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The newly launched IKON season pass from the Alterra Mountain Company has its lowest available rate until May 1st. On that date, rates will increase by USD 100.
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Sportpass Top4 goes into the second season. Adelboden-Lenk, Gstaad, the Jungfrau Ski Region and Meiringen-Hasliberg have launched the Top4 Sportpass this winter. Following a successful launch with 36,200 sold subscriptions in advance sales, the offer will continue unchanged in the upcoming winter sports season 2018/2019.
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In the fiercely contested winter sports market, the four largest Bernese ski resorts have decided on a common forward strategy and in autumn 2017 launched the new season subscription Top4. The winter sports pass with access to 666 km of piste was sold in advance for 666 francs. 36’200 times the subscription to the advance sale discount went over the counter, which clearly exceeded the target of 20’000. The responsible persons have decided to continue the offer after the successful premiere.
Sugar Bowl Resort, CA, Loveland Ski Area, CO, Castle Mountain Resort, AB Canada, and Ski Marmot Basin, AB Canada join the Powder Alliance for 2018-19
The Powder Alliance has announced that Sugar Bowl Resort, CA, Loveland Ski Area, CO, Castle Mountain Resort, AB Canada, and Ski Marmot Basin, AB Canada have been added to its list of participating resorts for the 2018/19 winter. Now spanning 4 countries and 2 hemispheres, the Powder Alliance is one of the world’s most powerful reciprocal season pass programs offering top-tier pass holders three days at 19 premier winter destinations.
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New for 2018/19 ski season Big Sky Resort in Montana will join the Mountain Collective Pass.
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Big Ski Resort in Montana will join the Mountain Collective Pass for the 2018/19 ski season. This pass offer is on top of being part of the IKON Pass deal.
Big Sky Resort is bigger than your imagination. Located in Montana, United States, and with more than 5,800 acres of contiguous skiable terrain and a vertical of 4,350 feet, Big Sky Resort offers unmatched skiing. From the chutes of Headwater’s Ridge to 300 degrees of skiing off of Lone Peak, which stands at 11,166 feet. With an average of 400 inches of annual snowfall, Bit Sky Resort offers lots of powder pockets.
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The crowdfunding for the WinterCARD of the Saastal Bergbahnen AG (“That’ll blow you over!”) is considered one of the most spectacular marketing campaigns of recent years. And has now been honoured with the Marketing Trophy 2018 in the field of SMEs.
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No wonder: with an innovative marketing campaign, the cable cars sold more than 90,000 season tickets from October to December 2016, generating revenues in excess of CHF 20 million. The action was developed by matter + gretener and was based on the crowd funding principle: because more than 90,000 skiers and snowboarders wanted a season pass for 222 francs, the “Hammer Deal” became reality. And the European record in crowd funding was set up.
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Vail Resorts, Inc. announced today that Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado, Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont and Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire will join the industry-leading Epic Pass in a long-term alliance beginning in the 2018-19 winter season, bringing the total to 64 mountain resorts in 11 states and provinces and eight countries for skiers and snowboarders. Epic, Epic Local and Epic Australia will receive seven days of skiing and snowboarding with no blackout dates at each of the three resorts for a total of 21 days. Epic 7-Day pass holders can use any or all seven of their total days and Epic 4-Day pass holders can use any or all four of their total days of skiing and snowboarding with no blackout dates at the three resorts.
The Mountain Collective is still alive and kicking after the announcement of the IKON Pass and the disappearance of the MAX pass – as many of the resorts that were in the latter, where absorbed by Alterra Mtn Co with its IKON pass.
Each 2018-19 pass-holder will receive 2 days at the Collective destinations for a total of 32 days, plus a third day at the destination of their choice.
The EPIC pass offers access to 61 ski areas in 8 countries. The IKON Pass, its contender, goes now head to head with the EPIC Pass.
What is new this year with the EPIC Pass:
• New for 2018-19, Epic Pass holders receive limited access to Telluride in Colorado, Hakuba Valley in Japan and Resorts of the Canadian Rockies across Canada, bringing the worldwide resort access total to 61.
• In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Epic Pass, Vail Resorts is honouring its heritage with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division with a $99 Military Epic Pass and a $1 donation for every 2018-19 season pass sold to Wounded Warrior Project.
• Vail Resorts season passes offer a number of unique advantages over other industry passes, from direct to lift access to discounted tickets for family and friends
United States. Canada. Australia. Japan. France. Switzerland. Italy. Austria. No other season pass gives skiers and snowboarders access to so many celebrated resorts around the world than the Epic Pass, including unlimited, unrestricted access to 15 mountain resorts and limited access to 46 more. Priced at $899 for the 2018-19 winter season, the Epic Pass remains unmatched in the mountain resort industry for the variety and value it offers skiers and snowboarders.
New for next winter, the Epic Pass will feature access to Telluride in Colorado; Hakuba Valley’s nine ski resorts in Japan; and Resorts of the Canadian Rockies across Canada, including Fernie Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort and Kimberley Alpine Resort in British Columbia, Nakiska in Alberta, and Mont Sainte Anne and Stoneham in Quebec, all in a long-term alliance.
SkiBig3, Revelstoke Mountain Resort and Sugarbush Resort Join the Ikon Pass Community Available for Purchase March 6, 2018, Starting at $599
The Ikon Pass, North America’s newest season pass product for winter 2018-2019 announces SkiBig3 in Alberta, Canada, Revelstoke Mountain Resort in British Columbia, Canada and Sugarbush Resort in Vermont, as its newest partners, for a total of over 63,000 skiable acres of unique terrain at 26 premier mountain destinations in North America. The Ikon Pass will go on sale Tuesday, March 6, 2018 and will be available for purchase at www.ikonpass.com.
Swissinfo.ch published a very good table with all the ski resorts’ lift ticket rates – which is good to see when planning a ski holiday – even though the price of the lift ticket is not all, and it accounts to only a 6% of the ski holiday, but, every little helps!
| Country and ski resort | Child weekday | Adult weekday | Child 6-day | Adult 6-day |
| SWITZERLAND | ||||
| Adelboden | 30 | 55 | 138 | 258 |
| Aletsch Arena | 26 | 51 | 144 | 287 |
| Arosa/Lenzerheide | 21 | 64 | 81 | 291 |
| Champèry (Portes du Soleil Pass) | 39 | 52 | 196 | 261 |
| Crans-Montana | 33 | 59 | 169 | 299 |
| Davos/Klosters | 24 | 60 | 117 | 293 |
| Grindelwald/Wengen | 27 | 55 | 128 | 258 |
| Laax | 22 | 67 | 106 | 319 |
| Saas Fee (Saas Fee Pass) | 31 | 62 | 157 | 312 |
| St. Moritz/Corviglia | 22 | 67 | 107 | 322 |
| Verbier/Nendaz (4 Valleys/High season) | 32 | 64 | 160 | 319 |
| Zermatt | 34 | 67 | 162 | 325 |
| FRANCE | ||||
| Alpe d’Huez | 43 | 52 | 211 | 267 |
| Avoriaz (Portes du Soleil) | 39 | 52 | 195 | 260 |
| Chamonix (Le Pass) | 43 | 50 | 215 | 252 |
| Courchevel (3 Valleys) | 49 | 61 | 240 | 300 |
| Flaine/Grand Massif | 35 | 47 | 185 | 246 |
| La Plagne | 42 | 52 | 212 | 265 |
| Les 2 Alpes | 40 | 50 | 200 | 250 |
| Les Arcs | 42 | 52 | 212 | 265 |
| Megeve (Evasion Mont Blanc Pass) | 37 | 46 | 185 | 231 |
| Morzine | 29 | 40 | 149 | 199 |
| Tignes/Val d’Isère | 46 | 57 | 228 | 285 |
| AUSTRIA | ||||
| Ischgl | 30 | 49 | 148 | 247 |
| Kitzbühel | 27 | 55 | 133 | 266 |
| Lech/Zürs am Arlberg | 32 | 53 | 164 | 275 |
| Mayrhofen | 23 | 52 | 112 | 249 |
| Skiwelt Wilder/Kaiser/Brixental/Söll | 24 | 49 | 120 | 239 |
| Obergurgl/Hochgurgl | 34 | 52 | 157 | 285 |
| Schladming/Planai/Hochwurzen | 26 | 51 | 128 | 257 |
| Serfaus/Fiss/Ladis | 31 | 51 | 158 | 273 |
| Skicircus Saalbach/Hinterglemm/Leogang/Fieberbrunn | 26 | 53 | 127 | 255 |
| St. Anton am Arlberg | 32 | 53 | 164 | 275 |
| Sölden | 29 | 53 | 157 | 285 |
| Zell am See/Schmittenhöhe | 25 | 51 | 126 | 252 |
| ITALY | ||||
| 3 Peaks Dolomites | 37 | 53 | 182 | 260 |
| Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Alta Badia | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Bormio | 34 | 41 | 138 | 214 |
| Cervinia/Breuil | 32 | 46 | 169 | 242 |
| Cortina d’Ampezzo | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Courmayeur | 12 | 47 | 60 | 239 |
| La Thuile | 31 | 44 | 161 | 229 |
| Livigno | 34 | 47 | 139 | 240 |
| Madonna di Campiglio | 25 | 50 | 124 | 247 |
| Val Gardena/Gröden | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Val Senales/Schnalstal | 27 | 45 | 155 | 238 |
This is not an exhaustive list, but you have something to compare. I am assuming that the prices within the Dolomiti Superski area, are showing all the same rates, as they must be selling the Dolomiti Superski lift.
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