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NOTE: This article was originally posted on the PeakRankings website on September 28, 2022. Vail Resorts is now the largest North American mountain resort company in history. The company has made an insane mark on the ski industry, and it now operates a whopping 40 ski and snowboard...

An artist’s rendition of the new Lone Peak Tram, which will start significantly lower on the mountain than the current lift. Source: Big Sky Background Big Sky unveiled the final plans for its Big Sky 2025 vision today, including a major revamp of its Mountain Village-to-Lone Peak lift...

Pictured Above: Mount Baker Ski Area, one of the best lift ticket values for the experience in North America. We recently released a 2021-22 lift ticket pricing guide, which breaks down the variable pricing strategies employed by the ski resort industry and provides a general measure of expense...

Pictured: Some Vail Resorts trails maps from the 2019-20 season. UPDATE: Limited quantities of trail maps may be available to those who request them at ticket windows. A traditional ski resort staple is disappearing from all Vail Resorts mountains. A source within the company has confirmed to...

Background Last season, Steamboat introduced a virtual waiting room that allows ticket and pass holders to join the Steamboat Gondola line remotely. This virtual line exists alongside the lift’s normal, physical line, and guests can add themselves to the queue each day through their ticket or...

Pictured: A line for Killington’s K1 Gondola in December 2019. Visitors will be able to bypass this wait next season with the purchase of a Fast Tracks pass. Background This winter, ski resort operator Powdr is launching dedicated fast-access lanes at Colorado’s Copper, Vermont’s...

A line for the Mineral Basin lift at Snowbird in March 2021. This winter, visitors will be able to skip this wait entirely with the purchase of a Fast Tracks pass. Background Ski resort operator Powdr is launching dedicated fast-access lanes at select ski mountains for the 2021-22 season, as...

Link to original article, which will contain updates throughout the year: https://www.peakrankings.com/content/epic-or-ikon-2021-22 With the deadline for Ikon’s lowest pass prices fast approaching, you may be debating whether to pick up this multi-resort pass for next season. You might be...