Epic Season Pass Overview - 2024/25 Season

The 2024/25 Epic Season Passes are available for purchase.

What is the Epic Pass?

The Epic Pass is a multi ski resort season pass program offered by Vail Resorts, which operates 41 ski resorts across the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Australia. In addition to providing access to their own resorts, the Epic Pass program has partnered with other resorts to broaden the ski resort access the Epic Passes provide.

More than 25 different types of Epic Passes are available to purchase for the 2024-25 ski season. Each pass provides a unique combination of ski resort access and benefits, not to mention use restrictions. Each pass includes the Epic Coverage - insurance for pass holders who can't use the pass due to certain personal events or resort closure.

Some Epic Passes include additional benefits, such as Ski With a Friend (SWAF) tickets and discounts on food, lodging and ski lessons. Below you'll find more about the Epic Pass benefits.

Which Epic Pass Should I Get?

The Epic Pass Program includes more than 25 different types of passes. Choosing the right pass for you will depend on your personal circumstances. To help you decide, we have bucketed the passes into three groups based on broad access, regional coverage and specialty passes.

The broad coverage passes (the Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass and Epic Day Pass) provide access to the widest range of ski resorts, including international resorts. Travelling still might still be challenging this season. But if you prefer flexibility and hope to ski different resorts, these are the passes you’ll want to consider. These passes also provide the most flexibility in terms of restrictions.

The second group are the region-specific passes, which are valid at select Vail Resorts. Typically these passes have blackout date restrictions but they often provide pass holder discounts during those dates, such as half-price tickets and advanced lift ticket pricing.

Finally, the specialty passes provide ski resort access and other perks for members of the military, college students, youths and seniors.

Epic Pass

The Epic Pass provides the broadest access with the least amount of restrictions. You get unrestricted access to all 41 Vail Resorts, no blackout dates, and access to partner resorts in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. This is also the most expensive Epic Pass option, but for avid and well-travelled skiers, the cost is worth the benefits.

The Epic Pass pricing is split into two groups: Adult (ages 13 and up), and Child (ages 5 to 12). If you have teenagers, you might want to explore passes that have a teen price.

For more information, including a full list of participating resorts and a coverage map, see our Epic Pass review.

If you aren't planning to travel far from home this season, you might consider another, more affordable Epic Local Pass option with less international coverage.

Epic Local Pass

The Epic Local Pass provides less coverage compared to the Epic Pass. It includes unlimited and unrestricted access to 29 Vail Resorts across the U.S., as well as to partner resorts in Japan and Switzerland. It also features discounts, such as half-price tickets for certain resorts.

The Local Pass is more affordable than the Epic Pass, but this pass also offers the Teen pricing group, which could provide significant savings for families with teenagers.

For more information, including a full list of participating resorts and a coverage map, see our Epic Local Pass review.

Epic Day Pass - 1 to 7 Days

Epic Day Passes can be purchased for validity periods spanning 1 to 7 days. You have to option and can choose to purchase Day Passes with or without holiday restricted dates. This year is the first your you can also choose if you want a All Day Passes provide access to All Resorts, or 32 Resorts, or 22 resorts. The 4, 5, 6 and 7 Day Passes include access to certain partner resorts in the U.S. and Canada.

The Day Pass is a great option for those who plan to ski periodically during the season at bigger ski resorts; such as Vail and Beaver Creek. However, the Epic Day Pass might be more expensive than the actual resort daily lift ticket price at some smaller resorts, so it is worth researching day rates at your chosen ski resort before investing in a Day Pass.

The Epic Day pass doesn’t offer Teen pricing. If you have someone between the ages of 13 and 18, consider the Epic Local Pass or regional and specialty passes that offer Teen pricing.

For more information, including a full list of participating resorts and a coverage map, see our Epic Day Pass review.

Epic Regional Passes

Regional passes are great for those who live near a Vail Resort and are planning to ski or ride multiple days during the season. A few regional passes provide additional discounts, such as half-price tickets or advanced lift ticket rates, to other major Epic Pass resorts in North America. If you are planning to also travel beyond your local ski resort, these passes can provide additional savings.

Broad Regional Passes

We see roughly three groups of regional passes. The first group, structured to provide a broader regional coverage across the Northeast, Lake Tahoe and parts of the Midwest. These passes are best suited for those who intend to ski or ride the entire season in one of these regions.

Local Resort Passes with Discounts at Larger Resorts

The second group offers unlimited,sometimes with holiday blackout dates, to one or a select few ski resorts. Additionally, these passes include half-price and advanced lift ticket rates to a few larger resorts, such as Breckenridge, Heavenly and Keystone. If you are planning a ski trip beyond your local resort, these passes provide flexibility and potential savings.

Single Resort Regional Passes

The last group offers unlimited access to one resort, with most of the resorts being in the Midwest. If your local slopes are included in this group, and you don’t plan to visit any other resorts during the season, definitely consider these passes.

Click on each pass to learn more and see their pricing.

Epic Specialty Passes

Epic Military Passes

Epic offers a variety of pass options for members of the military and their immediate family.

Epic College Passes

Some Epic Passes offer a pricing tier for college students. You will need to provide proof that you are a student.

Epic Senior Passes

A few of the Epic Regional Passes offer special pricing for skiers over the ages of 62 or 65, depending on the pass.

Epic Youth Pass

Epic Pass Benefits

Benefits are only valid at Vail Resorts, not partner resorts.

Epic Coverage

For the 2024/25 season, all Epic Passes include Epic Coverage, which ensures refunds in the event of illness, job loss, Visa rejection, etc. See details here.

Mountain Rewards

Summer discounts and winter discounts dates have yet been announced.

• 20% off food and beverages of up $150 per day
• 20% off lodging at select locations
• 20% off Epic Mountain Express shuttle service from Denver Airport
• 20% off heli-skiing at Whistler and Cat Skiing at Keystone
• 20% off rentals
• Discounts on waxes and tune-ups

See details here.

Ski With a Friend (SWAF) and Buddy Tickets

Certain Epic Passes include a finite number of SWAF and Buddy Tickets for the 2024/25 season, with up to 45% off. See details here.

Free Pass for 4 and Under

Children ages 4 and under are eligible for a free Epic Pass, provided they are accompanied by an adult with an eligible pass for the season. Age is determined at the time of purchase of a pass.

In order to obtain the free age under 4 pass you can contact EPIC at Guest Services at (970) 754-0005 for more information. You can also visit the Guest Services center at Vail owned resorts, not partner resorts, for more support.

To see all the benefits provided by Epic see here.

Epic Pass Member Resorts - Vail Resorts

Map of all Epic Pass Member and Partner Ski Resorts in North America

  Member Resort   Partner Resort