Epic and Ikon Passes Are Going Off Sale. Here’s What You Need to Know If You’re on the Fence.
For prospective multi-day ski resort passholders, now is the last chance to get in on an Epic or Ikon pass product. With final deadlines fast approaching, we’ve compiled all you need to know to make a decision.
Initial Thoughts on Telluride’s Proposed Capital Plan
The remote Colorado resort plans a series of lift, snowmaking, and housing upgrades as part of a major investment push over the coming years.
Key Trends in Ski Resort Lift Ticket Pricing
We’ve conducted extensive research on ski resort pricing behavior and found some key trends on the ways prices are set.
2021-22 Ticket Prices for North American Ski Resorts
We’ve reverse engineered ski resort lift ticket logic by age, date, and time of purchase, and we’ve compiled it into a general metric for what you can expect to pay.
Whiteface Is Planning a New High-Speed Lift and Trails for Future Seasons. Here Are Our Initial Thoughts.
In preparation for a major 2023 competition event, New York’s Whiteface ski area is proposing a series of enhancements that have the potential to address lower-mountain crowding bottlenecks and annoying trail logistics.
Vail Resorts Just Announced A Massive Series of Infrastructure Upgrades for 2022-23. Here Are Our Initial Thoughts.
Vail just announced a series of comprehensive investments across all of its resort regions, including 19 lift upgrades and one lodge upgrade. Destination resorts affected include Whistler Blackcomb, Keystone, Vail, Breckenridge, Park City, Northstar, Heavenly, Stowe, and Mount Snow.
Squaw Alpine’s Gondola Looks to Be on Track for Winter 2022. Here Are Our Initial Thoughts on the Project.
Alterra has released several details that offer clues about what to expect for the new Squaw Alpine gondola. Based on what we know so far, we’ve compiled a list of potential pros and cons that the project may bring.
We’ve Refined the Way We Measure Skiable Acres. Some Resorts See Size Score Changes.
Some resorts measure their acreage by total footprint, which doesn’t always comprise entirely skiable terrain. Others measure their acreage by skiable terrain only, but don’t include parts of the resort that are technically in-bounds but not skiable. To remedy this issue, we employed an acreage calculator to determine the true skiable footprint within the bounds of each resort.
Initial Impressions: Mount Bachelor
We recently road-tripped around the Pacific Northwest and spent a day at Mount Bachelor. Here are our initial thoughts on this remarkable ski volcano.
Initial Impressions: Washington State Resorts
We share our initial thoughts on Washington’s Crystal, Stevens Pass, Summit at Snoqualmie, Alpental, and Mount Baker after hitting them on a Pacific Northwest road trip.