With a 10% Increase to $329, Deer Valley, Utah, Tests the Limits of Single-Day Pass Pricing For the 2025-26 ski season, Deer Valley, Utah, has announced that its peak-day walk-up lift ticket will cost $329, a 10% increase over last season and officially pushing the price past the $300 threshold, reports The Storm Skiing Journal & Podcast. This makes Deer Valley one of the most expensive single-day lift tickets in North America. The move forces a […] Industry News Brent Thomas | July 21, 2025 3 Comments
Mayrhofen, Austria, Report: Nonstop Snow Report from January 6-7, 2024 Europe has experienced a long, dry, and warm period. It was abruptly put to a stop by more than 36 hours of continuous light to medium snowfall. The Resort Mayrhofen is a large resort part of the Zillertal region, about a two-hour train ride from Innsbruck. With 48 lifts and 157km of slopes, there are […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | January 8, 2024 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO, to Sell $39 Lift Tickets Friday Afternoon Club is back at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. In an industry where lift tickets seem to be perpetually increasing in price, A-Basin ‘stuck it to the man’ in a sense by bringing back its $39 Friday lift ticket special. Related: Aspen, CO: The Most Expensive Season Pass in the World? Starting this week, lift tickets will cost $39 […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
Steamboat, CO Lift Ticket Hits Record High of $225 Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado, a member of the Ikon Pass and a top-notch resort located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, has just announced an increase in single-day lift tickets for the second year in a row, this time surpassing the $200 mark. During holiday weekends, you can now expect to be paying $225 when showing up to the ticket […] Industry News Liam Abbott | January 20, 2021 5 Comments
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Vail and Beaver Creek, CO Will Charge $219 for a Walk-Up Lift Ticket this Holiday Vail and Beaver Creek in Colorado have revealed that their single-day walk-up price during the holiday period will be $219 this year. Similarly, Deer Valley in Utah will charge $209. Elsewhere, Aspen Skiing Co. will charge $184 per day if purchased in advance, but they have yet to release their walk-up price. Last season, Vail and Beaver Creek caused an uproar […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 9, 2019 4 Comments
Lift Ticket or Season Pass? Lift Ticket or Season Pass? When you start planning your winter vacation, besides booking hotels and airline tickets you ask yourself – should I buy a season pass or just purchase few lift tickets? So, what to keep in mind? If you only ski one or two days of the season, you probably won’t need a season pass. But […] Claire Weiss | December 6, 2016 1 Comment
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