As snow continues to pile up on soon-to-be-closed ski resorts throughout the nation and the end of a record-breaking season looms ever closer, several ski areas across the state are preparing to set new records next year by introducing season passes that not only offer unparalleled access to multiple mountains, but are doing so with increasingly cheaper price tags.
Vail Resorts announced in March that it will offer the new Epic Pass next season, which will provide unrestricted access to all five of its mountains - Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly Mountain on the California-Nevada border - for $579, a significant savings over the 2007-2008 season's $1,849 unrestricted pass price. And Intrawest, which owns Copper Mountain, Winter Park Ski Resort and officially acquired Steamboat Springs Ski Resort in early 2007, recently announced a nearly 10 percent price drop on its Rocky Mountain Super Pass, offering unlimited access to Copper and Winter Park, as well as six unrestricted days at Steamboat.
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