 2.3 million Epic Passes, so you can anticipate continued crowds and busy ski areas at these Vail-owned and operated resorts. Its still the most “EPIC”, most comprehensive, affordable season pass for skiing in North America!
The Epic Pass starting at $1051 offers unlimited skiing at three-dozen Vail owned North America ski resorts, plus 3-7 days each at many more, including an expanding list of ski pass benefits in the Alps! See full details and deadlines on the Epic Pass.
Vail Resorts now includes:
Colorado’s Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Crested Butte in Colorado, Park City in Utah, Whistler Blackcomb in Canada, California’s Heavenly, Northstar, and Kirkwood, Washington’s Stevens Pass, Vermont’s Stowe, Okemo, Mount Snow, NH’s Wildcat, Attitash, Mount Sunapee, the Midwest’s Wilmot, Mt Brighton, Afton Alps, Seven Springs, even Perisher Australia.
In Canada, Whistler Blackcomb is a Vail-owned Epic ski resort. Additional ski benefits to Epic Passholders include partner resorts – the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Kicking Horse, Kimberly, Fernie, Nakiska, and in Quebec: Mont Sainte Anne and Stoneham.
In the Swiss Alps, Vail Resorts has acquired Andermatt Sedrun and Crans Montana , plus the Epic Pass provides access to Verbier and Les 4 Vallees which is HUGE!
In Austria, the Epic Pass offers ski pass privileges to Solden, Mayrhofen, Hintertux, Saalbach, Zell am See, Kaprun Kitzsteinhorn, Silvretta Montafon, and The Arlberg – the ski region that includes St Anton, Lech, Zurs, Stuben! Wow!
In France, the Epic Pass provides ski benefits in the French Alps – Les 3 Vallees (think Courchevel, Val Thorens and Meribel)!
In Italy, Epic Passholders have access to Skirama Dolomiti – Adamello Brenta!
In Japan, skiers have benefits of 5 consecutive days at Hakuba’s 10 resorts, and 5-days at Rusustu, in central Hokkaido. Japow!
Well, skiers are the winners in this big mountain pass blow up, with great choices at significant savings versus the old-school one-mountain season pass at over $1,200!
IKON Pass is the other big mega-mountain pass player, at $1349 for the full season pass, which combines Aspen’s ski resorts (Alterra Mountain Company) with Boyne, Powdr and Intrawest Resorts, 18 resorts, plus up to 7-days at 52 partner ski areas – its another extremely versatile pass valid at Aspen’s 4 mountains, Aspen, Snowmass, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk and so much more…
IKON Colorado ski resorts also include Steamboat, Winter Park Resort, Copper Mountain, and Eldora Mountain Resort.In California, Palisades at Tahoe, Mammoth, Big Bear, and June Mtn. In Utah, IKON offers limited skiing at Deer Valley, Snowbird/Alta, Brighton, Snowbasin and Solitude. Schweitzer in Idaho, and Crystal in Washington!
IKON also has ski benefits at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Sun Valley Idaho, and Big Sky Montana.
IKON in the East, Killington, Sugarbush, Stratton in Vermont, Loon NH, Sunday River and Sugarloaf in Maine.
In Canada, IKON provides ski privileges at Banff Sunshine, Lake Louise and Norquay, Revelstoke, plus Tremblant, and Blue Mountain.
In Europe, IKON is valid at France’s Chamonix Mont Blanc, Italy’s Dolomiti Superski and Grandvalira Resorts, Austria’s Kitzbühel andIschgl, in Switzerland Zermatt and St. Moritz.
The IKON Pass is also valid at 8 Japan ski areas, and one in Korea!
For “summer” skiing, the IKON Pass is valid at Valle Nevado Chile! Also New Zealand is represented on IKON!
Where are you skiing next ski season? Which pass are you buying? At these rates, you might consider buying both EPIC and IKON for an epic ally iconic ski winter! See our Guide to the Top Ski Resorts and our Guide to Skiing the Alps to plan your winter and book your next family ski trip!
