EPIC rules for 2020/2021

tried reading through the rules and FAQs Several times. And I still have no idea how it works. Skiing should never be that complicated.....but then it is VR we're talking about here....
 
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SIAWOL said:
tried reading through the rules and FAQs Several times. And I still have no idea how it works. Skiing should never be that complicated.....but then it is VR we're talking about here....
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For Epic (info was a link or two away from the link I put on the pass threat last night; a pretty good description on the FAQ page - I linked to a story, which linked to CEO's letter, which has info and links to opening and closing dates; then check the FAQ page):
  • Once you buy a pass, starting Nov (6/7) through Dec 6, you can reserve 7 days you want to ski. As you use the days, you can reserve up to a max of 7 days. This appears designed to ensure passholders get days ahead of day-of-sales. (Like a rolling bank of 7 days).
  • For the first few weeks, to Dec 6, it is only passholders who may ski.
  • As you use a day, you can then book another day if you already had 7 booked.
  • Each week, passholders will also be able to book days for that week that don't affect the 7-day limit.
They also posted all of the opening and closing days.

I don't know what the limit is - i.e. is it half of their max capacity?

Also, this will depend on where people fall on the mask spectrum, but I was reassured about how much you have to wear a mask.

Hopefully helpful.
 
I noticed somewhere in the FAQs that if someone can't book days that the need for a long-distance ski vacation during the Epic pass period before Dec. 6, then they can make use of the refund policy.

DomB said:
  • For the first few weeks, to Dec 6, it is only passholders who may ski.
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Keeping early season to Epic folks only is a smart move. That means locals who want to get in early season turns have that much more incentive to going ahead and buying Epic, if they haven't already. There are a lot of schools that will be done by Thanksgiving, in particular many private K-12 schools as well as public and private colleges. That's quite different than usual school schedules in December.
 
DomB said:
I don't know what the limit is - i.e. is it half of their max capacity?
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Capacity limits will probably depend on the state/province rules at a given time.

VR opened up three resorts in Australia in late June. All with the same rules for limiting capacity in terms of how to get reservations or day tickets. Perisher is still open and running pretty normally. But Falls Creek and Hotham closed after only 4 days due to an outbreak in Melbourne. That's the major market for those two resorts. Like in CO in mid-March, VR made the decision before the local government decided that shutting things down was the way to go. An independent ski resort in the same area stayed open for a while but was ultimately forced to close by government mandate and interstate travel restrictions.

I think all of the VR destination resorts re-opened for summer activities. They will not be starting from scratch in Nov-Dec when ski lifts start running. Very different situation than when ABasin decided to re-open for a couple weeks in May.
 
Since I don’t have a pass
I will have to buy the lift ticket the night before. If I wake up and can’t go for what ever reason. I loose my money ?
 
jasonwx said:
Since I don’t have a pass
I will have to buy the lift ticket the night before. If I wake up and can’t go for what ever reason. I loose my money ?
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No, you don't have to wait until the night before if you don't have Epic. You just can't ski at any VR mountain before Dec. 7. Also can't buy a day ticket before Dec. 8.

Starting Dec. 8, you can buy a day ticket for any day that's been released and still has available tickets. In early Dec, that probably won't be for more than a few weeks in advance. Once there is full coverage and all lifts are open then could be a month or more available.

Not using a day ticket bought in advance . . . that's harder to predict. In Australia in late July there are people who were able to call and get a refund. What VR did was re-release slots, which were often picked up by other people. Could well be handled on a case-by-case basis and differ by location.

Not sure if it was Perisher or not, but I know one ski resort in Australia made it clear that if someone bought a bunch of day tickets (up to the limit) and was a no-show more than once, there was the possibility that there would be consequences. Meaning they could be banned from buying more day tickets or the later tickets could be cancelled. Especially if there was a pattern of not bothering to make the drive when snow conditions were poor.
 
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