Price of IKON vs epic pass

muffMan.Fuck mega passes, all the homies hate mega passes

eheaththere are a lot of people who's home mountain is on a mega pass, not much people can do about that

muffMan.Where? You got options everywhere, you got a basin and Loveland in CO, and you can buy single mountain passes like copper and winter park sells em. And SLC resorts seem to be limited days with mega passes, but let me know if I’m wrong.

I’m just living somewhere that’s got a decent local hill, beats any big resort imo

muffMan.Where? You got options everywhere, you got a basin and Loveland in CO, and you can buy single mountain passes like copper and winter park sells em. And SLC resorts seem to be limited days with mega passes, but let me know if I’m wrong.

I’m just living somewhere that’s got a decent local hill, beats any big resort imo

eheathMore people buy the epic pass, so its cheaper (1 million vs 2.3 million in 2022) VR has always priced the epic pass as low as possible, they cut the price a couple years ago by like $150 so not surprising its going up.

as any person with 2 brain cells would know, inflation has caused everything to be more expensive.

**This post was edited on Mar 16th 2023 at 4:23:17pm

muffMan.Where? You got options everywhere, you got a basin and Loveland in CO, and you can buy single mountain passes like copper and winter park sells em. And SLC resorts seem to be limited days with mega passes, but let me know if I’m wrong.

I’m just living somewhere that’s got a decent local hill, beats any big resort imo

eheathThere are tons of places people live where their home mountain/closest mountain is an Ikon pass or Epic pass resort, and just "going somewhere else" is not always the right option, whether its a longer drive, worse resort, etc

For example, I live in park city so I buy an Epic pass, could I ski at Deer Valley? For $2500+ no thanks. Every other resort is an hour + drive with shitty traffic and a more expensive pass. I'll ski Alta whenever I eventually move back to SLC, but where I live, buying an Epic pass is really the only tolerable option.

I'm not going to go through the list of world class resorts on both passes, but its not reasonable to say that you can completely avoid buying a mega pass when its your favorite and/or home mountain. Like you gonna live around whistler and not ski one of the best resorts in NA because you dont wanna buy a (cheap) mega pass? Thats just silly.

muffMan.Damn that’s fucked, didn’t realize they don’t even sell a park city pass specific to PC. Like I hope they do something with specific resorts where you pay like 600 for just PC and some days at neighboring resorts.

But sadly a mega pass is what brings in most of the money, which sucks for us. And checked out a whistler pass and it’s the same price as epic, which is also a no brainer

eheaththey have some area specific passes and age specific passes too, but a PC pass was like 800+ for an adult before vail came in so its actually cheaper.

eheaththey have some area specific passes and age specific passes too, but a PC pass was like 800+ for an adult before vail came in so its actually cheaper.

muffMan.Where?

PeppermillRenoThey should just not sell full season passes or make it even and odd days for any 'locals' no more unlimited people who fly across the country shouldn't have their experience ruined because the instagram look at me people that live nearby always ski at the same exact times when it snows and try to one up each other on who can wait outside for the chairlift the longest in the morning.

They do 2 runs and go back home once the snow gets a couple bumps in it.

Epic would be epic if it was capped at 7 days.

PeppermillRenoThey should just not sell full season passes or make it even and odd days for any 'locals' no more unlimited people who fly across the country shouldn't have their experience ruined because the instagram look at me people that live nearby always ski at the same exact times when it snows and try to one up each other on who can wait outside for the chairlift the longest in the morning.

They do 2 runs and go back home once the snow gets a couple bumps in it.

Epic would be epic if it was capped at 7 days.

PeppermillRenoThey should just not sell full season passes or make it even and odd days for any 'locals' no more unlimited people who fly across the country shouldn't have their experience ruined because the instagram look at me people that live nearby always ski at the same exact times when it snows and try to one up each other on who can wait outside for the chairlift the longest in the morning.

They do 2 runs and go back home once the snow gets a couple bumps in it.

Epic would be epic if it was capped at 7 days.

bogustI'm losing my mind

PeppermillRenoThey should just not sell full season passes or make it even and odd days for any 'locals' no more unlimited people who fly across the country shouldn't have their experience ruined because the instagram look at me people that live nearby always ski at the same exact times when it snows and try to one up each other on who can wait outside for the chairlift the longest in the morning.

They do 2 runs and go back home once the snow gets a couple bumps in it.

Epic would be epic if it was capped at 7 days.

eheathI can't tell if you're trolling or if you're actually braindead.

eheathHomie is legit a gaper, he thinks he's better than everyone else because he travels to ski and only skis 10 days a year.

snomasterI live in Breck. It's silly for me not to have an epic local pass. sorry not sorry

SteezyYeeteryeah it is lmao. go to copper bruh.

PeppermillRenoI'm not trolling at all.

Its locals who clog these hills and they don't even support jobs running up big tabs at the bar or staying in a slopeside hotel. Now its a new breed of local who works remote and displaced someone who worked an actual job in that community.

I went to JHMR the day they opened the tram Saturday a week after thanksgiving. 2 hours before lifts spun I got in the maze and was 5th box. All instagram look at me locals. Place was deserted by 11am once these idiots took their 2 runs and went back to their trusty homes not to be seen again until the next 12" reporting.

Actually got amazingly better the next 3 days there was only 2-3 forecasted but it was windy and good.

I can't believe people sit in traffic for hours after skiing Alta when I went there same trip I was at the hotel in 15 minutes. That isn't tourists its locals. Give half of them the odd days half the even ones.

PeppermillRenoI'm not trolling at all.

Its locals who clog these hills and they don't even support jobs running up big tabs at the bar or staying in a slopeside hotel. Now its a new breed of local who works remote and displaced someone who worked an actual job in that community.

I went to JHMR the day they opened the tram Saturday a week after thanksgiving. 2 hours before lifts spun I got in the maze and was 5th box. All instagram look at me locals. Place was deserted by 11am once these idiots took their 2 runs and went back to their trusty homes not to be seen again until the next 12" reporting.

Actually got amazingly better the next 3 days there was only 2-3 forecasted but it was windy and good.

I can't believe people sit in traffic for hours after skiing Alta when I went there same trip I was at the hotel in 15 minutes. That isn't tourists its locals. Give half of them the odd days half the even ones.

eheathWow I wasted my 60k post on peppermills dumbass, I'm disappointed in myself.

PeppermillRenoI don't buy the mega passes dude I buy passes to mountains in NH that are less crowded now than they were in the 90s because they aren't on mega passes.

Everyone wants to blame these things for the crowds but when the shoe is on the other foot some locals don't stop and think 'man me and all these other people here at 6am waiting for the chairlift sure are ruining someones vacation.'

I went to SLC and skiied alta and snowbird Christmas break 3 times around 20 years ago. It was great and no crowds or fucking around parking or traffic. Why can't some of the selfish people who live there realize there are too many of them and just agree to have passes that only work every odd day or every even day? That way you'd never have overcrowding or shitty lines or full lots.

At least my plan is better than spending a few billion on a fucking gondola. Maybe build some gondolas to the back country terrain that people trigger avalanches on every time it snows and spread people out those 2 resorts haven't changed or added anything in 2 decades they are 100% identical to how they were early 2000s.

TOAST.I don't see the problem if "all the locals leave by 11"...
Also you know that you can go on a vacation to a resort that isn't on a mega pass, right?

eheathYou are incredibly stupid and live in a fantasy, imagine thinking other people shouldn't do something you do, fucking twat.

eheathWow I wasted my 60k post on peppermills dumbass, I'm disappointed in myself.

TOAST.Also you know that you can go on a vacation to a resort that isn't on a mega pass, right?

Turd__AuthorityLol Have you never complained about the level of traffic in lcc or at the resorts and blamed it on mega passes and tourists? Isn't it like a slc local pasttime or something to complain about that stuff?

eheathyeah but im not an entitled idiot who thinks locals shouldnt be allowed to ski, i still buy an epic pass to my local resort, doesnt mean theyre "good" y'all will literally say anything to try and give me shit, how about you realize this fucking clown just said locals shouldnt be allowed to buy a pass to their home resort. but ya im in the wrong, cool dude.

eheathMore people buy the epic pass, so its cheaper (1 million vs 2.3 million in 2022) VR has always priced the epic pass as low as possible, they cut the price a couple years ago by like $150 so not surprising its going up.

as any person with 2 brain cells would know, inflation has caused everything to be more expensive.

**This post was edited on Mar 16th 2023 at 4:23:17pm

thankagaperI don't want to get banned for interacting with you, and this doesn't count as associating...
Just saying , monthly bedroom rent in resort towns like park City are in excess of $1500 per month. The entitlement of $20,000 per year in rent and a Vail resort pass , is absurd for anyone who works for their money...

BigPurpleSkiSuithahaha yes totally only inflation-related cost increase guys, absolutely nothing to do with a duopoly deciding they can collectively increase prices and make more money. haha nothing to see here.

(I am kidding, there has been record inflation, but this will happen someday soon as more and more mountains end up on this pass)

eheathi totally agree with you here, housing in PC is fucked and its a huge priority for the city, vail has been making moves to help too cause they know they need the employees. so many people drive from SLC/Heber to work in PC.

im the opposite of most people, i live in PC and work in SLC, im lucky because ive been renting from a friend for years, i could tell you many stories of people i know being prices out, some even completely just kicked out so the landlord can rent nightly or sell their house.

Nobody our age can afford a house in PC, but its not like that was different 15 years ago.

thankagaperI was implying no one would spend that money to ski a mega resort, but I guess you are.
I prefer no lift lines, powder in the afternoons , and nothing that rhymes with fail ...

eheathyeah price fixing isn't taken lightly, there are certainly safe guards in place to stop this kind of thing (in the USA) not that our government is perfect, but monopolies are pretty frowned upon among companies with public investment.

I would argue the IKON pass existing has created more competition for VR and was likely why they dropped the pass price a couple years ago.

BigPurpleSkiSuitI agree, and Alterra is by far the lesser of the two evils here from a local perspective.

thankagaperI was implying no one would spend that money to ski a mega resort, but I guess you are.
I prefer no lift lines, powder in the afternoons , and nothing that rhymes with fail ...

eheathmy boss skis at snowbasin and he said its noticeably more busy this year with the IKON pass vs Epic pass last year, I simply disagree, theyre both evil.

Farmville420You ski at abay right?

BigPurpleSkiSuitthey are both evil, but at least Alterra doesn't seem to want to buy your mountain and make it Alterra Inc. with Alterra Safety Patrol and centralized HR. If Vail bought Snowbird and then tried to deck it out with yellow jackets, there would be a major local uprising. We all hate Ikon, but it is definitely better than being bought by Vail.

thankagaperYeah, my Abasin pass is $500, october-june.

Farmville420Also the shortest drive from Denver