Ski pass prices increase, but there are bargains
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- Created on Friday, 02 September 2011 15:23
- Written by Dena Rosenberry
Early-buyer season-pass prices — launching this weekend — are creeping higher this year, with both the heavyweights and the little guys inching up anywhere from a few bucks to $50, writes Jason Blevins in The Denver Post.
Vail's Epic Pass is selling for $649, up from $599 last year - although the ski-anytime ticket now includes California's Northstar-at-Tahoe. (Buy one this weekend at a Front Range Colorado Ski & Golf or Boulder Ski Deals store and get a $50 store credit.
The Copper Mountain-Winter Park Rocky Mountain Super Pass Plus, which includes six days at Steamboat, is $459; Copper-Winter Park alone is $409. Passes to each hill individually are $369.
A season pass to Steamboat is $1,239. The 4-by-40 pass, good for two days at Winter Park and two at Steamboat, is $229.
Loveland Ski Area is renewing existing passes for $339, and new passes are $359.
Arapahoe Basin is selling unlimited passes for $369.
Echo Mountain is selling season passes for $159.
Aspen's four-day classic pass, good at all four Aspen hills, is $199, while the seven-day is $329.
And for those who simply can't decide, the Ski Country Gold Pass, a transferable medallion good at 22 ski hills, is $3,000.
Keep in mind: If you buy one of the popular 4Packs for Copper ($139) or Winter Park ($149) THIS WEEKEND at Christy Sports Powder Daze sale (Denver sale, see link) , you get an extra day on the mountain.
And a $10 Gems Card wlll get you a free day or two at some of Colorado's smaller ski areas and discounts throughout the season.
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