
Have a reputation for the best powder in the Rockies, Fernie is a true winter playground for skiers and riders of all levels. Home to the World Freeride Tour, the ski resort is known for its four large alpine bowls, 85 long steep chutes and short lift lines. Fernie features over 2,500 acres of skiable terrain and 3,550 vertical feet, including 142 trails, five alpine bowls. Kicking Horse, also known as “The Champagne Powder Capital of Canada” is situated just outside the charming historic logging town of Golden and boasts a diverse mix of expert and extreme terrain and one of the longest vertical drops-4,133 feet-in North America. Both Kicking Horse and Fernie are consistently ranked among the top 10 Canadian resorts as ultimate playgrounds that cater to powder hounds with their abundant annual snowfall and big mountain skiing. Perhaps best known among the RCR family of are Kicking Horse and Fernie, located in the southeast corner of British Columbia on the legendary “Powder Highway”. We look forward to start welcoming Epic Pass holders to all of our resorts next season.” “We are pleased to partner with Vail Resorts, the industry leader, as the Epic Pass features the best resorts at the top ski destinations around the world. “Resorts of the Canadian Rockies is delighted to join the Epic Pass, and along with Whistler Blackcomb, offer the best of Canadian skiing and snowboarding,” said Tom Rosner, vice president of marketing and sales of RCR. “We offer the most variety in skiing and snowboarding for the best value on any season pass in the global mountain resort industry.” The family of ski resorts that make up RCR are some of the most sought after winter playgrounds for skiers and snowboarders around the world,” said Kirsten Lynch, chief marketing officer of Vail Resorts. “We’re thrilled to welcome the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies on the Epic Pass for the 2018-19 winter season, offering skiers and snowboarders world-class mountain resorts in eight countries. New for the 2018/19 season is the addition of Telluride Ski Resort and the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies that include Kicking Horse, Fernie, Kimberly, Nakiska, and Quebec resorts of Mont Sainte Anne and Stoneham. The value of the global pass now accepted at 61 mountain resorts around the world including our home mountain of Whistler Blackcomb. In addition, if you’re planning to visit multiple resorts on different day pass tiers, you’ll sometimes save money by splitting your passes by the number of days you intend to spend in each tier.For our avid skiers and snowboarders we are so excited to see how the EPIC Pass has enhanced Gay Ski Week. If you do buy more than one day pass, the decreasing per-day pricing structure means you’ll get the best deal buying one 7-day pass, and putting the rest of your needed days on the other. If this would be a useful route for you, we encourage you to reach out to Vail customer service yourself to confirm. It is not immediately obvious, but according to a Vail customer service representative, you can actually purchase two of the same day pass if you need more than 7 days, although the system will require two separate transactions. Each of these passes can then be purchased in units of 1 to 7 days, where the per-day price decreases as the number of days increase. There are three tiers of day passes offering different levels of resort access, and each of these tiers comes in varieties either offering or blacking out holiday access. Be honest with yourself: if you are unlikely to ski or ride enough days to make the Epic, Epic Local or a regional pass worthwhile, going the day pass route is probably your best bet.
BEST EPIC PASS RESORTS UPGRADE
Depending on your plans, day passes can be a low key way to upgrade your experience without splurging for a season-long pass. Skiers and riders who do not expect to chalk up enough mountain days to warrant a season-long pass can also purchase day passes, which come in a multitude of varieties.
