There’s not much left to grab, and Epic had to hold onto this one. The North American partner roster is down to Telluride and the fabulous Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, with their Powder Highway monsters Kicking Horse and Fernie. But as Ikon stacks trophies in its poolroom, Vail’s party is thinning out. The company continues to purchase resorts, of course, and Andermatt-Sedrun and the Pennsylvania trio of Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, and Laurel will join the Epic Pass for the first time this season. Vail’s partner growth, meanwhile, has stalled. Mountain Collective has added five new mountains: Le Massif in Quebec, Marmot Basin in Alberta, Sugar Bowl, and, of course, Sun Valley and Snowbasin, which returned after a three-year Epic vacation. Ikon Pass has added seven new partners for the 2022-23 ski season, including Chamonix, Snowbasin, Sun Valley, Panorama, Lotte Arai (Japan), and, just today, Sun Peaks, the second-largest ski area in Canada, and Grandvalira, a three-resort monster in Andorra. Holders of the Epic Pass, the Epic Local Pass and the Epic Australia Pass will receive five consecutive days. Hakuba Valley has become the latest addition to the Epic Pass for 2018/19, bringing the Epic tally to 55 mountains resorts spanning eight countries. Vail’s big-mountain competitors continue adding partners at a furious rate. Pass Wars on Are On: Start Skiing Now on Next Season’s Ikon Pass. The addition of Hakuba Valley to the Epic Pass takes the total tally of resorts to 55. So the Epic Pass seems to have stabilized its external partner roster after the exodus of recent years. Telluride season passholders get half of Vail Resorts lift tickets, which sounds like a deal but half off $275 is still too much money for one day of skiing. Four-to-seven-day Epic Day Pass holders with “all resorts” access can also redeem those days at Telluride. The terms remain the same: Full Epic Pass holders get seven days at Telluride with no blackouts. Today, Vail Resorts and Telluride r enewed their partnership for an undisclosed number of years. Access details, blackouts and restrictions by destination and pass type. But then Sun Valley and Snowbasin did the same and you’re like “what the hell man I thought we were cool?” And the question then everyone was asking was “hmmm Telluride is pretty hot maybe it’s moving its game to Chateau Ikon next.” That was the rumor and all summer long it seemed like the Big Box Canyon at the End of the Road was on its way from Broomfield to Denver. A-Basin bounced first and whatever because Keystone and Breck still had to be your friend because they already moved into the house they couldn’t leave on account of having those ankle-tracker things attached. What happens when all the Cool Kids stop coming to your parties? You were it and you kind of had this whole thing but then Ikon built like this fucking mansion down the road and now that was the spot.
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