Telluride Releases 2020-21 Season Passes with No COVID Protections
Updated:
October 13, 2024
Several months after most competitors, southwest Colorado’s Telluride ski area has finallyput their season pass up for sale.The pass comes with unrestricted access to the mountain and costs $1,750 for adults 25 and older at the start of the season. Prices are lower for young adults and children, and passes are free for those 80 and older.
On its own, Telluride’s season passis completely non-refundable.But for a 7% premium, passholders can purchaseMulti-Event Registration Insurance,which covers a variety of unexpected circumstances. However, this insurance policydoes not cover COVID-19.
Our Take
Tellurideoffers one of the most compelling Colorado resort experiencesthanks to its extraordinarily diverse terrain and charming town. This makes it especially disappointing that this winter’s season pass is such a risky purchase.
It’s bordering on unbelievable that Telluride’s passes have no COVID protections. The passes are already extraordinarily expensive to begin with—the $1,750 asking price is among the highest from any North American resort—and the fact that the costly insurance add-on doesn’t even cover cancellations due to the virus just adds insult to injury.
We’ve examined dozens of other pass products from major destination resorts,and all of them at least offer a pre-season deferment window or some sort of mid-season interruption credit (the small, local Snow King hill is the only other resort we’ve reviewed that doesn’t currently offer COVID pass protections). There’s no question that making this pass purchase will be extremely risky—buyers will have no avenue to getting their money back in the event of closures.
Alternatively, consumers can receive 7 days of access to Telluride next seasons by purchasing a full Epic Pass. We’renot huge fans of Epic’s assurance policies(or theirannounced reservation systemfor most non-Telluride options on the pass), but these protections are still considerably better than nothing. If you’re planning on buying a season pass but can stomach skiing 7 or fewer days at Telluride next winter, it might be worth considering the Epic Pass as a safer (andsubstantially cheaper) bet.
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