Passes · 2026/27
Which ski pass should you buy if you live in Las Vegas?
Which ski pass covers Lee Canyon, Brian Head and Arizona Snowbowl? Power Pass vs Ikon, Epic and Indy for Las Vegas beginners, from each pass's own site.
Updated Oct 30, 2026 · 18 sources
Short answer for a Las Vegas beginner: at Oct 23 prices, buy online day tickets, booked days ahead and on a weekday if you can. Lee Canyon’s online calendar showed $9 on most weekdays. A pass only pays off if you’ll ride a lot: the same weekday nearly every week, or weekends all season. Lee Canyon, Brian Head and Arizona Snowbowl are all Power Pass mountains. The Ikon Pass covers Mammoth and Big Bear, which are long drives, and Lee Canyon says it isn’t affiliated with Epic or Ikon.
All prices are adult (ages 37–64) prices as each pass’s or resort’s own page showed them on Oct 23, 2026. Lee Canyon’s day tickets use demand pricing, so its calendar will change. The break-even rows are arithmetic on those prices for you to redo with today’s numbers, not a promise.
Which pass covers which resort
| Resort | Power Pass | Select (12-day) | Core (4-day) | Weekday Power Pass | Ikon / Ikon Base | Epic | Indy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Canyon (NV) | Unlimited | 12 shared days | 4 shared days | Your chosen weekdays | No (per Lee Canyon) | No (per Lee Canyon) | Not listed |
| Brian Head (UT) | Unlimited | Unlimited | 4 shared days | Your chosen weekdays | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Arizona Snowbowl (AZ) | Unlimited | 12 shared days | 4 shared days | Your chosen weekdays | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Mammoth (CA) | No | No | No | No | Yes / Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Big Bear Mountain Resort (CA) | No | No | No | No | Yes / Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Mountain High (CA) | No | No | No | No | Not listed | Not listed | 2 days |
| Eagle Point (UT) | No | No | No | No | Not listed | Not listed | Closed for 2026/27 |
Checked Oct 23, 2026 on the Power Pass all-passes page, Lee Canyon’s season pass page and FAQ, Ikon’s Mammoth and Big Bear pages, and Indy’s Mountain High and Eagle Point pages. Eagle Point is closed for 2026/27 after the Cottonwood Fire, per Indy. “Not listed” means we didn’t find the resort on that pass’s site.
Options side by side (adult prices, Oct 23, 2026)
| Option | Price (adult) | Days included | Blackouts | Vegas-area resorts | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Canyon day ticket, online | $9–$55 a day on the Oct 23 calendar (weekdays $9–$44, median $9; weekends $9–$55, median $29). Demand pricing | 1 | None, but the price rises on busy days | Lee Canyon | Calendar, ticket page, checked Oct 23 |
| SnowJam Las Vegas Membership | About $24–25 (it was $23 in advance until Oct 31); General Admission about $17–18. The pages differ on the at-the-door price: $24 or $25 | One free Mon–Fri ticket each at Lee Canyon, Brian Head and Arizona Snowbowl, claimed at the Nov 14–15 expo | Each voucher has its own; see SnowJam Las Vegas | Lee Canyon, Brian Head, Snowbowl | SnowJam Las Vegas, checked Oct 30 |
| Lee Canyon Weekday Pass | $225 / $275 / $295 / $315 / $325 for 1–5 weekdays | The weekday(s) you pick, every week, all season | Saturdays, Sundays, Dec 28–31, 2026 | Lee Canyon only | Season pass page, checked Oct 23 |
| Weekday Power Pass | $299 / $375 / $425 / $459 / $549 for 1–5 weekdays (all ages) | The weekday(s) you pick, every week, all season | Saturdays, Sundays, Dec 28–31, 2026 | Lee Canyon, Brian Head, Snowbowl | Power Pass, checked Oct 23 |
| Power Pass Core (4-day) | $499 | 4 days total, shared across Lee Canyon, Brian Head, Snowbowl, Purgatory and Spider Mountain | Dec 27–31, 2026; Jan 16–17 and Feb 13–14, 2027 | Lee Canyon, Brian Head, Snowbowl (4 days total) | Power Pass, checked Oct 23 |
| Power Pass Select (12-day) | $799 | 12 days total at Lee Canyon, Snowbowl and Purgatory, plus unlimited Brian Head | Dec 27–31, 2026; Jan 16–17 and Feb 13–14, 2027 (Brian Head says these apply only at Purgatory, Snowbowl and Lee Canyon) | Lee Canyon, Snowbowl (12 shared), Brian Head (unlimited) | Power Pass, Brian Head, checked Oct 23 |
| Power Pass | $1,149 | Unlimited | None | Lee Canyon, Brian Head, Snowbowl | Power Pass, checked Oct 23 |
Lee Canyon calls the Select pass the “12 Day Power Pass” and the Core pass the “4 Day Power Pass.” Its pass FAQ says that on the weekday passes, you choose the days “that work with your schedule (Monday through Friday) for the whole season,” and that it is “unable to switch the days you selected” later (season pass FAQ). The Power Pass, Select, Core, Weekday Power Pass and Lee Canyon Weekday Pass each include six tickets at 50% off the online rate, per the same FAQ. We leave Core’s other benefits out because the Power Pass site describes them differently in different places.
Other ages, Oct 23. Power Pass: $1,049 (30–36), $949 (25–29), $849 (19–24), $749 (13–18), $949 (65+). Select: $699 / $599 / $499 / $449, 65+ $599. Core: $449 / $425 / $399 / $349, 65+ $449 (Power Pass). Kids 12 and under ski free on the Power Kids pass, and 75 and older ski free on the Free Super Senior Pass (Lee Canyon).
Brian Head and Snowbowl day tickets. Brian Head’s lift ticket page says 26-27 tickets have “many days starting at $9.” Checked Oct 30, 2026, Brian Head’s calendar had 185 dates at $9–$99, with a weekday median of $19 and a weekend median of $32. Snowbowl’s home page offered $9 on select dates for ski days locked in by November 1; that offer ran only through November 1. Snowbowl has since raised 7 dates by $10 (Nov 21 went from $19 to $29, Jan 4 from $9 to $19), and its $1 Apr 1 promo is gone; that date is now $9. Checked Oct 30, 2026, Snowbowl’s calendar had 157 dates at $9–$79, with a weekday median of $9 and a weekend median of $54. The break-evens below still use Lee Canyon prices only.
Buy X if you’ll ride N days (Lee Canyon, adult, Oct 23 prices)
| If you… | Buy | The math on Oct 23 prices |
|---|---|---|
| Are trying it once or twice | Online day tickets, booked ahead, on a weekday if you can | 68 of the calendar’s 101 weekdays showed $9. The weekend median was $29 |
| Are going to SnowJam anyway | SnowJam Membership plus day tickets | You get at most 3 free weekday tickets: one each at Lee Canyon, Brian Head and Snowbowl. On Lee Canyon weekdays outside the voucher’s blackouts, the calendar showed $9–$39 (median $9), so the Lee voucher alone covers the ~$24–25 Membership only on a $29+ day. Membership is about $7 more than General Admission. The vouchers are worth nothing if you only ride weekends or holidays |
| Ride Lee Canyon on the same weekday nearly every week | Lee Canyon Weekday Pass, 1 day ($225) | All 21 Fridays added up to $410, an average of $19.52, so $225 pays off at about 12 Fridays. The 19 Mondays outside the blackout added up to $311, so about 14 Mondays. The 19 Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays added up to $201 each, so at Oct 23 prices it never pays off on a Tue, Wed or Thu |
| Also take weekday trips to Brian Head or Snowbowl | Weekday Power Pass, 1 day ($299) | On Lee Canyon alone it takes about 16 of the 21 Fridays. It only makes sense if you’ll add weekday road trips |
| Ride about 4 days total | Day tickets, not Core | 4 Lee Canyon days at the $55 peak price add up to $220, less than $499 |
| Ride up to 12 Lee Canyon or Snowbowl days | Day tickets, unless you’ll ski Brian Head a lot | 12 Lee Canyon days at $55 add up to $660, less than $799. Select’s extra value is unlimited Brian Head, so its break-even depends on Brian Head’s prices |
| Ride weekends and holidays all season | Power Pass ($1,149) | At the average weekend price ($33.31 over 42 weekend days), it takes about 35 weekend days. At $49 a day, about 24. It also has no blackouts and no fixed days |
Read these before you decide:
- The calendar showed early-season prices on Oct 23. Lee Canyon says ticket prices “go up with demand,” so as dates fill, the break-evens shift toward passes.
- The math ignores the six 50%-off tickets, the Chile and partner-mountain days and other pass extras.
- Kids 12 and under and adults 75 and older ski free with the Power Kids and Super Senior passes.
- We read the Lee Canyon calendar for every date from Nov 20, 2026 to Apr 11, 2027 (143 dates). The peak was Saturday, Dec 26, at $55.
Refunds
Lee Canyon’s terms say season passes are non-refundable unless you buy the Pass Refund Option when you buy the pass. It costs 5.5% of the price and covers only listed reasons, such as an injury or illness with a physician’s letter. It isn’t health or travel insurance. Check at checkout whether it’s offered on the pass you pick. SnowJam says “all ticket sales are final and non-refundable” (SnowJam). For what to check before your first day, see before your first snowboard day.
Ikon, Epic and Indy
- Ikon Pass: On Oct 23, the Ikon Pass was listed “from $1,529” and the Ikon Base Pass “from $1,099,” both for adults 23 and older, on Ikon’s shop page. Mammoth and Big Bear Mountain Resort are on both. Worth it only if you’ll make several trips to Mammoth or Big Bear.
- Epic Pass: $1,169 for adults 31 and older on Oct 23, per Epic. Lee Canyon says it isn’t affiliated with Epic.
- Indy Pass: two days at each partner resort. Its nearest open resort to Las Vegas this season is Mountain High in Wrightwood, California. Eagle Point in Utah is closed for 2026/27. See Indy’s site for prices.
Next steps
- New to it? Start with your first ski or snowboard day.
- Day ticket rules, Lee Cash and the exchange policy: Lee Canyon lift tickets.
- Free weekday vouchers from the Nov 14–15 expo: SnowJam Las Vegas.
- Road trips: Brian Head from Las Vegas.