Ikon Pass

[davjr96]

also for the utards a change that might affect lcc traffic is 5 days snowbird on the BASE pass. and 5 days at Alta-Bird for the the Base pass plus. so you could get 10 total days up LCC if I read it right.

On https://www.ikonpass.com/en/compare-passes

It says

ALTA SNOWBIRD, UT




Days shared between: Alta Ski Area, Snowbird

SNOWBIRD, UT




Snowbird only access on Ikon Base Pass

Which I interpret as: 5 snowbird only days on base pass or 7 AltaBird days on full. Either way if I was an alta skier I would be excited.

[byates1]

^ i think it's just 5 days. Although base plus is 7 days alta, 5 days bird?

For me, at 979$ full iKon vs 919$ base plus makes no sense to buy base plus. 60$ to have no blackouts is a no brainer.

SV and snowbasin is a tits add on!

I'll probably go: full iKon, Brighton midweek, Indy, Silverton spring.

[byates1]

7 alta bird*

[muted reborn]

I was expecting Vail or Alterra to buy Snowbasin, and while it still may happen sometime soon I'm glad it won't this upcoming season. We may get less visitors now overall, but a bunch of the people who don't pay premium for Alta access will go here instead.


And Stuart is a rambling, inexperienced fool when it comes to ski areas and passes. Yet the website's slogan is "Everyone’s in search of skiing’s soul. I’m trying to find its brains." I bet you are.

[NBABUCKS1]

. We may get less visitors now overall, but a bunch of the people who don't pay premium for Alta access will go here instead.


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Snowbasin is on the "Base Plus Pass" which means if they aren't paying premium for Alta, they aren't getting snowbasin/sun valley/jhmr/deer valley/aspen/alta.

I think locals that ski will buy the base plus -but snowboarders may not as the upgrade of deer valley and alta/bird only gets them more days at bird.

As for tourists I think basin would be last option as they'd get all of BCC, all of LCC and deer valley. Why go to no name snowbasin?

I think i'm out at basin. Current thinking is moutain collective + indy pass. Wanted to spend more time at the cabin in wyoming and if jhmr was on it i'd probably lean basin + ikon but it's not on it.

[zion zig zag]

Snowbasin is on the "Base Plus Pass" which means if they aren't paying premium for Alta, they aren't getting snowbasin/sun valley/jhmr/deer valley/aspen/alta.

I think locals that ski will buy the base plus -but snowboarders may not as the upgrade of deer valley and alta/bird only gets them more days at bird.

As for tourists I think basin would be last option as they'd get all of BCC, all of LCC and deer valley. Why go to no name snowbasin?

I think i'm out at basin. Current thinking is moutain collective + indy pass. Wanted to spend more time at the cabin in wyoming and if jhmr was on it i'd probably lean basin + ikon but it's not on it.

Ikon shows 7 days at JHMR and Snowbasin? What am I missing? I’m thinking about jumping back into the resort game and looking around.

[El Chupacabra]

Which I interpret as: 5 snowbird only days on base pass or 7 AltaBird days on full.

That's how I read it too.

[NBABUCKS1]

ikon pass $1079- 7 days - no blackouts - sun valley, snowbasin, jhmr, alta/bird, aspen, deer valley
ikon base plus $969- 5 days - blackouts - same as above
ikon base $769 - none of the above (but all the other ones in their portfolio i'm not going to list)


Make sure you hit the selector on the top to add the "ikon base plus" to see all 3.

https://www.ikonpass.com/en/compare-passes

[Boosh]

latest update about the pending sale of Jay Peak is that it just dropped from 3 possible buyers to 2, but they won't release any names on who's still in the running; a lot of people out here in the east talking about how they really hope it goes Alterra; I'm sayin' fuck that tho, Jay getting added to Ikon would absolutely ruin the place

[Garfield3d]

Alta and Snowbird are considered to be one giant singular ski resort on the Ikon Pass. If you hit Alta and Snowbird on the same day, it counts as only 1 day. However, if you hit Alta on Monday and Snowbird on Tuesday, then that consumes 2 days.

That's what they mean when they say Alta/Bird is a "combined" visit.

Source - I've used all 5 days every year on the Ikon Base pass.

[muted reborn]

I think i'm out at basin. Current thinking is moutain collective + indy pass. Wanted to spend more time at the cabin in wyoming and if jhmr was on it i'd probably lean basin + ikon but it's not on it.

Ah, bummer.

Ikon shows 7 days at JHMR and Snowbasin? What am I missing? I’m thinking about jumping back into the resort game and looking around.

Ikon Base Pass doesn't have access to JHMR, Alta, Snowbasin (unless it's a base add-on to your SB pass - obviously only with the full SB pass), but the $1k Ikon Pass does.

it's a bit confusing at first.

[NBABUCKS1]

not to ogden this thread (i am) but here is the spreadsheet I made to weigh my options for places I would consider skiing. it's not all inclusive obv.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

[Supermoon]

Well congrats to Ikon for making it easy to not buy a pass this year. Shelling out almost a grand for this doesn’t make sense when I’ve been averaging 4-6 days a year on the base pass.

[TheK12]

Well congrats to Ikon for making it easy to not buy a pass this year. Shelling out almost a grand for this doesn’t make sense when I’ve been averaging 4-6 days a year on the base pass.

I think that was part of the point. The resorts that are on Plus or Full Ikon have been the "premium/signature" resorts where locals have been amongst some of the loudest critics of overcrowding due to the super passes. The ask for these areas was make it more expensive. So... to a certain extent, Ikon heard and is making it harder, i.e. more expensive, to ski at the premium/signature resorts.

The biggest surprise is that they pulled Tahoe and Mammoth off the mountain collective.

[NBABUCKS1]

k12 both those resorts are owned by alterra which owns Ikon pass. Why would you put your product on a competing pass?

This goes into a bit more:

"I’m less surprised that Alterra yanked its mountains off the Mountain Collective than that it took them so long to do it. Here we are, headed into season five of the Ikon Pass, and Alterra was still sharing its two California flagships and a top-five New England ski area with a competitor (albeit one administered by Aspen, which is owned by Alterra parent Henry Crown). It probably started to make less business sense as Ikon Pass sales continued to increase and concerns about crowding grew across Skidom."

https://www.stormskiing.com/p/2022-23-mountain-collective-shakeup?s=r

[Supermoon]

I think that was part of the point. The resorts that are on Plus or Full Ikon have been the "premium/signature" resorts where locals have been amongst some of the loudest critics of overcrowding due to the super passes. The ask for these areas was make it more expensive. So... to a certain extent, Ikon heard and is making it harder, i.e. more expensive, to ski at the premium/signature resorts.

The biggest surprise is that they pulled Tahoe and Mammoth off the mountain collective.

Yeah, it sucks. I skied up LCC from when I was 2 y.o. to 28, and Ikon was a good way to get back up there when I'm back in SLC. With $200 day passes I can't really justify that either. I don't want gaper tourons up there, either, but I'm the best skier on that GD mountain!

[TheK12]

Yeah, it sucks. I skied up LCC from when I was 2 y.o. to 28, and Ikon was a good way to get back up there when I'm back in SLC. With $200 day passes I can't really justify that either. I don't want gaper tourons up there, either, but I'm the best skier on that GD mountain!

Agree. There should be a "best skier" exception for all these places. Maybe have "tryouts" after first snowfall ala Lane Mayers down the K12 (which supposedly was filmed at Snowbird).

[TheK12]

k12 both those resorts are owned by alterra which owns Ikon pass. Why would you put your product on a competing pass?

This goes into a bit more:

"I’m less surprised that Alterra yanked its mountains off the Mountain Collective than that it took them so long to do it. Here we are, headed into season five of the Ikon Pass, and Alterra was still sharing its two California flagships and a top-five New England ski area with a competitor (albeit one administered by Aspen, which is owned by Alterra parent Henry Crown). It probably started to make less business sense as Ikon Pass sales continued to increase and concerns about crowding grew across Skidom."

https://www.stormskiing.com/p/2022-23-mountain-collective-shakeup?s=r

Mountain Collective is an Alterra brand as well. (I think)

[Supermoon]

Agree. There should be a "best skier" exception for all these places. Maybe have "tryouts" after first snowfall ala Lane Mayers down the K12 (which supposedly was filmed at Snowbird).

If you can do the Ski Patrol binding click in you should get to ski for free

[Buzzworthy]

(which supposedly was filmed at Snowbird).

Just watched this last week and you can pick out exactly where they are at the Bird.

[EWG]

Alright, so the new Ikon Seattle days for a full pass are 7 days at Crystal, 7 at Snoqualmie, and 7 at Alpental (tracked separately from snoqualmie, right? or is it 7 snoqal/alpental days combined?) I'm confused.

[phatty]

Alright, so the new Ikon Seattle days for a full pass are 7 days at Crystal, 7 at Snoqualmie, and 7 at Alpental (tracked separately from snoqualmie, right? or is it 7 snoqal/alpental days combined?) I'm confused.

Alpental = Snoqualmie. Tracked together. 14 total days for Seattle skiing on full Ikon.

[EWG]

Well that sucks then. Bummer.

[Benny Profane]

latest update about the pending sale of Jay Peak is that it just dropped from 3 possible buyers to 2, but they won't release any names on who's still in the running; a lot of people out here in the east talking about how they really hope it goes Alterra; I'm sayin' fuck that tho, Jay getting added to Ikon would absolutely ruin the place

Dude, somebody is buying it. And they better have deep pockets, it's an all season resort.

I'd fucking laugh if Trump Inc was a bidder.

[Benny Profane]

Btw, Chamonix! Now start talking to the people at Courmayeur.