What to choose?
So I finally did it, before the deadline April 19th, I have gone EPIC. It was a tough choice but after hassling with the Edge Card this year I landed on the "just ski whenever you want" choice.
A little background, over that years I have purchased the Whistler Blackcomb Edge Card as my pass of choice. Because I love the springtime in Whistler I would typically buy a 5 day edge card with a Spring Add On pas for an additional $75 cdn. It was great starting in mid-March I could ski all I wanted through the end of the year and usually 2/3rds of my total ski days were during this period.
HOLD THE PHONE HERE COMES VAIL!
Not so fast SUCKA. This spring Vail decided that the Spring add on was no more. They did have a Spring pass for sale but it was $159cdn BUT it was only good from April 24-May 22nd. Not a bad plan because Whistler ALWAYS extends the ski season right? Wrong Eddie! Good ol Vail shut things down on May 22nd as scheduled even though this year was one of the best snow seasons in several years.
The Long and short of it
This year I started with a 5 day Edge Card, added a 3 day add on, added another 5 days and at the end bought the Spring Pass for a total of a bunch of monkeying around. In the end this years decision to go Epic was one of less hassle for the 2017/18 season. Just jump the gondi and go whenever. Add to that 6 buddy passes (bring your friends at a discount), included lifts in Utah, Colorado for a possible 2018 trip and summer lifts. All this made sense for me.
You can say it "Jeff is EPIC"
