Ski Trip Cost Calculator: Your Ski Days, Added Up
Who is going, how many days, and the prices you are quoted: the whole ski trip’s cost, a person and a day, and when a season pass is cheaper.
Type the day prices you are quoted: for 5 ski days, a season pass beats day tickets that cost more than $169.80 a dayThe cheapest 2026/27 adult pass is the Epic Local Pass, $849 (31+), if it covers your resort.
- Party
- 2 adults
- Ski days
- 5
Season passes for an adult, 2026/27
- Epic Local Pass $849 (31+): beats a 5-day trip’s tickets above $169.80 a day.
- Ikon Base Pass $1,019 (23+): beats a 5-day trip’s tickets above $203.80 a day.
- Epic Pass $1,145 (31+): beats a 5-day trip’s tickets above $229 a day.
- Ikon Pass $1,449 (23+): beats a 5-day trip’s tickets above $289.80 a day.
Every price but the passes is yours: lift tickets change by the day and the resort. Pass prices for an adult as their pages showed them on 2026-09-29. Whether a pass covers your resort, and its blackout dates: the Epic vs Ikon Pass Calculator.
Quick answer: A ski trip costs your group’s lift tickets, rentals and lessons, times the days. Type who is going, how many days and the prices the resort quotes you: the calculator gives the whole trip, a person and a day, and says when a 2026/27 season pass would cost an adult less than day tickets.
How to use it
Type the number of adults, children and ski days, then the day prices you are quoted: an adult’s and a child’s lift ticket (type 0 for one that costs nothing, such as a season pass you already hold). Under the line below them go the rentals, a day each, if you rent (leave a box empty when you bring your own), and lessons and anything else, such as parking or the lodging, as totals for the whole group. The answer updates as you type: the whole trip, a person, a day and a person a day, with each part, and the four big season passes set against your adult day ticket. The link keeps your numbers, so you can send the plan to the people going.
Why no prices are filled in
Lift tickets have no single price. Resorts change them by the day, by how far ahead you buy, and by the resort, so any number we printed would be wrong for your dates. The calculator does the arithmetic on the prices you are quoted and nothing else. The one set of prices it carries is the season passes’, because those are fixed for the season and printed on their own pages: the Epic Pass, the Epic Local Pass, the Ikon Pass and the Ikon Base Pass, for an adult (31 and over on Epic, 23 and over on Ikon), as our Epic vs Ikon Pass Calculator read them on September 29, 2026. Epic’s pages said then that its prices would rise on October 7, so after October 6 its two passes drop out of this page until they are read again.
The season passes against day tickets
| Pass (adult) | Price | Cheaper than 5 days at | Cheaper than 7 days at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epic Local Pass | $849 | more than $169.80 a day | more than $121.29 a day |
| Ikon Base Pass | $1,019 | more than $203.80 a day | more than $145.57 a day |
| Epic Pass | $1,145 | more than $229 a day | more than $163.57 a day |
| Ikon Pass | $1,449 | more than $289.80 a day | more than $207 a day |
A pass only saves money at a resort it covers and on days it is not blacked out: the Epic vs Ikon Pass Calculator checks your resorts and dates.
Worked examples
These use example prices, not quotes: type your own.
Two adults, five days, $189 tickets and $55 rentals a day. Tickets $1,890 and rentals $550: $2,440 for the trip, $244 a person a day. At $189 a day, five adult tickets cost $945, more than an $849 Epic Local Pass.
Two adults and two children, six days. With $189 and $129 tickets, $55 and $40 rentals, $480 of lessons and $120 of parking: $5,556, or $231.50 a person a day.
Three days at $95. Two adults’ tickets are $570. The cheapest pass pays off only from the ninth day of $95 tickets.
Common mistakes
- Pricing one day and multiplying by the people only. Every part but lessons and extras is a day price times people times days.
- Counting a child at the adult price. Resorts quote a child’s ticket separately: type it, or the answer says it is missing.
- Buying a pass for a resort it does not cover, or for blackout dates. Check the resort first.
- Leaving out the lodging and the travel. Put them in “Anything else” to see the whole trip a person.
Plan the rest of the trip
Pack with our ski trip packing list, and read things to do in Whistler, what people do in Jackson Hole, whether Zermatt is worth visiting and things to do in Hakuba. Compare the passes resort by resort with the Epic vs Ikon Pass Calculator, and size skis with the Ski Size Calculator.
FAQ
How much does skiing cost?
Your lift tickets, rentals and lessons, times the days, plus parking and the rest. Lift tickets change by the day and the resort, so type the prices you are quoted; the calculator adds them up for your whole group.
How much is skiing for a family?
Count each adult’s and child’s day ticket and rental, times the ski days, then add lessons. Two adults and two children for six days, at example prices of $189 and $129 tickets and $55 and $40 rentals, with $480 of lessons and $120 of parking, come to $5,556.
How much does a ski trip cost per day?
The whole trip divided by the ski days, or by the people too: the calculator shows a day and a person a day. In the two-adult example above it is $488 a day, $244 a person.
Are skiing prices cheaper with a season pass?
When your days at its resorts cost more than the pass. For five days, the cheapest 2026/27 adult pass (the Epic Local, $849 as read on September 29, 2026) beats day tickets above $169.80 a day; for seven days, above $121.29.
How much does a ski trip cost?
The skiing (lift tickets, rentals and lessons for everyone, times the days) plus whatever else you add: put the lodging, the travel and the parking in “Anything else” and the calculator gives the whole trip, a person and a day. Type 0 for a ticket you already have, such as a season pass, or a child who skis free.