![]() ![]() The community, he says, benefited from an increase in destination skier traffic in the 2018-2019 ski season. Jensen believes Telluride’s participation in Epic has been advantageous to the Telluride community. Telluride Helitraxīill Jensen, CEO and Partner of Telluride Ski Resort expresses a similar sentiment, though Telluride in a remote area of Colorado is a part of Epic, owned by Vail Resorts. Telluride's participation on the Epic pass has helped the community and brought more people to this remote part of Colorado. With 51 inches of snow and counting in Montana already, Big Sky is primed to have a strong ski season.īig Sky is pleased with how joining a multi-resort pass program such as the Ikon Pass has “helped showcase our incredible mountain and the Big Sky community to new guests,” says Middleton who views the ski pass programs as being “another piece in the long-term strategy to position Big Sky into the league of the country’s best resorts.” Middleton adds that they are stoked for the upcoming ski season. “Many skiers have had Big Sky on their bucket list for years and the Ikon Pass is their tool for checking that box,” confirms Taylor Middleton, Big Sky Resort President & Chief Operating Officer. Nine out of 10 people I met had selected Big Sky. Zermatt, like Big Sky, Montana and Jackson Hole, Wyoming are widely considered aspirational destinations with incredible terrain.Īt a recent Ikon event held in New York City, guests were asked which ski resort was their dream destination. Rust says the Ikon pass is about aspiration. This seems only logical, considering Ikon’s prominent presence in Colorado (road trip, anyone) and eastern US including destinations in Vermont and Maine. Kristin Rust, Ikon’s director of communications, admits that adding Zermatt to the roster is “super sexy,” noting that while Ikon has no set number of resorts it’s trying to add to the pass each year, the focus is on Europe right now. With Ikon, you get up to seven days at Big Sky with MC, just two. ![]() The Ikon base pass, for example, costs $799 and has 10 blackout dates, whereas the standard, for about $300 more, has no blackout dates.Įpic has too many passes to list here, but choices involve options around regional passes, specialty and multi-day passes ranging from 7-day all access passes ($775) to a 4-day Park City Pass ($379).īig Sky in Montana is a part of the Ikon and Mountain Collective passes. If that sounds complicated, just wait: In addition to the base passes for both Ikon and Epic, there are a range of other options. Mountain Collective is another pass giving skiers access to some of the world’s most coveted resorts – albeit for two consecutive day stretches only. (No resorts are on both the Ikon and the Epic). The Epic Pass, which has been around a lot longer than Ikon, counts three European locations among its destinations. Purchase one of the passes and use it in place of the standard lift ticket for skiing and riding in premier resorts in North America, South America, Japan, Europe, Canada and Australia. The Ikon pass – along with competitors Epic and Mountain Collective – gives access to ski and snowboard resort destinations all over the world for one set price for the season. Zermatt has joined the two-year-old Ikon ski pass, making it the first European ski destination on the pass. ![]() Swishy Switzerland ski resort Zermatt may be a bit more appealing this year to savvy skiers. ![]()
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