Snowboarding is all the time higher with a good friend, and the Epic Move desires to make that simpler by introducing new discounted companion tickets.
The “Epic Pal Tickets” supply 50% off the value of elevate tickets for companions through the 2025-26 season, based on Vail Resorts, which owns the Epic Move. All 37 of Vail’s North American resorts will settle for the brand new good friend tickets.
“If you happen to ski or trip, chances are high 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, stated in a press release shared with TPG.
In response to the corporate, Epic Move holders who bought their go earlier than April 14 will obtain 10 good friend tickets, whereas skiers who bought a go after that can obtain six. These will exchange the earlier “Buddy Tickets,” which Vail stated sometimes supplied fewer financial savings and diversified relying on the resort.
Passholders can redeem their good friend tickets via the Epic Move web site. To activate the ticket, they’ll use the My Epic app or go to the resort ticket window in particular person.
Moreover, your good friend will be capable to apply the total price of their redeemed Epic Pal Ticket to the value of a 2026-27 Epic Move.
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“By making it simpler for our Move Holders to share the ski expertise with pals — via financial savings throughout not one, however two winter seasons — we hope to assist spark traditions that can encourage teams of pals to return to the mountains for years to return,” Katz stated.
The Epic Move provides limitless entry to over 40 mountains and restricted entry to many extra worldwide. It’s at present on sale for $1,075, however Vail Resorts stated the value will improve after Sept. 1.
Vail additionally provides different choices, such because the Epic Native Move ($799), which incorporates limitless entry to 29 mountain resorts, and the Epic Day Move (from $58 to $838), which is geared towards vacationers who plan to ski for one to seven days. (Whereas the Epic Move and the Epic Native Move qualify for Epic Pal Tickets, the Epic Day Move isn’t eligible.)
Vail owns and operates 42 totally 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 provides comparable “Deliver A Mate” tickets, which embrace as much as 50% off single-day elevate tickets at Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham.
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