Snowboarding is all the time higher with a good friend, and the Epic Cross desires to make that simpler by introducing new discounted companion tickets.
The “Epic Pal Tickets” supply 50% off the worth of elevate tickets for companions through the 2025-26 season, based on Vail Resorts, which owns the Epic Cross. All 37 of Vail’s North American resorts will settle for the brand new good friend tickets.
“In case you ski or trip, likelihood is somebody introduced you into the game, and we need to make it simpler so that you can pay it ahead,” Rob Katz, CEO of Vail Resorts, mentioned in an announcement shared with TPG.
In keeping with the corporate, Epic Cross holders who bought their cross earlier than April 14 will obtain 10 good friend tickets, whereas skiers who bought a cross after that can obtain six. These will exchange the earlier “Buddy Tickets,” which Vail mentioned sometimes supplied fewer financial savings and diverse relying on the resort.
Passholders can redeem their good friend tickets by means of the Epic Cross web site. To activate the ticket, they will use the My Epic app or go to the resort ticket window in individual.
Moreover, your good friend will be capable of apply the complete value of their redeemed Epic Pal Ticket to the worth of a 2026-27 Epic Cross.
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“By making it simpler for our Cross Holders to share the ski expertise with buddies — by means of financial savings throughout not one, however two winter seasons — we hope to assist spark traditions that can encourage teams of buddies to return to the mountains for years to come back,” Katz mentioned.
The Epic Cross gives limitless entry to over 40 mountains and restricted entry to many extra worldwide. It’s at the moment on sale for $1,075, however Vail Resorts mentioned the worth will improve after Sept. 1.
Vail additionally gives different choices, such because the Epic Native Cross ($799), which incorporates limitless entry to 29 mountain resorts, and the Epic Day Cross (from $58 to $838), which is geared towards vacationers who plan to ski for one to seven days. (Whereas the Epic Cross and the Epic Native Cross qualify for Epic Pal Tickets, the Epic Day Cross shouldn’t be eligible.)
Vail owns and operates 42 completely different mountains throughout North America, Europe and Australia, together with Whistler Blackcomb in Canada, Park Metropolis Mountain in Utah, Breckenridge in Colorado, Stowe in Vermont and Crans-Montana in Switzerland. The corporate additionally companions with dozens of different resorts throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Austria, France and Italy.
In Australia, Vail gives comparable “Carry A Mate” tickets, which embody as much as 50% off single-day elevate tickets at Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham.
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