2026/27 Lift Ticket Price Index: What a Day of Skiing Costs at 70 Resorts

This index puts the adult single-day lift ticket price of every resort we have a 2026/27 guide for on one sortable table, in local currency and in approximate US dollars, with a link to the official ticket page each figure came from. Where a resort publishes fixed price bands (most of the Alps and Japan) we show the high-season adult price. Where pricing is dynamic (every Vail Resorts and Alterra mountain, Zermatt, Chamonix, Arosa Lenzerheide, Engelberg, Courmayeur) we show the published peak-day or walk-up figure and the cheapest advance price we could find, because for those resorts the day you buy matters almost as much as the day you ski. All prices are approximate, rounded, and checked on the date shown in each row; click a column heading to sort.

The index: 2026/27 adult single-day lift ticket prices

Resorts that have not published a 2026/27 day price yet

These 18 resorts have a 2026/27 guide on this site but no official adult day price we could verify on the date shown: most sell date-based tickets online and publish only a "from" price or none at all until the calendar opens, and the southern-hemisphere resorts have not priced their 2027 winter. Each row says what the resort has published so far; the figures move into the main table as soon as an official price appears.

What the numbers show

The gap between the two sides of the Atlantic is the headline. 4 of the 12 North American resorts with a published figure list a peak day at or above $300, and Vail, Park City, Jackson Hole and Breckenridge are over $330 at the window on a Christmas-week Saturday. The most expensive Alpine day we track, a Mont Blanc Unlimited pass at Chamonix or an international pass at Zermatt, converts to roughly $126, which is less than the cheapest peak day at any of the big Colorado resorts. The Alpine median is $93, with the Swiss and Austrian headline resorts (Verbier, Davos Klosters, Andermatt, St. Anton, Lech, Solden) clustered between $95 and $117 and the big French linked areas between $73 and $94. Italy is the quiet bargain among the famous names: Cervinia's single-tier tariff converts to about $72 and even Cortina's Dolomiti Superski high-season day is around $100. Japan is cheaper still, with Niseko's peak-season all-mountain pass at about $106 and Nozawa Onsen, Furano and Myoko under $60, each covering far more lifts than a single Colorado mountain. Canada's independents sit in between: Revelstoke, Sun Peaks and Tremblant all publish a window price under $160.

The second pattern is who still publishes a price. The Alpine and Japanese resorts almost all print fixed tariffs by date band, so the figure you see in October is the figure you pay in February. Vail Resorts and Alterra mostly do not, which is why Keystone, Northstar, Steamboat, Winter Park, Deer Valley and Telluride sit in the second table: their ticket calendars price each date separately and the published "peak" figure is the ceiling, with discounts of 20 to 30 percent for buying a month out and much lower prices on quiet weekdays in early December and April. Jackson Hole goes furthest, from roughly $85 on selected dates to $339 at the window over the holidays, and caps the number of day tickets it sells.

How to pay less than the index price

The single biggest saving at a dynamically priced resort is simply buying online before you arrive. Vail Resorts no longer sells a walk-up window ticket at its own mountains without a surcharge, and Breckenridge's calendar showed about $153 for an opening-week day booked four weeks ahead against $180 for the same day bought late. Jackson Hole knocks 15 percent off online, Snowbird the same, and Park City says four or more weeks of lead time saves an average of 30 percent or more.

At three or more days, a multi-day ticket or a pass product usually beats the index. The Epic Day Pass starts around $118 a day for a four-day bundle, the Ikon Session Pass from about $369 for four days, and the full passes pay for themselves in four to six peak days: our Epic vs Ikon comparison runs the maths for each resort on this page. In the Alps the saving is built into the tariff instead: a six-day Paradiski or Les 3 Vallees pass costs about five times the day rate, and Verbier takes 10 percent off anything bought 10 or more days ahead. Japan rewards the opposite behaviour. Niseko and Hakuba prices are fixed, so the cheaper trick is timing: both drop by about a third outside the peak band, and Niseko's early-season and spring tariff is roughly $56 a day.

Finally, check the opening date before you buy. Early-season tickets at the Colorado and Utah resorts are the cheapest of the year because only a few runs are open; our 2026/27 opening dates page lists the planned date for every resort here with a link to the official announcement.

Method and sources

Each row comes from the resort's own ticket page, linked in the table, read on the date in the "Last checked" column; we do not take prices from third-party ticket resellers. The headline figure is the adult single-day price in the resort's highest published price band for 2026/27, or, for dynamically priced resorts, the peak-day figure the resort or a reliable regional report has published for the coming season (noted in the row). "Approx. USD" is a rounded conversion at the reference rates above. Prices change during the season, especially at dynamically priced resorts, so this page is re-checked every two to three weeks and the "last checked" badge at the top moves each time a figure changes. If you spot a price that is out of date, write to michael@oppon.holdings. You are welcome to cite or reproduce this table with a link to this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which ski resort has the most expensive lift ticket in 2026/27?

Of the resorts with a published 2026/27 figure, Vail at about $374 for a peak-day adult ticket. Beaver Creek, which we do not cover yet, has been reported at about $392 for the same day, the highest single-day price in North America.

How much is a lift ticket in the Alps compared with Colorado?

Roughly a third to a quarter of the price. A high-season day at Courchevel, Val Thorens, Les Arcs or Val d'Isere converts to about $88 to $95, St. Anton, Lech, Ischgl and Kitzbuhel to the mid-$90s and Zermatt to about $126, against $332 to $374 at Breckenridge, Park City and Vail on a Christmas-week day. The Alpine ticket usually covers a linked area several times the size of one Colorado mountain.

Are lift tickets cheaper online than at the window?

At dynamically priced resorts, yes, and often by a lot. Jackson Hole and Snowbird take about 15 percent off online, Park City says buying four or more weeks ahead saves 30 percent or more, and the Vail Resorts mountains publish their lowest prices for early-season and April weekdays. Fixed-tariff resorts in the Alps and Japan charge the same price either way, apart from small early-booking discounts such as Verbier's 10 percent.

Why are some resorts in a separate table?

Because they had not published an official adult day price for 2026/27 when we checked. Most are date-based Vail Resorts or Alterra mountains that show only a "from" price until their calendars open, a few (Bansko, Serre Chevalier) publish their tariffs in November or December, and the southern-hemisphere resorts price their 2027 winter in the new year. We do not fill those gaps with reseller or aggregator figures; each row moves into the main table once the official number exists.

How often is this price index updated?

Every two to three weeks through the 2026/27 season, and sooner when a resort publishes a new tariff. The badge under the title shows the date prices were last checked, and each row shows the date its own figure was verified on the official ticket page. New resorts are added as we publish their guides.