The Epic Pass is priced at 909, and the Epic Local Pass which includes restrictions. And at Keystone, enhancements in Bergman Bowl will introduce a six-person chair and 16 new trails. Vail Resorts announced early bird prices for next season’s Epic Passes on Tuesday and passes are now on sale. Also at Vail, the lift in Game Creek Bowl will be upgraded to increase capacity by nearly 50%.Īt Breckenridge, Rip's Ride is being replaced with a high-speed quad at Peak 8, said to increase capacity by almost 70%. In Colorado, one of those new chairs is a high-speed, four-seater to improve access to Vail's Sun Down Bowl. "We are making bold investments to ensure we have a fully staffed team of passionate, engaged employees and adding 21 new lifts across 14 of our resorts to help skiers and riders get up and around the mountains faster and easier." A group of elite ski resorts came together to form the Collective as a way to combat the sheer awesomeness of the Epic Pass. "We will not waiver in our commitment to continuously reinvest in the ski and ride experience with the goal of creating an experience of a lifetime for our pass holders," Ryan Bennett, Vail Resorts' chief marketing officer, said in Monday's news release. Epic Mountain Rewards is a loyalty program that gives Pass Holders a discount of 20 off food and beverage, lodging, group ski and ride school lessons, and equipment rentals at dozens of Vail Resorts destinations across North America, as well as Epic Mountain Express transportation in Colorado, and Heli-Skiing packages at Whistler Blackcomb. Founded in 2012, the Mountain Collective Pass was the first competitor to Vails Epic Pass. That represented a planned $175 million investment in employees, the company said, in addition to $300 million toward "the mountain experience" next season. Last week, Vail Resorts announced increasing minimum wage to $20 per hour for workers at all North American resorts. Epic Coverage is included at no charge with all eligible Passes and provides protection across a range of Qualifying Personal Events and Qualifying Resort. Around Colorado at the time, resort operators said a wave of coronavirus was thinning staff.īut for lifts stalled and terrain openings delayed, a petition out of Stevens Pass Resort called hourly $15 wages "offensive" and claimed it "illegal for a business to accept payments for products or services they do not intend to supply." The company has slashed the prices of the Epic Pass by 20 across the board. Commenters accused the company of selling too many passes and not paying employees well enough. The big news is that Vail Resorts has kindled a new ski pass price war. Tier 1 access 22 resorts in the VR portfolio Tier 2 includes 32 resorts and Tier 3 features access to all 37 of Vail’s North American resorts. In a Facebook post signed by Vail Mountain Chief Operating Officer Beth Howard, she called the holiday season "the most challenging" in her 37 years in the industry. Vail Resorts continues to champion access throughout its passes, debuting a tiered approach to the Epic Day Pass with one- through seven-day options.
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