Five world-class resorts today announced the Free-Ride Unlimited Pass, which includes unlimited summer mountain bike access to Vail Mountain and Keystone Resort in Colorado, Lake Tahoe’s Northstar California and Kirkwood Mountain Resort in California, and Utah’s Canyons Resort in Park City.
New for the 2014 summer, the Free-Ride Unlimited mountain bike season pass provides access to a combined total of more than 155 trails descending more than 11,000 vertical feet serviced by ten chair lifts. For a limited time through May, riders can purchase the Free-Ride Unlimited Pass for $329.
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The Free-Ride Unlimited Pass offers tremendous diversity, value, and flexibility for bike enthusiasts of any ability level,” said
Andrew Buckley, director of resort and skier services at Northstar California. “
The option to tour five bike park offerings in three states with unique riding conditions is a first in our industry. Whether riders prefer jump-and-flow trails or true core downhill, the experience the pass offers is unparalleled.”
Free-Ride Unlimited pass holders have access to the best of mountain biking—from the legendary trail perfection of Vail and the 100-plus miles of singletrack of Keystone in Colorado; top-ranked trail ingenuity at Northstar and big-mountain scenery of Kirkwood at Lake Tahoe, California; to Canyons Resort’s access to the first and only IMBA Gold-Level Ride Center in Park City, Utah. “Riders can discover each mountain’s unique experiences both on and off the trails this summer,” Buckley stated. World-class mountain biking complements each of the five resorts’ multitude of summer options such as kayaking and boat tours, hiking and zip line adventures, spa and yoga, horseback riding, shopping and dining, golf and tennis, concerts and more.
Free-Ride Unlimited Pass purchasers have unrestricted access to all five mountains throughout summer. Additionally, pass holders will receive four Bike-with-a-Friend discounted tickets, each valid for a day of riding at the five mountains. Bike-with-a-Friend tickets are automatically loaded onto each Free-Ride Unlimited pass, and can be used for family and friends. For additional information and purchasing, visit participating resorts’ locations or websites; or purchase via phone.
Canyons Resort: CanyonsResort.com 1-888.CANYONS
Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Kirkwood.com 1-209.258.7277
Keystone Resort: KeystoneResort.com 1-800.328.1323
Northstar California Resort: NorthstarCalifornia.com 1-800.GO.NORTH
Vail Mountain: Vail.com 1-970.SKI.VAIL
About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is
www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is
www.snow.com.
let their existing stuff go to shit over the years. Vail essentially pulled the plug on DH after the World Cup was last their. Ripped out the DH course (which was pretty damn amazing) and got real pissy about DH riders all together. Not enough spandex I guess!
Just sayin'...
After all, everyone knows decomposing fetuses make for a terrible foundation.
I agree that rich gapers are important to the tourism industry here but that doesn't mean the state has to bend over backwards for every stupid whim of the corporations that give zero shits about everyone else. I fail to see the connection between spotting a horrible attempt at resort expansion and where people learned how to ski or when you moved to the area. (learning how to ski in the BC is a very weird prerequisite for being able to criticize resort expansion... how many learn to ski IN the BC?? haha) Personally I think it's awesome there are groups of people who care enough about the land to put unnecessary expansion projects through heavy scrutiny. However it sounds like the majority of people you chat with about this are absolute douche bags.
There's still a cry from the local organizations like Save the Canyons because of watershed/erosion/pollution issues of construction these lifts but the resorts seem to have a good understanding of all that... maybe.