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 Good friend Tickets” supply 50% off the value of raise tickets for companions in the course of the 2025-26 season, in accordance with Vail Resorts, which owns the Epic Move. All 37 of Vail’s North American resorts will settle for the brand new good friend tickets.
“In the event you ski or journey, 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, mentioned in an announcement shared with TPG.
In accordance with 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 may obtain six. These will substitute the earlier “Buddy Tickets,” which Vail mentioned usually supplied fewer financial savings and various relying on the resort.
Passholders can redeem their good friend tickets via the Epic Move 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 have the ability to apply the total value of their redeemed Epic Good friend 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 buddies — via financial savings throughout not one, however two winter seasons — we hope to assist spark traditions that may encourage teams of buddies to return to the mountains for years to come back,” Katz mentioned.
The Epic Move gives limitless entry to over 40 mountains and restricted entry to many extra worldwide. It’s presently on sale for $1,075, however Vail Resorts mentioned the value will enhance after Sept. 1.
Vail additionally gives 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 Good friend Tickets, the Epic Day Move isn’t 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 raise tickets at Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham.
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