6 Discount Ski Season Passes for Students for 2024-2025

1. Epic Pass

Vail’s ever-dominant Epic Pass is a multi-pass titan known for its relative affordability and staggering access. In its complete form, this pass offers days at well-known destinations like Whistler Blackcomb, Vail, and Park City. In terms of cost and perks, the Epic Pass stands nearly unrivaled, excluding Alterra Mountain Company’s answer: the Ikon Pass.

But does the Epic Pass have any student discounts? Yes. The $705 Epic Local College Pass is the flagship student ski pass product, with unlimited access to Keystone, Breckenridge, and Stevens Pass—among many others throughout North America. Limited, five-day access to Swiss destinations Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis and Crans-Montana add further value.

As is Epic tradition, there’s also a bevy of region-specific passes that fall within the student category. The $577 Tahoe Local College Pass, for instance, focuses on ski areas throughout the Lake Tahoe, California, area.

2. Ikon Pass

And then there’s the Ikon Pass. With numerous destinations and no blackout dates, this Alterra offering is another value-stuffed multi-pass program that greatly simplifies prospective ski trips. The flexibility here is pretty immense—you can use the Ikon Pass at your home resort and bring it along when you visit your pals to ski in another state. Popular Ikon Pass destinations include Palisades Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain, and Copper Mountain Resort, but there are many, many others.

Like Epic, Ikon offers discount ski season passes for students. At the Ikon Pass checkout, there’s an option to confirm your student status, and Alterra also provides student discounts through its College Club Program. With this program, eligible students need to find and contact the participating ski club at their school (if there is one) should they want a discounted pass. The slightly convoluted approach is well worth it—Ikon college club passes cost $959, which is nearly $500 less than the standard $1,449 Ikon Pass.

3. Killington College Pass

Killington, Vermont, has pretty pricey adult unlimited season passes that cost more than $1,500. It also has quite affordable student passes. The college pass costs only $599, which is—get this—$1220 less than the regular adult unlimited season passes. Student verification is required, of course.

Killington, as a ski resort, is known for providing the longest ski season in the Northeast, regularly operating between November and late May or early June. So, in terms of days on the hill, there’s a lot of value to be scored with Killington’s student pass, even if it only provides access to one ski resort.

4. St. Mike’s Ski and Ride Pass

Saint Micheal’s College, a Catholic institution in Colchester, Vermont, knows how to appeal to skiers.

The school offers the St. Mike’s Ski and Ride Pass program to its students, which comes in two tiers. The first, the Value Pass, is $115 and scores students unlimited access to Sugarbush’s Mt. Ellen and midweek access to Lincoln. The second, the Premium Pass, costs $200 and includes unlimited Sugarbush access. Simplifying Saint Micheal’s student access is free transportation from the college to Sugarbush on weekends provided by the Adventure Sports Center.

Sugarbush, outside of the Saint Micheal’s deal, already takes care of local students. The $489 Local College Pass provides unlimited access to Mt. Ellen and midweek Lincoln Peak access.

5. Whistler Blackcomb Student Pass

While the Epic Local College Pass nets ten days at Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia (split between Vail and Beaver Creek), there’s another way for students to score cheap access to this Canadian destination resort.

Whistler Blackcomb’s student pass provides almost unlimited days at the resort and goes for $771 CAD (that’s $558 USD), which is about 50% less than the standard unlimited pass. The lone blackout period for the student pass takes place between December 26th and December 31st—outside of this window, you can ski as much as you'd like.

And when it comes to Whistler Blackcomb, there’s a lot to choose from across the resort’s 8,171 skiable acres that cover everything from world-class parks to high-alpine lines. Around $500 USD for access to one of North America’s top resorts isn’t half bad.

6. Bogus Basin Student Pass

Just outside Boise, Idaho, is Bogus Basin, a non-profit 2,600-acre mountain frequented by local residents. The hill’s accessibility is great. It’s about a 45-minute drive from downtown and offers 200 acres of night skiing for outdoor-oriented study breaks—plus, students get a discount.

The college winter season pass at Bogus Basin costs $519. Other pass products, like the night season pass ($139) and Nordic season pass ($159), are discounted, too, adding flexibility. Attempting to ski frequently while attending college is easiest when whichever ski area you choose is close by. Bogus Basin provides a simple solution to that equation.

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