Featured Image: Katie Young, Courtesy Keystone Resort
If you’ve locked in your 24/25 Ikon or Epic Pass, the perks are already perking up. There’s no need to wait until next winter to start using your investment. Next year’s pass holders have access to various summer happenings, like mountain bike rentals, gondola and lift access, and discounted summer lodging. It ain’t cheap, so you might as well get your money’s worth starting now!
We rounded up all the deets on how you can make the most of your season pass starting this spring and summer.
24/25 IKON PASS HOLDERS
Ride into summer with the Ikon Pass summer bike benefit. If you have a 24/25 Ikon Pass, Ikon Base Plus Pass and Ikon Base Pass, you score one complimentary bike park ticket, valid at the following destinations:
- Aspen Snowmass
- Brighton
- Kitzbuhel
- Loon
- Mammoth
- Panorama
- Revelstoke
- Schweitzer
- Grandvalira Resorts Andorra
- Snowbasin
- Snowshoe
- Solitude
- Steamboat
- Stratton
- Sun Peaks
- Sun Valley
- The Highlands
Note: Ikon Session Pass holders do not qualify. Tickets are non-transferable. One ticket total per pass holder. Blackout dates: July 4-7, 2024; Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2024
For those looking to hike the resort or just cruise the gondola, all 24/25 Ikon Pass, Ikon Base Plus Pass, or Ikon Base Pass (excluding Deer Valley) include scenic chairlift or gondola rides for foot passengers at the following 16 destinations:
Note: Schweitzer has blackout dates: Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2024.
Or, if summer isn’t your thing, chase the powder all year long and book a ski trip down south to Valle Nevado, Thredbo, Mt Buller, Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Mt Hutt.
With your 24/25 Ikon Pass, Full Ikon Pass holders score seven unrestricted days, while both the Base and Base Plus receive five (excluding the Ikon Session Pass). Any days not used at these destinations during the Southern Hemisphere’s 2024 season will carry over to the 2025 Southern Hemisphere season at Thredbo, Mt Buller, Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, Mt Hutt, and Valle Nevado. If you also have a 23/24 Ikon Pass or Ikon Base Pass, your seven and five days are also valid during the Southern Hemisphere’s 2024 season if they were not used in 2023.
Note: Terms and conditions apply.
24/25 EPIC PASS
Once summer hits, 24/25 Epic Pass holders will have access to free lift rides at select Epic resorts, plus discounts on food, lodging, bike rentals, golf and transportation. See below for specific offers by resort.
Note: Epic 1-7 Day Passes do not include summer scenic lift rides. Summer scenic lift rides begin when resorts open for summer operations. Bike haul & partner resorts are not included in summer pass holder benefits.
When Will Resorts Open For Mountain Biking?
Most resorts are still TBD on opening dates and operating hours, but here’s what we know so far. Dates are subject to change depending on weather and conditions.
Kitzbuhel – April 27, 2024
Tremblant – May 17, 2024
Blue Mountain – May 18, 2024, for bike park passholders ONLY
Loon – Mid-May
Snowshoe – May 23, 2024
Stratton – May 24, 2024
Steamboat – May 24, 2024
Revelstoke – MTB park opens May 31, 2024 & Upper Mountain opens June 22, 2024
Big Bear – June 7, 2024
Crested Butte – June 8, 2024
Solitude – June 13, 2024
Deer Valley – June 14, 2024
Schweitzer – June 14, 2024
Vail Mountain – June 14, 2024
Breckenridge – June 14, 2024
Sun Peaks – June 15, 2024
Beaver Creek – June 15, 2024
Palisades Tahoe – June 17, 2024
Keystone – June 20, 2024
Aspen Snowmass – June 21, 2024
Panorama – June 28, 2024
Park City – June 30, 2024
Sun Valley – July 1, 2024
