Resort News

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced a long-term alliance with one of Japan’s largest and most renowned mountain resort regions —Hakuba Valley, located in the northern part of the Nagano Prefecture at the base of Japan’s Northern Alps and host to the 1998 Olympic Winter Games. Beginning with the 2018-19 season, the Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass and Epic Australia Pass will offer five consecutive complimentary days with no blackout dates at the nine ski resorts that comprise Hakuba Valley. It brings the Epic Pass total to 55 mountain resorts in eight countries, significantly more than any other season pass in the world.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Epic Pass, 2018, Vail Resorts is honoring the epic service of the Company’s founders and men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces and Australian Defence Force, with the introduction of a special new USD$99 Military Epic Pass. Also, for every 2018-19 Vail Resorts season pass sold, the Company will donate USD$1 to Wounded Warrior Project®. Based on 2017-18 pass sales, the donation would exceed USD$750,000.

New this winter, Stowe Mountain Resort is now included on the Epic Pass and the Vail Resorts collection of world-class ski experiences. The Epic Pass offers unlimited, unrestricted access to Stowe Mountain Resort, along with the best resorts in North America. Purchasing the 2017-2018 Epic Pass before Sunday, Nov. 19 ensures that skiers and snowboarders will lock in the best season-long value.

Stowe Mountain Resort is scheduled to open for the 2017-2018 winter season on November 18, 2017 and operate daily through April 15, 2018 (weather depending). On Nov. 17, winter begins with the FourRunner Quad providing access to top-to-bottom skiing and riding on Vermont’s highest peak.

Vermont is New England’s most celebrated location for farm fresh meats, cheeses, produce, heirloom grains and local craftsmanship. Never before during the resort’s 75-year history has the level of food service ever been better in Stowe.

Stowe’s newest mountain experiences are now open on Mt. Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak. Already one of the most popular New England summer mountain destinations, Stowe Mountain Resort currently offers families visiting Stowe even more opportunities to discover the area’s most awe inspiring summit and the surrounding forest in ways never imagined before.

Stowe Mountain Resort was recently named as one of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Vermont. The tenth annual list of the Best Places to Work in Vermont was created by Vermont Business Magazine, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, the Vermont Department of Economic Development, the Vermont Department of Labor, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – Vermont State Council and Best Companies Group.