If you thought day lift tickets were expensive, wait till you see these uber-luxe season passes on offer in the USA.
If you’re mega-cashed-up then you could reap even more of the benefits of your rich snow life and be first on the snow. You can even swap these passes with your friends and family without penalty and share the snow love.
Just remember us when you get your mitts on one of these.
Ski Utah Gold Pass
How much? USD $11,000 (AUD$16,800)
We once saw a Ski Utah Gold Pass in real life, like a medal on a ribbon at the Olympics, hanging from the neck of a fellow skier alighting from his Euro car in the car park at Deer Valley. Of course we asked to touch it and wore it for a selfie. We’re uncouth like that.
The Gold Pass is a fully transferable season pass (share with friends and family) that give you unlimited access to 15 ski resorts in Utah including Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, Park City, Deer Valley, Snowbird and beyond including Woodward. It also has some serious privileges, including a “buy one get one free” offer for the InterConnect ski tour (ski six Utah resorts in a day via backcountry connections) and full summer lift access too.
Colorado Gold Pass US$4600
How much? USD $4,600 (AUD$7000)
Imagine unrestricted, unlimited access to 20 of Colorado’s world-class mountains. Hellooooo Aspen, Telluride, Copper, Steamboat, Purgatory and more (no Vail Resorts). The Colorado Gold Pass is fully transferable, with no blackout dates, so you can share with anyone you like (or not).
The Ski California Gold Pass
How much? USD$4000 (AUD$6100)
Jackson Hole Solitude Access Pass
How much? USD$10,000 (AUD$15,350) for full season or USD$750 (AUD$1151) on peak ski days and USD$500 (AUD$760) for non-peak.
This one is all about Jackson Hole. A single Solitude Station Access pass that gives you early access daily to Solitude Station, the mid-way Sweetwater Gondola point and home to Mountain Sports ski school, Casper Restaurant, Trapper’s restaurant and more.
The pass features daily continental breakfast ahead of all those pesky punters. You get concierge ski gear storage and can hit the slopes as soon as Ski Patrol says “go”, so you’re well ahead of the powder pack.
US Ski Team Gold Pass
How much? USD$20,000 ($19,000 is tax deductible). Just for the record, that’s AUD$30,800…
This is the creme de la creme of ski passes and considered a “donation” to the US Ski Team athlete funding.
The U.S. Ski & Snowboard/National Ski Areas Association Gold Pass offers unrestricted access to 200 resorts throughout the US including Park City, Aspen, Telluride, Mammoth, Killington, Alyeska, Palisades, Sugar Bowl, Breckenridge, Vail, Sun Valley. Pass holders can use the pass for up to 50 days at each of the participating resorts. It’s also fully transferable.
There are only 535 available each year, raising over $5million annually for the team.
