Vail Resorts has announced “Epic Friend Tickets,” a new benefit for 2025/26 season-long Epic Pass Holders to share savings with those they want to ski and ride with most. Passes are on sale now for the lowest price of the fall; Epic Pass prices will increase after September 1, 2025.
Epic Friend Tickets replace and upgrade Buddy Tickets, a former Pass benefit, which generally offered much lower savings off lift ticket prices, and varied by resort. With the introduction of Epic Friend Tickets, eligible Pass Holders who purchased before April 14, 2025, will receive 10 Epic Friend Tickets and those who purchase after will receive six Epic Friend Tickets.
Pass Holders with an Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass, Epic Military Pass, Northeast Value Pass and most of the company’s other season-long passes will receive six to 10 Epic Friend Tickets, depending on when they purchased their pass. Epic Friend Tickets provide 50 percent off lift tickets at the company’s 37 North American resorts for the 2025/26 winter season. Plus, friends can also apply 100 percent of the cost of one redeemed Epic Friend Ticket toward an eligible 2026/27 Epic Pass, providing double the savings. Friends who do not hold a 2025/26 Pass can apply the full cost of a single redeemed Epic Friend Ticket towards eligible 2026/27 Passes including Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass, and other regional passes for a limited time. The full list of eligible Passes will be available once 2026/27 Passes are on sale. 2025/26 Pass Holders are not eligible for this promotion.
Epic Friend Tickets can be used at all 37 of the company’s North American resorts including Vail Mountain and Whistler Blackcomb; regional destinations such as Stowe, Heavenly and Crested Butte; and local ski areas such as Mount Sunapee and Afton Alps. Epic Friend Tickets can be redeemed through EpicPass.com then activated in the My Epic app for direct-to-lift access. The accompanying Pass Holder must scan their Pass in a lift line before an Epic Friend Ticket becomes scannable.
Epic Friend Tickets provide significant savings this winter and next. Friends get 50 percent off lift tickets this season, and whatever they pay for that ticket can be used as a credit towards an eligible 2026/27 Epic Pass.
The 2025/26 Epic Pass ($1075 adults; $548 children) offers unlimited, unrestricted access to Vail Resorts’ 42 owned and operated mountain resorts including Whistler Blackcomb, Vail Mountain, Park City Mountain, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek and Stowe, plus access to partner resorts and ski areas such as Telluride, CO; Rusutsu and Hakuba Valley, Japan; Verbier 4 Vallées, Switzerland; Sölden, Saalbach and Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria; and more across Europe. The Epic Local Pass ($799 adults; $416 children) provides unlimited, unrestricted access to 29 resorts, plus access to more destination resorts with some restrictions. The Epic Military Pass with access to all of the company’s 42 resorts is $190 for active and retired military and their dependents, and $614 for veterans and their dependents.
Epic 1–7 Day Passes provide up to 65 percent savings compared to lift ticket prices by purchasing ahead of the season, but do not include Epic Friend Tickets. All Passes come with Epic Mountain Rewards, which offer discounts including 20 percent off on-mountain food and beverage, lodging, group ski and ride lessons, equipment rentals and more—all winter long.
For more information, visit EpicPass.com.
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